Rumors about Tren de Aragua are rife.
News outlets and authorities around the Americas have decried the group’s expansion.
The gang has been called “an invading criminal army” by US lawmakers, as well as a tool of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to “invade” the United States.
In February, the US government named it a foreign terrorist organization. Other countries have followed his example, and Trump has used the group as justification for his anti-immigration policies.
Tren de Aragua’s presence in North America is often exaggerated, but the group’s expansion in South America has had a profound impact on organized crime dynamics.
It began as a prison gang in Venezuela, led by Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, alias “Niño Guerrero,” who has been on the run since 2023.
This is: Niño Guerrero: The Prison Kingpin Who Took Tren de Aragua Transnational
