Overview
- A Manhattan grand jury returned a superseding indictment charging 27 alleged Anti-Tren members or associates in a broad racketeering case.
- The filing expands an earlier 12-count case by adding six defendants, with prosecutors saying five of those newly named are in federal custody.
- Counts include racketeering conspiracy, murder-for-hire, kidnapping in aid of racketeering, sex trafficking, and armed robberies in New York and other jurisdictions.
- Prosecutors allege Anti-Tren smuggled Venezuelan women and girls, forcing some “multadas” into commercial sex to repay debts through threats, violence, and abductions.
- Officials from HSI and Joint Task Force Vulcan call the case part of a coordinated effort to dismantle Tren de Aragua factions operating in New York City, New Jersey, Illinois, and Washington.