Salvadoran prison guards escort alleged members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and the MS-13 gang deported by the U.S. government to be imprisoned in the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, as part of an agreement with the Salvadoran government, in Tecoluca, El Salvador, on March 30, 2025. Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia/Handout via Reuters
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.