“COUNTLESS” VIOLENT ACTS
Federal prosecutors in New York filed racketeering, drug and firearms expenses in December towards the gang chief.
“Guerrero Flores has been the mastermind of Tren de Aragua’s evolution from a Venezuelan jail gang right into a transnational terrorist group,” US Lawyer Jay Clayton stated in an announcement when the indictment was introduced.
Tren de Aragua, underneath Guerrero Flores’s management, has “dedicated numerous acts of violence, extortion, and drug trafficking throughout North America, South America, and Europe,” he stated.
The US State Division had supplied a US$5 million reward for data resulting in his arrest or conviction.
In response to a report by the InSight Crime suppose tank, Guerrero made Tren de Aragua “what it’s at this time throughout his incarceration at Tocoron”.
Underneath his management, Tocoron “grew to become one of many nation’s most infamous prisons, largely due to the unofficial coverage of the Venezuelan authorities of handing management of sure prisons … over to felony leaders referred to as pranes.”
“This freedom and the gang’s felony revenues allowed for the development of a zoo, a swimming pool, a playground, a restaurant, and a nightclub contained in the jail,” the report added.
The joint operation is the most recent instance of enhancing ties between Caracas and Washington because the seize of Nicolas Maduro.
The 2 international locations restored diplomatic relations in March, which had been severed in 2019.
The US is within the technique of reactivating its embassy in Caracas.
