WLRN has reviewed papers that show he has no criminal record in the U.S. or in Venezuela, and that ICE based his removal on a tattoo. His attorney has called it a “flagrant violation” of his ...

Tattoos have long been used as evidence of gang affiliation, particularly in Central America, where criminal organizations ...

FBI and DHS question using tattoos to accurately ID Venezuelan criminal gangs: exclusive "Tattoos are typically related to the Venezuelan culture and not a definite [indicator] of being a member ...

Tattoo culture is well established in other criminal organizations, “but those are gangs from other countries,” Rísquez said. The way people think and live also plays a role in how gangs ...

Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren ... It has also acknowledged that "many" of them have no criminal records.

Family members and advocates have said American officials have relied on tattoos to deport Venezuelan migrants with little evidence. ... 44 have no criminal record in either the U.S. or Venezuela, ...

Lawyers for multiple deported migrants say tattoos were incorrectly used to label their clients members of a violent Venezuelan gang. Sadly we've seen this all before.

The Trump administration has said that it would ship the worst of the worst criminal immigrants to the detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. On February 4, it flew the first group of 10 men ...