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US Indicts Over 70 Tren de Aragua Members in Nationwide Crackdown

Charges against the cartel members included murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking.
US Indicts Over 70 Tren de Aragua Members in Nationwide Crackdown
Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on Nov. 19, 2025. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
Jill McLaughlin
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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced multiple indictments against more than 70 members of Tren de Aragua in a nationwide crackdown on the foreign terrorist organization.

The cartel members were charged with various crimes that the DOJ said occurred inside and outside the United States, including murder, robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering, and drug trafficking.

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