Venezuela’s largest criminal organization is now operating across major cities in the United States, with at least one of its members connected to the death of a retired police officer.
The gang, Tren de Aragua, has a reputation for wreaking havoc across Latin America and is now fully operating in Chicago and Miami after its members joined the millions of illegal immigrants crossing the border, according to a report.
At least one member of the gang is currently detained for the South Florida murder of a retired Venezuelan police officer.
Yurwin Salazar-Maita, 23, helped to lure, abduct, and murder the officer in November, a common tactic used by Tren de Aragua across Venezuela and Latin America.
Members of the gang can be recognized by having a train tattoo, according to the report.
“They’re carrying out their criminal activity. They’re extorting. They’re sex trafficking,” Rolando Vazquez, an immigration lawyer, said. “They’re trafficking drugs … murders, contract killings. I’ve been threatened by this group.”
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“The ‘green light’ to go ahead and kill me, that’s the word they use.”
Charges against Salazar-Maita include robbery, home invasion, kidnapping, carjacking, and murder in the first degree.