{"id":3260,"date":"2025-11-13T06:38:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/?p=3260"},"modified":"2025-11-13T06:38:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T06:38:39","slug":"spain-dismantles-its-first-suspected-cell-of-tren-de-aragua-venezuelan-gang-targeted-by-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/?p=3260","title":{"rendered":"Spain dismantles its first suspected cell of Tren de Aragua, Venezuelan gang targeted by Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(\u0967) News related to events and topics<\/strong><br \/>\nSpanish police have arrested 13 people, most of them Venezuelan, for allegedly belonging to the notorious Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua. This operation marks the first time a cell of this gang has been dismantled in Spain. The arrests, which took place primarily in Barcelona, targeted a network suspected of financing its operations mainly through drug trafficking, specifically &#8220;tusi&#8221; (a pink powdered drug cocktail) and cocaine. The cell was active in specific neighborhoods of Barcelona and Madrid, and the operation was supported by international police cooperation from Colombia and a EU-Latin America project.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(\u0968) Causes of events and topics<\/strong><br \/>\nThe investigation was triggered by the arrest in March 2024 of the brother of the gang&#8217;s worldwide leader, which alerted Spanish authorities to the gang&#8217;s potential presence in the country. Tren de Aragua&#8217;s expansion into Europe is part of its growth as a major transnational criminal organization, known for severe violence and diverse illicit activities. The gang&#8217;s notoriety has drawn significant international attention, leading to its designation as a foreign terrorist organization by the US and prompting deadly strikes by US forces against its alleged drug operations in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>(\u00b3) Lessons to be learned from events and topics<\/strong><br \/>\nThis case demonstrates the rapidly evolving and globalized nature of modern criminal gangs, which can extend their influence from Latin America to Europe. It underscores the critical importance of international police cooperation, as seen with the support from Colombian police, in effectively combating transnational organized crime. Furthermore, the success of dismantling the cell in its &#8220;embryonic&#8221; phase highlights the value of proactive policing and early intervention to prevent such networks from becoming deeply entrenched and more powerful within a country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(\u0967) News related to events and topics Spanish police have arrested 13 people, most of them Venezuelan, for allegedly belonging to the notorious Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua. This operation marks the first time a cell of this gang has been dismantled in Spain. The arrests, which took place primarily in Barcelona, targeted a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,3,5,4,9,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banner","category-news","category-politics","category-television","category-war","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3262,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3260\/revisions\/3262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scientifictelevision.com\/america\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}