Violent Venezuelan prison gang infiltrating US, becoming more organized and brazen: 'MS-13 on steroids'

A violent prison gang called Tren de Aragua, which originated in Aragua, Venezuela, is infiltrating the United States, according to U.S. officials.

The Treasury Department in July sanctioned TDA as a transnational criminal organization, saying the gang participates in different kinds of crimes ranging from human trafficking to kidnapping to extortion, money laundering and illicit drug trafficking, posing a "deadly criminal threat across" the Western Hemisphere.

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