"The superseding federal indictment unsealed against Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro on Saturday immediately after his capture closely resembles 2020 charges against him but has several important new twists: the new indictment appears to embrace controversial claims made by the Trump administration about a Venezuelan street gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA). Maduro was captured by US forces early Saturday and ferreted out of the country after a series of explosions in the Venezuelan capital."
"Trump has repeatedly insisted Venezuela's government sent the gang to the US intentionally as a form of guerrilla warfare, to commit crimes and spread chaos, and has used the claims to further his foreign policy and his mass deportation tactics. The Trump interest in TdA dates back in 2024, when members of the gang were accused of taking control of an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado."
Officials unsealed a superseding federal indictment against Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro after his capture, mirroring 2020 charges while adding new elements. The new indictment adopts contested claims about the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua (TdA). Maduro was captured by US forces and removed from the country following a series of explosions in the Venezuelan capital. The operation provoked international criticism and Democratic outrage on Capitol Hill. One co-defendant is Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, the alleged TdA founder, indicted separately. The indictment does not allege Maduro met Guerrero Flores but advances connections critics call exaggerated. Trump pushed TdA claims to justify deportations and invoked the Alien Enemies Act.
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