Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now …
Sep 25, 2024 · The Tren, which means “train” in Spanish, traces its origin more than a decade ago to an infamously lawless prison with hardened criminals in the central state of Aragua. It nonetheless has expanded in recent years as more than 8 million desperate Venezuelans fled economic turmoil under President Nicolás Maduro’s rule and migrated to ...
Explainer: What is the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua?
Jul 11, 2024 · The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that law enforcement leaders throughout the Americas have identified as a violent and...
Tren de Aragua - Wikipedia
Tren de Aragua is led by Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias "Niño Guerrero "; he was incarcerated in Tocorón prison , which functioned as the organization's de facto headquarters. The gang has since expanded throughout Latin America and the United States due to the Venezuelan refugee crisis , with the growth of the gang following the ...
Venezuela regains control of prison where inmates built …
Sep 24, 2023 · During the media tour on Saturday, Ceballos announced 80 high-ranking members of the Tren de Aragua gang had been detained by security forces following the takeover of the prison. Ceballos...
Tren de Aragua: The Venezuelan gang infiltrating the US | CNN
Jun 9, 2024 · Local and federal officials say these apparently unrelated crimes have a common denominator: Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang that originated in a Venezuela prison...
Tocorón prison: Venezuela regains control of gang-run jail with …
Sep 21, 2023 · Venezuela says it has regained control of a notorious jail, which had been under the control of the powerful Tren de Aragua criminal gang. Some 11,000 security personnel were deployed to...
Explainer-What Is the Venezuelan Prison Gang Tren De Aragua?
Jul 11, 2024 · (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that law enforcement leaders throughout the Americas have identified as a...
Tren de Aragua started as a prison gang confined within the walls of Tocorón. But in the space of a decade, it has become one of the most rapidly growing security threats in South America.
Tren de Aragua: From Prison Gang to Transnational Criminal …
Oct 4, 2023 · Ten years ago, Tren de Aragua was a little more than a prison gang, confined to the walls of the Tocorón penitentiary and largely unheard of outside its home state of Aragua in Venezuela. Today, it is one of the fastest-growing security threats in South America.
Tren de Aragua - InSight Crime
Jul 12, 2024 · Tren de Aragua is Venezuela’s most powerful homegrown criminal actor and the only Venezuelan gang that has successfully projected its power abroad. It has grown from a prison gang limited to the state of Aragua, to a transnational threat with a wide criminal portfolio.