The Latest Breaking News from Tren de Aragua

The law mandates the detention of non-U.S. nationals accused of violent crimes or theft

When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

Almost a week after the Trump administration sent migrants from Guantanamo back to Venezuela, the deportees are describing their ordeals.

The body of former Venezuelan army officer Ronald Ojeda was found on Feb. 19, 2024, in a suitcase buried under 5 feet of concrete. Ojeda, accused by Venezuela of plotting against the government, had gone missing nine days earlier, when men dressed as police broke into his apartment in the…

"The organized crime group was, back then, used by foreign agencies like the FBI and the DEA with terrorist and destabilizing purposes against Venezuela," the authoritarian government said

Deportation of nearly 200 Venezuelan immigrants from Guantanamo Bay to Venezuela raises concerns over transparency and legal rights.

Deportation of over 170 Venezuelan migrants from Guantanamo Bay to Honduras, with plans for transfer to Venezuela. Alleged ties to Tren de Aragua gang.

U.S. government designates 8 Latin American crime groups as foreign terrorist organizations due to drug trafficking and violence.

The US has designated the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, the violent MS-13 organization and six major Mexican cartels as foreign terrorist organizations.