"Spanish police have detained 13 suspected members of Venezuela's notorious Tren de Aragua crime gang, which has increasingly come under scrutiny as the United States actively targets and kills what it says are its cadres smuggling drugs on vessels in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. The arrests were made across five Spanish cities, police said on Friday. The gang was designated as a global terrorist organisation by the US earlier this year."
"Police said the arrests took place in Barcelona, Madrid, Girona, A Coruna and Valencia in an investigation into the group's alleged efforts to expand its operations into Spain, where Venezuelans make up one of the largest immigrant communities. Tren de Aragua was originally formed in Venezuelan prisons and has grown into one of Latin America's most violent transnational criminal networks. The gang is linked to drugs, human trafficking and extortion."
"As part of the operation, Spanish police said they seized synthetic drugs and cocaine and also dismantled two laboratories used to make tusi a mixture of cocaine, MDMA and ketamine. The arrests followed an investigation Spanish police opened last year after the brother of Nino Guerrero, the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang, was arrested in Barcelona, police said."
Spanish police arrested 13 suspected members of Tren de Aragua across Barcelona, Madrid, Girona, A Coruna and Valencia during an investigation into the gang's expansion into Spain. Officers seized synthetic drugs and cocaine and dismantled two laboratories producing tusi, a mixture of cocaine, MDMA and ketamine. Tren de Aragua originated in Venezuelan prisons and now operates as a violent transnational network linked to drugs, human trafficking and extortion. The group was designated a global terrorist organisation by the US, which has targeted suspected smuggling vessels and deported alleged members.
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