Multiple gang members and illegal aliens were apprehended by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities in recent days amid President Donald Trump’s crackdown against illegal immigration.
On Jan. 28, ICE officials arrested three Venezuelan illegal immigrants from El Paso, Texas, according to a Feb. 3 statement from the agency.
This included two active associates of the Tren de Aragua gang—Jhonatan Johan Romero-Pineda, 34, and Uzcategui-Uzcategui, 27. Both remain in ICE custody pending removal.
Originating as a prison gang in Aragua, Venezuela, Tren de Aragua is known to engage in human smuggling and other illicit activities targeting migrants transnationally, according to the U.S. Treasury….