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Law Enforcement Spent Months Amplifying Unverified Claims of Tren de Aragua Plotting to Kill Police Officers, Documents Show

Law enforcement agencies across the United States circulated and amplified for months a claim about notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua ordering members to kill police officers, a notion that was later quietly discredited by the FBI, newly released government records show.

Latin Times

Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show

The Guardian - US

US military kills five people in strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in Pacific

Latest strikes were off coast of Colombia, while seven previous attacks in Caribbean killed at least 32

The Guardian - UK

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A timeline of US attacks in the Caribbean and what Congress has had to say

In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed 32 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea

The Independent UK

Canada Confirms Tren de Aragua, Sinaloa Cartel Among Criminal Organizations Active Within Its Borders

Canadian authorities have confirmed that Tren de Aragua, the infamous Venezuelan criminal organization with operations across Latin America and the United States, is among seven international cartels currently active in the country.

Latin Times

Cartel crackdown or conflict creation? Trump’s Venezuela strategy raises questions

Scholars warn U.S. military actions in Venezuela may stretch the bounds of international law

The Independent UK

Trump says he authorized covert CIA operations in Venezuela as Maduro decries the move as ‘coups d’etat’

Move marks escalation in Maduro pressure campaign as president says US mulling strikes on Venezuelan territory

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Alleged Tren de Aragua Ringleader Dies After Falling From Sixth Floor During Police Raid in Colombia

A Venezuelan national identified as Ender Alexis Rojas Montán, an alleged top leader of the transnational criminal organization Tren de Aragua, died onTuesday after falling from a sixth-floor apartment

Latin Times

Imprisoned Tren de Aragua Founder Asks to Take Part in Colombia's Peace Effort Aimed at Disarming Criminal Organizations

One of the founders of the Venezuelan criminal group Tren de Aragua, has formally asked President Gustavo Petro's government to allow the organization to join the country's peace negotiations intended to dismantle armed and criminal groups.

Latin Times

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Celebrates Arrest Of Tren De Aragua Leader: 'Good For The Mexican People'

U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ronald Johnson celebrated the arrest of an alleged leader of Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua in the country

Latin Times

Top Tren de Aragua Leader Detained In Mexico: 'Intellectual And Material Author Of Several Femicides'

Mexican authorities detailed that an alleged leader of Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has been detained in the country

Latin Times

Hegseth says four killed in US strike on alleged drug boat off Venezuelan coast

Pentagon chief says strike – fourth by US military in recent weeks – targeted boat with ‘substantial amounts’ of drugs

The Guardian - US

Stephen Miller takes leading role in strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Exclusive: Miller’s homeland security council has played a key part in coordinating operations, sources say

The Guardian - US

Officials Said They Busted a Tren de Aragua Party. Attendees Beg to Differ.

A highly publicized multi-agency raid in Hays County resulted in dozens of arrests on low-level immigration charges and left an Austin mother's life in tatters. It also fit a pattern of unproven gang-related accusations.

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The Independent UK

Trump demands Venezuela take action on one of his most outlandish claims – or face an ‘incalculable’ price

President has long claimed without evidence that Venezuela has been emptying its ‘insane asylums’ and sending the inmates to the U.S.

The Independent UK

Trump orders a third boat blown up which he claims killed three ‘narcoterrorists’ on alleged drug vessel

Democratic lawmakers are calling on the Trump administration to end the strikes

Latin Times

US Agencies Face Backlash for Linking Emojis to Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua

Law enforcement agencies in the United States are facing sharp criticism after records revealed they circulated reports suggesting that everyday emojis could indicate links to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal group. The theory, repeated in official briefings and training documents, has been described by experts as unfounded, dangerous, and…

The Independent UK

US military strike off the coast of Venezuela disrupts life in impoverished fishing communities

A U.S. military strike on a boat off Venezuela's northeastern Caribbean coast has disrupted a flow of money that helps impoverished communities

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The Guardian - US

Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation

Claims are ‘an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge’, says one professor

The Conversation

US strikes on Venezuelan ‘drug boats’ have killed 14 people. What is Trump trying to do?

In the past few weeks, the United States military has been involved in multiple fatal strikes on boats in international waters off the coast of Venezuela.

The Independent UK

‘I wouldn’t go fishing right now’: JD Vance sparks backlash after joking about controversial US strikes on Venezuelan boats

‘This regime gets giddy about violence. It's sick,’ one social media user wrote

Latin Times

Venezuela Issues Warning to Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago Over Possible Retaliation

With tensions running high between Venezuela and the United States, officials from Nicolás Maduro's regime issued a warning to neighboring countries, saying that attacks launched from the territories of Guyana or Trinidad and Tobago would provoke retaliation.

Al Jazeera

Trump says US strikes second Venezuelan boat: All to know

US carries out attacks as tensions mount between the Trump and Maduro administrations.

Euronews

US military strikes another Venezuelan boat in drug operation, Trump confirms

Monday's strike was the second by the US military on a vessel from Venezuela in two weeks, which the Trump administration called a drug-carrying speedboat. At least 11 people were killed in the first strike.

The Independent UK

Trump accuses Venezuela of ‘sending us gangs, drugs and dealers’ - but dodges question on further US strikes

‘We’ll see what happens’, Trump says, amid reports of increasing U.S. efforts to force President Nicolás Maduro from power

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