Here's what to know about Tren de Aragua, ... Anyelo, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas for a tattoo that they said linked him to the gang.

Tattoos linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has a growing presence in the United States. Inset: a suspected member of the group, captured by Border Patrol officers in California ...

Tren de Aragua: Tattoos optional. Tren de Aragua − unlike many predominantly Latino gangs − doesn’t require tattoos signifying membership, although some members have them, Ronna Risquez, a ...

The Tren de Aragua gang originated in the Tocorón prison in the province of Aragua in Venezuela some 15 years ago. It is reputed to be Venezuela's most powerful crime organization with about ...

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.

Experts have cast doubt on the U.S. government's view that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is heavily tied to President Nicolás Maduro (left), and that it is operating with coordination across ...

Tren de Aragua, a gang born out of a Venezuelan prison, is a loose network that doesn’t operate like groups typically considered terrorist organizations.

Police in the Mexican state of Chihuahua believe that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua may be behind the murder of a Mexican immigration official just south of the U.S. border ...

The Tren de Aragua gang started in a Venezuelan ... Some recently deported Venezuelans have said they believe U.S. authorities wrongly judged their tattoos and then used them as an excuse to ...

Tren de Aragua in Texas, New Mexico. Omar Arellano, Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) El Paso Division, told the El Paso Times in March 2025 that the agency would target organizations ...

These women serve as an accidental criminal barometer for the city, showing the early impacts of the predatory criminal economies that have fueled Tren de Aragua’s expansion in Lima. Among the many ...