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Venezuela jolted again: 5.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Aragua amid rescue efforts

Venezuela is grappling with a fresh 5.6 magnitude earthquake, compounding the devastation from earlier twin quakes that claimed over 1,430 lives. Rescue efforts are ongoing amidst widespread destruction, with thousands injured and homeless. International aid is arriving as authorities work to restore power and address critical shortages in the hardest-hit…

The Times of India

Venezuela says leader of Tren de Aragua gang killed in 'joint operation' with US

The leader of the Tren de Aragua gang Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, for whom the US government had offered a reward of up to $5 million, was killed during a joint operation with the United States in southern Venezuela, the two countries announced on Friday.

France 24

Trump says US military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang with help from Venezuela

President Donald Trump says a “swift and lethal kinetic” U.S. strike has killed Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called “the infamous leader” of the Tren de Aragua gang

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Spanish police arrest 13 people suspected of belonging to Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang

The Tren de Aragua gang originated in Venezuela more than a decade ago at an infamously lawless prison with hardened criminals in the central state of Aragua.

Euronews

Revealed: police across US spread false rumors about Venezuelan gang threats

Claim that Tren de Aragua planned to attack officers was widely shared – only for FBI to later acknowledge it was mistaken, internal files show

The Guardian - US

US Agencies Face Backlash for Linking Emojis to Venezuelan Gang Tren de Aragua

Law enforcement agencies in the United States are facing sharp criticism after records revealed they circulated reports suggesting that everyday emojis could indicate links to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal group. The theory, repeated in official briefings and training documents, has been described by experts as unfounded, dangerous, and…

Latin Times

Revealed: US law enforcement claimed emojis could signal Tren de Aragua affiliation

Claims are ‘an unsophisticated, uneducated approach that demonstrates a lack of knowledge’, says one professor

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What to know about Venezuela's Tren de Aragua gang as Trump justifies attack

The deadly U.S. military attack on a boat accused of carrying drugs in the Caribbean is the latest in a series of extraordinary measures that President Donald Trump has taken to combat the threat he sees from the Tren de Aragua gang

The Independent UK

What is Tren de Aragua and has the group ‘invaded’ the United States?

Trump has fixated on the Venezuelan gang, but experts say he’s concocted a bogeyman to fuel immigration crackdowns

The Guardian - US

The Trump administration says Tren de Aragua is a terrorist group – but it’s really a transnational criminal organization. Here’s why the label matters.

The U.S. State Department declared on Feb. 20, 2025, that the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, as well as some Mexican drug cartels, are now considered foreign terrorist organizations.

The Conversation

It started in a Venezuelan prison. Now US politics focus on the Tren de Aragua gang

It’s a local threat to some and a full-on invasion to President Donald Trump

The Independent UK

Trump deports 238 ‘gang members’ to El Salvador: What’s the controversy?

The US president invokes a 1798 law to deport alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua to El Salvador.

Al Jazeera

Pictured: Deported Venezuelan 'gang members' detained in El Salvador despite US court order

El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele said 238 members of the Tren de Aragua gang had arrived in the country

Evening Standard

US deports hundreds of Venezuelans to El Salvador, despite judge's order

President Trump flouts judge's order and deports more than 250 Venezuelans, accused of being members of the Tren de Aragua criminal gang, to El Salvador.

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What is Tren de Aragua? How the Venezuelan gang started − and why US policies may only make it stronger

When the U.S. government deported 177 Venezuelans on Feb. 20, 2025, the Department of Homeland Security alleged that 80 of the deportees were members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua.

The Guardian - US

Tren de Aragua: are Trump’s claims about a violent street gang overblown?

The crime group has terrorised parts of Latin America, and the ex-president’s exaggerations may just empower it more

Latin Times

U.S. Authorities Concerned that Tren de Aragua Could Take Root With increased Migration

The group has been linked to criminal activities in major U.S. cities, including sex trafficking and drug smuggling

The Independent UK

Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now spreads fear in the US

Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are increasingly focused on a Venezuelan gang behind a spate of violent crimes

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Biden Administration Sanctions Venezuelan Gang Tren De Aragua

Biden administration sanctions Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua for violent crimes and trafficking, aiming to combat transnational threat.

The Independent UK

US sanctions a Venezuela gang for spreading criminal activity across Latin America

The Biden administration is sanctioning Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang as a transnational criminal organization and is offering a $12 million reward for the arrest of the leaders

International Business Times

Jellyfish Invade Venezuelan Waters, Worrying Fishermen

A thick bloom of varying hues drifts in the turquoise waters of Aragua in Venezuela, a surreal vision attributed to climate change that has decimated fishing stocks.

Daily Mirror

Horrified mum smells her baby burning when tot clutched live electric cable

The child had started playing with the cable and plunged it into a glass of water before being electrocuted instantly in Aragua, Venezuela

Zenger

Deadly Floodwaters Rage Through The Venezuelan City Of Maracay

Deadly torrents of brown water rushed through the streets in Maracay, the capital of Venezuela's northern state of Aragua.

Reuters

Venezuela flooding death toll rises after three perish near Maracay

Flooding in Venezuela's central Aragua state killed at least three people on Monday, adding to the death toll from weeks of intense rains, authorities said.

Reuters

Dozens missing after Venezuela floods, death toll rises

Hundreds of Venezuelans roamed the streets of Las Tejerias on Tuesday, digging and searching for missing relatives amid a rising death toll from devastating weekend floods that swept through the town, leaving many wondering where they will live.

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