HOUSTON – Federal prosecutors in Houston are taking aim at the top leadership of Tren de Aragua, a violent Venezuelan gang the U.S. government now labels a foreign terrorist organization.
A federal grand jury in Houston has unsealed a six-count indictment charging four Venezuelan nationals, including two men authorities say are among the gang’s highest leaders, with terrorism-related offenses and international drug trafficking. The case is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas.
Prosecutors allege the defendants helped move large amounts of cocaine toward the United States, including through Texas, and sent the profits back to support Tren de Aragua’s operations in Venezuela…