Laura Strickler is a senior investigative producer and reporter for NBC News. She is based in Washington.
U.S. law enforcement and immigration officials have launched more than 100 investigations of crimes tied to suspected members of a violent Venezuelan gang, including sex trafficking in Louisiana and the point-blank shooting of two New York City police officers, according to two Department of Homeland Security officials. The cases involving the Tren de Aragua gang show how hard it is for U.S.
The women say they were told that if they went to authorities, their families would be killed in Venezuela. One woman told HSI investigators that she believes gang leaders have already killed her mother, based on conversations with her relatives at home. One of the victims alleged the ringleader of the operation was running similar operations involving 30 women in homes across five states, according to the criminal complaint.
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