Two Venezuelan men who were arrested in El Paso, Texas on January 28 have been identified as members of the "Tren de Aragua" gang, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Jhonatan Johan Romero-Pineda, 34, and Uzcategui-Uzcategui, 27, are alleged associates of the transnational criminal organization that was recently designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the Trump administration. Javier Irazabal-Rodriguez, a third man also caught in the arrest, had previously been and convicted of sexual assault of a child in May 2024, receiving a 10-year probation sentence.
