Information about Tren de Aragua members in the U.S. is sparse, which makes the gang a fertile topic for inspiring ...

The violent Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua has invaded the United States, committing a nationwide crime spree that has drawn national headlines and Donald Trump's attention.

Venezuela, a coastal state in the north of the country to the west of the capital city of Caracas. "Over the past six years, Tren de Aragua leader Niño Guerrero has expanded the group’s ...

Two months after 33-year-old Nilzuly Arneaud Petit of Texas was kidnapped and killed, three suspected members of a Venezuelan ...

Here’s what PolitiFact knows about the organization’s origins and what they can and can’t say about its U.S. presence.

Soldiers raid the Tocorón Penitentiary Center, in Tocorón, Venezuela, Sept. 20, 2023. The Tren de Aragua gang originated at the prison. WLRN has partnered with PolitiFact to fact-check Florida ...

Tren de Aragua is Spanish for "Train of Aragua." The gang started some time between 2013 and 2015 in Tocorón, a prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua, according to Transparencia Venezuela ...

A mass exodus was beginning in Venezuela then, with people fleeing the country because of an economic and humanitarian crisis. Capitalizing on the situation, Tren de Aragua established itself at ...