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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Tren de Aragua was born inside Tocorón, a Venezuelan prison in the state of Aragua, amid the rise of the “pran” system of crime bosses who ran drug and kidnapping networks from behind bars.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lawyers for Pedro Luis Salazar-Cuervo deny he is a gang member and say the DPS accusation hinges on a photo they found of him standing next to a man with tattoos.