EIGHT ILLEGAL ALIEN TREN DE ARAGUA MEMBERS FROM VENEZUELA CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPINGS THAT RESULTED IN DEATH, RACKETEERING INVOLVING MURDER, AND OTHER VIOLENT OFFENSES IN TEXAS AND ILLINOIS FOLLOWING HOMELAND SECURITY TASK FORCE INVESTIGATIONS

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON - The Department of Justice announced charges filed in the Northern Districts of Illinois and Texas against eight alleged members of designated foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua (TdA) for murders, kidnappings, and firearms offenses. All eight defendants charged in these Homeland Security Task Force operations are illegal aliens believed to be from Venezuela who illegally enter the United States between December 2021 and April 2024. One defendant charged in Northern Texas is now in custody in Colombia for unrelated charges.

"Eight TdA members illegally entered the United Stat...