Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

Family members and advocates say immigration authorities are using tattoos of Spanish soccer teams, family members, crowns and the detainees' professions to tie them to the Tren de Aragua prison gang.

Tattoos linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has a growing presence in the United States.

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"Moreover, it has no structured presence in the United States, and its members cannot be identified [by] tattoos or hand gestures." Before 2024, few Americans had likely heard of Tren de Aragua.

The administration appears to be using little more than body art to deport people that it says are members of Tren de Aragua, a move that critics say ignores decades of protocol.

An illegal alien from Venezuela and a confirmed Tren de Aragua gang member was arrested in Houston on Monday in a joint effort between several law enforcement agencies.

That kind of tattoo is popular in Venezuela. But U.S. authorities identify it as a favorite of Tren de Aragua, which formed back in the Venezuelan state of Aragua.

“Any of us who have tattoos, they think that we are Tren de Aragua,” said Evelyn Velasquez, 33-year-old Venezuelan woman, told The New York Times in September.