In recent times, a troubling new threat has emerged on the streets of major U.S. cities.
Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang whose reach and ruthlessness seem almost mythic in scope, is currently terrorizing Americans in cities like Dallas, New York, and Aurora, Colorado.
Tren de Aragua has brought the horrors of one of the world’s most dysfunctional states to the supposed superpower up north.
However, the true horror of Tren de Aragua lies not just in its present-day criminal activities but in its origins.
Prison beginnings
Tren de Aragua (Spanish for “Aragua train”) was born in the Tocorón prison in Venezuela’s Aragua region; the gang may have taken its name from a local railway workers’ union.
Like most prison gangs, Tren de Aragua was born out of a need for self-preservation. Over time, the the gang’s influence expanded as it grew, leveraging prison connections to gain power and developing more structured internal hierarchies. A series of violent clashes with rival gangs secured Tren de Aragua’s dominance, setting the stage for its future criminal empire. […]
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