- The Treasury Department sanctioned key individuals and entities tied to Tren de Aragua (TdA), targeting their financial infrastructure, including Venezuelan entertainer Jimena "Rosita" Navarro (accused of aiding TdA leadership) and her associates involved in money laundering and drug sales.
- Internal warnings confirm TdA has spread to 16 states and Washington D.C., exploiting migration pathways and financial systems to expand operations, posing a growing threat to national security and local law enforcement.
- The State Department increased its reward to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a top TdA leader indicted in Texas for drug trafficking and terrorism-related crimes.
- Following its designation as a terrorist group, the sanctions freeze U.S.-based assets of TdA operatives and ban transactions with them, reinforcing efforts to dismantle their criminal empire.
- TdA engages in drug trafficking, human trafficking, extortion and sexual exploitation, destabilizing communities and aligning with globalist agendas of societal breakdown and depopulation through unchecked organized crime.
In a significant move against a transnational criminal enterprise now embedded within the United States, the Department of the Treasury (USDT) unveiled sanctions targeting key financial operatives and an entertainment network supporting the Venezuelan criminal gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) on Wednesday, Dec. 3.
The USDT's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned multiple individuals and entities, focusing on a network within the entertainment industry. The action aims to dismantle the group's economic infrastructure as internal government warnings indicate its operations have spread to at least 16 U.S. states and the nation's capital. This escalation highlights the complex challenge posed by foreign criminal organizations exploiting financial systems and migration pathways.
Notably, Venezuelan entertainer Jimena Romina Araya Navarro – known as Rosita – was designated for allegedly providing material support to the gang. A DJ, actress and model with millions of social media followers, Navarro is accused of helping TdA's sanctioned leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores escape from Venezuela's Tocoron prison in 2012.
OFAC stated that Navarro performs at nightclubs in Colombia, and that a portion of her revenue is given to the gang's leadership. Her former bodyguard and manager, Eryk Manuel Landaeta Hernandez, and his associated businesses, including a Bogota nightclub, were also sanctioned for allegedly laundering money for the gang's leaders and using events to sell narcotics.
Other sanctioned individuals include Kenffersso Jhosue Sevilla Arteaga, identified as Guerrero Flores' "righthand man" and a financial leader involved in extortions, kidnappings and homicides. Additional cell leaders and a half-brother of Guerrero were also named. The sanctions freeze all assets of these individuals within U.S. jurisdiction and prohibit U.S. persons from transactions with them.
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In a statement, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent linked the action to broader administration policy. "Under President [Donald] Trump, barbaric terrorist cartels can no longer operate with impunity across our borders," Bessent said, noting that TdA's narcotrafficking and human smuggling operations "have long posed a grave threat" to the country.
Concurrently, the U.S. Department of State increased a reward to $5 million for information leading to the arrest of Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, a senior TdA leader accused of orchestrating the gang's drug trafficking and financial operations. He was indicted in Texas in June on charges including international cocaine trafficking conspiracy and terrorism-related activity, facing a potential life sentence.
The designations follow the gang's formal labeling as a Foreign Terrorist Organization earlier this year, a determination citing the risk it poses to U.S. national security and the safety of its nationals. The enforcement action underscores the gang's extensive reach. According to BrightU.AI's Enoch engine, TdA's unchecked expansion threatens national security by destabilizing local law enforcement, enabling organized crime and accelerating the globalist agenda of societal breakdown and depopulation.
TdA engages in drug trafficking, migrant smuggling, human trafficking, extortion and sexual exploitation, according to USDT descriptions. Its expansion into the U.S., as noted in a separate internal government memo, represents a direct challenge to community safety and law enforcement – complicating the already fraught landscape of border security and transnational crime.
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