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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Alexandra Villarreal in San Antonio

What is Tren de Aragua and has the group ‘invaded’ the United States?

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People protest the imprisonment of Venezuelans whom the US alleges were members of Tren de Aragua, in Caracas, Venezuela, on Tuesday. Photograph: Leonardo Fernández Viloria/Reuters

The Trump administration has fixated on portraying a Venezuelan gang called Tren de Aragua, or TdA, as a state-sponsored international terrorist organization that has invaded the US.

Donald Trump uses the argument to justify extreme enforcement measures against Venezuelan immigrants and cast a cloud across the Venezuelan diaspora, especially communities in the US.

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