President Trump’s Executive Order on Saturday Acting Enemy Act Venezuela’s citizens were targeted 14 years and older, which has a relationship with the International Group Train D. Aragua, saying they are “responsible for catching, stopping, safe and removing as strangers.”
Mr Trump’s order was immediately challenged in court, but the group has been a cause for concern for US officials over the past year. Biden Administration Labeled Train D. Aragwa, an international criminal organization, the New York Police Department, has highlighted its activity on the East Coast in 2024, and the Trump White House has begun the process. Nominate It is a foreign terrorist organization in January.
We know about this group:
A growing force out of Venezuela
The train de Aragwa (Aragua’s train, or Aragwa train) is rooted in the Tokhan Jail in the northern Aragwa state of Venezuela, which led to the group’s leaders converted into a mini -city with a pool, restaurant and zoo. They allegedly recorded the execution and torture there to control other prisoners.
Since Venezuela’s economy ended and his government became more oppressive under President Nicholas Maduro, the group began to exploit weak immigrants. The influence of the train de Aragua is soon spread to other parts of Latin America, and it was promoted to one of the most violent and notorious criminal organizations in the region, focusing on sexual trafficking, human trafficking and drugs.
Colombian officials accused the gang of at least 23 murders after finding police in 2022 Body parts The alleged members have also been arrested in the bag In Chile And in Brazil, where the group attached itself to the Primero Commando DA Capital, which is the country’s largest organized crime ring.
Recent entry in the United States
Despite many unknown persons about its real size or sophistication in the United States, Train de Aragwa has emerged as a real source of concern for law enforcement agencies in the past two years.
In New York City, police say the group has focused on stealing cell phones. Particularly advanced trade in department stores and thefts while riding a scooter. And a pink, powder synthetic drug, known as Tosi, is often kept with category, MDMA or phenotheel.
Police have also said that it is believed that the group recruits members from inside the city’s refugee shelters, and had different disputes or have been united with other groups.
In other parts of the country, people have been accused of affiliation with Train de Aragwa Has been charged As with crime Firing And human trafficking, mostly targeting members of the Venezuelan community.
In May 2024, federal officials uncovered a sex smuggling ring, saying the group was forcing smugglers to help Venezuela’s women cross the border. According to a complaint filed in the Federal Court, the ring is spread in Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Florida and New Jersey.
The presence of the group in the United States was a flashpoint of the 2024 elections, as Mr Trump accused the Biden administration of allowing the criminals to go to the country. During the presidential debate, he falsely suggested that the group had occupied Arora, Kolo.
A source of ugly stains for immigrants
The Trump administration has repeatedly termed train de Aragwa the focus of deportation efforts. Venezuela’s immigrants say the presence of the group in the United States and its surroundings have created a traumatic scandal and discrimination against them.
“None of us who have tattoos, think that we are a train de,” told the New York Times in September. “I will apply for a job and when they hear that we are Venezuela, they will reject us.”
In February, the White House press secretary said 10 people were detained and kept in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. The sister of one of the detainees said she was not a gang member.
In late February, the Trump administration suddenly evacuated two detention sites that the government had flown to the United States of 177, which included a military prison building, which was previously used to counter terrorist detainees. Federal officials removed another group of immigrants this month.
