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Interpol · ColombiaTren de Aragua Clashes with Colombia’s Underworld In the early hours of July 1, 2024, an elite corps of Colombian police suited up and loaded their automatic rifles, aiming to end their hunt for one of the most wanted men in Latin America. After several months of tracking and surveillance, Colombian security forces arrested Larry Amaury Álvarez Núñez, alias “Larry Changa,” leader and co-founder of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan-born criminal org…See the Story
Tren De Aragua Clashes with Colombia's Underworld
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Venezuela · VenezuelaThe Future of Tren de Aragua The Tren de Aragua brand is far stronger than the organization behind it, fed in no small part by discourse coming out of the United States. But what is the future of the gang and Venezuelan transnational organized crime? Smart Venezuelan criminals are now shunning any Tren de Aragua branding. US recognition of the group as a foreign terrorist organization opens up a more comprehensive law enforcement toolbox, not on…See the Story
The Future of Tren De Aragua
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Denver, Colorado · DenverTren de Aragua and the American Dream On February 5, 2025, multiple teams of heavily armed US federal agents fanned out across Denver and nearby cities in the US state of Colorado, supposedly looking for over 100 alleged members of Tren de Aragua – the Venezuelan gang that had become a fixation of US President Donald Trump, inaugurated two weeks earlier. The agents raided apartment complexes and residences, detained people, and seized evidence.…See the Story
Tren de Aragua and the American Dream
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