Aragua State (Spanish: Estado Aragua, IPA: [esˈtaðo aˈɾaɣwa]) is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. It is located in the north-central region of Venezuela. It has plains and jungles and Caribbean beaches. The most popular are Cata and Choroni. It has Venezuela's first national park, Henri Pittier National Park.

Jan 29, 2025 · A view of a gate of the Tocoron prison in Tocoron, Aragua State, Venezuela, taken on September 23, 2023. Gang leaders who ruled a prison in Venezuela that was stormed by more than 11,000 soldiers ...

Nov 20, 2024 · The notorious Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua is now reportedly operating in 16 states across the U.S., including Colorado, Tennessee, and New York.

Nov 19, 2024 · The vicious Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has expanded its territory to at least 16 US states — an area that includes half of America’s population, The Post has learned.

Tren de Aragua (Spanish pronunciation: [tɾen de aˈɾaɣwa]; English: Aragua Train) is a transnational criminal organization and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization [3] from Venezuela. It is believed to have over 5,000 members. [4]

Aragua, estado (state), northern Venezuela. It is bounded to the north by the Caribbean Sea, to the east by the Distrito Federal and Miranda state, to the south by Guárico state, and to the west by Carabobo state.

Sep 25, 2024 · The Tren, which means “train” in Spanish, traces its origin more than a decade ago to an infamously lawless prison with hardened criminals in the central state of Aragua.

Jun 9, 2024 · Local and federal officials say these apparently unrelated crimes have a common denominator: Tren de Aragua, a transnational criminal gang that originated in a Venezuela prison and has slowly...

Dec 9, 2024 · Born from a Venezuelan prison more than a decade ago, Tren de Aragua, which means "Train from Aragua," burst into the national consciousness in 2023 after reports of members of the group...

Jul 12, 2024 · "The Tren de Aragua brand is a brand that generates fear among the people," said Jose Contreras Hernandez, chief of the anti-trafficking brigade of the Investigations Police of Chile.