US Offers $12 Million Reward for Information on Tren de Aragua Gang Leaders

The United States is offering financial rewards totaling $12 million for information on three leaders of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua, a notorious transnational criminal organization. In a statement released on July 11, the Department of State said the rewards will be provided to anyone able to offer information leading to the arrest and/or conviction in any country. The three leaders of Tren de Aragua—originally a prison gang that has since grown into a transnational criminal organization—are identified as main leader Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero, also known as “Niño Guerrero,” co-founder Yohan Jose Romero, also known as “Johan Petrica,” and Giovanny San Vicente, also known as “El Viejo.”...