Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua expanding into the United States

US officials fear a crime pattern of drug-distribution networks, extortion rackets and prostitution networks that could prey on some of the 700,000 Venezuelans that have immigrated into the United States in the past four years. 

The Tren de Aragua is a transnational criminal force 

Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua Expands its Deadly Reach to the U.S. - WSJ [Paywall possible]


BACKGROUND

FBI on Aragua Train criminal gang: "We have proof that they crossed the border" | CNN

Criminals from the Venezuelan gang El Tren de Aragua are in Chicago – Telemundo Chicago

Colorado city starts taking action after Venezuelan gang takes over apartment buildings | Just The News

HSI Miami (@HSI_Miami) / X

FINAL-ICE-Testimony-HSI-Deputy-EAD-Anthony-Salisbury.pdf

Tren de Aragua - Wikipedia