Dec. 18 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice has indicted key members of the Tren de Aragua, which is considered a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
Tren de Aragua has been "linked to various violent crimes inside and outside the United States, including murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and controlled substance trafficking," a release from the DOJ said on Thursday.
The indictments totalled 70 in all and stretched across five U.S. attorney offices in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, New York and Texas, the DOJ said.
"Since Jan. 20, 2025, the Department has federally indicted over 260 members of TdA," the release continued.
The leader of Tren de Aragua, Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, was charged with racketeering, terrorism, drug importation and firearm offenses in the U.S District Court for Southern New York, a separate DOJ release said.
