Albert Herrera Machado, one of the three individuals accused of being involved in a sex trafficking ring in Louisiana, is suspected of working on behalf of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan-born criminal organization which has rapidly expanded its influence across Latin America and emerged as a transnational threat.
23-year-old Machado faces multiple federal charges, including a felony count of sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and several counts of concealing or harboring aliens for private gain.
