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The Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has now spread to one of the most remote states in America, after an alleged member was arrested for felony theft last month.
Local authorities in West Fargo, North Dakota, arrested suspected gang member Henry Theis, 25, in early November 2024.
The violent gang, which made national headlines in 2023 after reports of members of the group holding an apartment building hostage in Aurora, Colorado, has now expanded its territory to more than a dozen U.S. states.
West Fargo has a population of less than 40,000, and North Dakota itself is one of the least-populated states in the country.
The origins of Tren de Aragua have been traced to a Venezuelan prison more than a decade ago.
Another Venezuelan national, suspected of being a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, was recently arrested near President-elect Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
Violent crimes by Tren de Aragua members have spread across the nation and have been linked to the high-profile murders of nursing student Laken Riley in Georgia and 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray in Houston.
In addition to North Dakota, the gang has a presence in Colorado, Texas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Nevada, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Tennessee and Wisconsin, and most recently in Virginia, Montana and Wyoming.
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