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Photos Reveal Chile’s Pursuit of Venezuelan Crime Syndicate Branded a Terror Threat by Trump
- Chilean investigators have documented the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which was designated as a foreign terrorist group by President Donald Trump.
- Chilean prosecutor Bruno Hernández used documents from 2022 to bring many gang members to trial, dismantling Los Gallegos, a Tren de Aragua offshoot.
- Arica's homicide rate decreased from 17 per 100,000 in 2022 to 9.9 per 100,000 last year after the gang was targeted.
- Public support for a more intense crackdown on crime has led authorities to focus more on organized crime issues.
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ARICA, Chile (AP) — Venezuelan gang members carefully recorded even their most insignificant expenses: $15 for an Uber; $34 for cleaning products; $9 for coffee and ham for their security detail.
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Photos reveal Chile’s pursuit of Venezuelan crime syndicate branded a terror threat by Trump
ARICA, Chile (AP) — Chilean prosecutors brought a record number of gang members to trial after a yearslong investigation into Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan crime syndicate designated a foreign terrorist group by U.S. President Donald Trump. The Chilean case…
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Chilean investigators close in on the notorious Venezuelan gang targeted by Trump
ARICA, Chile (AP) — The Venezuelan gang members wrote out even their most minute purchases in blue pen: $15 for a drug trafficker’s Uber; $9 for instant coffee during a lookout shift; $34 for supplies to clean what investigators learned were torture chambers. The meticulous spreadsheets seized during police raids in Chile’s northern town of Arica, and shared with The Associated Press, suggest the accounting structure of a multinational. They amo…
The PDI managed to identify a member of the Aragua Train dome who is being held in Valparaiso prison and with a false identity. The subject is Junior Misael Castillo Betancourt, who pretended to be Junior Daniel Castillo Betancourt when he was arrested. The information indicates that the individual reached [...] The entry Identifies a member of the Aragua Train dome imprisoned in Valparaiso was first published on INFOGATE.
How Chilean Court Used Uber Receipts to Convict Tren de Aragua Leaders Redefining War on Crime
Inside Chile's desert city of Arica, investigators cracked a Venezuelan crime syndicate not with bullets or mass arrests, but spreadsheets—turning a paper trail into a prosecution that's changing how Latin America thinks about gangs, migration, and justice itself. The post How Chilean Court Used Uber Receipts to Convict Tren de Aragua Leaders Redefining War on Crime appeared first on LatinAmerican Post.
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