"The 38-count superseding indictment names defendants whom prosecutors identified as members or affiliates of the Anti-Tren gang that emerged from Tren de Aragua, which federal authorities on Jan.20, 2025 designated a foreign terrorist organization. Prosecutors used racketeering conspiracy or RICO statutes, tying groups to crimes, for a wide range of actions, including some linked to an April 15, 2024 double murder in the Bronx."
"The gang members charged today exerted ruthless control over sex trafficking victims through intimidation, brutality, and threats of violence against them and their loved ones leaving lasting trauma in their wake, the indictment read. Prosecutors said Anti-Tren was almost exclusively comprised of former members and associates of Tren de Aragua and includes groups such as the Espartanos. Prosecutors describe Tren de Aragua as a prison gang that started in and grew beyond Venezuela and from which they said Anti-Tren emerged."
Twenty-seven people identified as members and associates of Anti-Tren, a splinter faction of Tren de Aragua, face a 38-count superseding indictment. Charges include RICO racketeering conspiracy, murder-for-hire conspiracy, kidnapping in aid of racketeering, sex trafficking, and sex-trafficking conspiracy, and connect some defendants to an April 15, 2024 Bronx double murder. Six defendants were added to a prior 21-defendant, 12-count indictment in the case assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil. The indictment alleges Anti-Tren exerted ruthless control over sex-trafficking victims through intimidation, brutality, and threats against victims and their loved ones. Tren de Aragua was designated a foreign terrorist organization on Jan. 20, 2025, and Anti-Tren reportedly includes former Tren de Aragua members and groups such as the Espartanos operating across several states.
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