Highest-ranking Tren de Aragua member ever extradited to US set to appear in Houston courtroom: DOJ

The highest-ranking member of Tren de Aragua to face justice in the United States has been extradited from Colombia and will appear in a Houston federal courtroom to face terrorism and drug charges, the Justice Department said.

Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, 24, who also goes by "Chuqui," allegedly oversaw criminal activities in Colombia, including drug trafficking, extortion, prostitution and murder. Federal prosecutors stated that he is a high-ranking leader of the designated foreign terrorist...