The Department of Justice on Friday said that it has indicted members of two transnational gangs for crimes that include kidnapping, murder, drug trafficking and gun-related crimes. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo
July 2 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice on Thursday announced it has charged multiple members of the Tren de Aragua and United Cartels organizations for a raft of crimes.
Multiple members of both transnational criminal organizations were indicted for crimes that include drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping and various firearms offenses, the Justice Department said in separate press releases.
The indictments are the latest in a string of efforts against Latin American and Caribbean criminal organizations engaging in narcoterrorism and other crimes in the United States.
In the case of Tren de Aragua, the Justice Department said it has charged more than 300 members and associates of the transnational gang, which started as a prison gang in Venezuela in the mid-2000s.
