Authorities have indicted 27 members of Anti-Tren, a “splinter faction” of Tren de Aragua, on 38 counts, including murder in aid of racketeering in connection with an April 15, 2024, double murder in New York, and sex trafficking, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said in a Feb. 13 statement.
The defendants “planned and carried out a series of horrific crimes, including gunpoint robberies, murders, and the exploitation of vulnerable young women through sex trafficking,” said U.S. Attorney Jay Clayton for the Southern District of New York.
The double murder from April 2024 involved two defendants who allegedly shot and killed two individuals in the New York borough of the Bronx, according to the DOJ. In another charge, an Anti-Tren member is accused of sex trafficking a young woman from Venezuela in or around 2024, who was threatened with a gun and kidnapped. The victim’s immigration documents were seized by the perpetrator, the DOJ said….
27 Members of Tren de Aragua Faction Charged With Murder, Sex Trafficking, Kidnapping
