FBI stepping up operations against cartel linked to Venezuela’s repressive Maduro regime
The bureau’s primary target is the so-called Cartel de Los Soles (“Cartel of the Suns”), whose leadership allegedly includes ...
Border Patrol, FBI leaders who first identified Tren de Aragua recount gang's rise to power
FBI and Border Patrol have been sounding alarms about the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Their concerns fell on deaf ears ...
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What a Murder in Chile Reveals About Maduro’s Relationship With Tren de Aragua
Chilean authorities are seeking the extradition of multiple alleged Tren de Aragua members accused ... involvement in Ojeda’s murder, while Venezuela’s attorney general claimed that the crime was a ...
The Origins of the Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua and Why US Policies May Only Make it Stronger
When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of ...
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What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger
By 2017, Tren de Aragua began to be known as a “megabanda,” a category the local press in Venezuela use to refer to large organized criminal groups. The term arose to highlight the size of ...