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Argentina Detains Venezuelan in Corrientes Over Suspected Tren de Aragua Link

Interpol background checks are underway following a prosecutor’s request.

Overview

  • Delvis Joel Ascanio Salazar, 32, was stopped in Ita‑Ibaté while wandering without identification and remains under federal investigation for a possible connection to the Venezuelan-origin group.
  • Prosecutor Carlos Schaffer asked Interpol to report on the detainee’s record and whether any arrest warrants exist in other jurisdictions.
  • The National Directorate of Migrations plans to seek his expulsion from Argentina due to an irregular entry, according to judicial and migration authorities.
  • Judicial sources noted that his tattoos share characteristics with those of José Félix Peñalver Veliz, who was arrested in the same border area in December.
  • This is the second related detention in roughly 40 days in Corrientes, where courts also advanced a separate case in September that processed 13 suspects on charges including financing terrorism and money laundering.