The Trump administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua, a gang with its ...

Tren de Aragua, a gang born out of a Venezuelan prison, is a loose network that doesn’t operate like groups typically ...

In July, the Treasury Department sanctioned the gang, designating them as a Transnational Criminal Organization.

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.

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.

President Donald Trump made a very specific reference on Tuesday night to one criminal organization: the “Tren de Aragua,” a Venezuela-based gang he frequently mentioned when talking about ...

By 2017, Tren de Aragua began to be known as a “megabanda,” a category the local press in Venezuela use to refer to large organized criminal groups. The term arose to highlight the size of ...

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. U.S. news ...