A report published by the BBC on Wednesday detailed how the Tren de Aragua transnational criminal organization “learned from the mistakes” of other gangs such as the Salvadoran MS-13 and 18th Street to carry out its unusually rapid expansion throughout the hemisphere, including the United States.
BBC Mundo, the British broadcaster’s Spanish-speaking division, spoke with several regional experts who explained how Tren de Aragua used the Venezuela migrant crisis to expand throughout Latin America and reach the United States while also evolving and expanding in a “never before seen” manner.
FBI retired special agent Daniel Brunner told BBC Mundo that he believes Tren de Aragua now has a presence in “at least” 20 U.S. states, but doubted that the gang is an organized
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