The Latest Breaking News from Tren de Aragua

Co-defendants include alleged gang founder Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, indicted two weeks ago

President Donald Trump had long threatened that he could order military strikes on targets on Venezuelan territory after months of attacks on boats accused of carrying drugs from the South American country. President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela said the U.S. military operations were a thinly veiled effort to oust him…

The president asserted broad powers to deport people, impose tariffs, and deploy the National Guard based on his own unilateral determinations.

US targeted alleged drug traffickers in first-known land attack inside the country

The attack reportedly conducted by the CIA against a facility used by Tren de Aragua to store drugs and boats in Venezuela didn't cause any casualties, CNN reported.

After months of torture in the Salvadorian prison, the men deported from the US reunite with families in Venezuela

A new report, based on testimony from government intelligence officials, states that Mexican authorities only became aware of Tren de Aragua's operations last year, after clashes between the gang and rival groups in Mexico City.

Federal prosecutors have indicted a leader of notorious street gang Tren de Aragua

Governor Polis said earlier this month that "we would all benefit if the President spent less time posting attacks and instead worked on making Christmas more affordable for American families"

The former general also said criminal groups such as Tren de Aragua were recruited from prisons to protect the government in exchange for immunity

More than 100 people killed in US military strikes targeting small boats in the Caribbean in 2025