Five defendants, including suspected associates of the Venezuelan gang Tren De Aragua or a splinter faction known as “Anti-Tren,” have been charged in a federal gun and drug trafficking investigation in Middle Tennessee, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
Federal prosecutors announced Monday that the defendants face charges including drug trafficking conspiracy, firearms trafficking conspiracy and using or carrying a firearm during a drug trafficking crime.
The investigation, led by the Nashville Homeland Security Task Force, began in September 2025 and focused on alleged trafficking activity throughout Middle Tennessee and across the country. Investigators identified Maikel Jesus Albornoz-Jimenez as a supplier of firearms and narcotics and an alleged facilitator of illegal deals involving co-conspirators in multiple states…