It’s mind-blowing... a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds ...

While many people in gangs have tattoos that demonstrate their membership, many people who have absolutely no gang ties also ...

At the US detention center, before being deported, “ICE (immigration) agents told him he belonged to a criminal gang because he had a lot of tattoos.” In the western Venezuelan city of Maracaibo, ...

“Tattoos, symbols, and other images can reveal ... a professor of sociology at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, who studies transnational gangs. The recent removals of Venezuelans are ...

Risquez said tattoos are not closely connected with affiliation ... the only way to determine that a person is a delinquent or criminal is “to conduct a police investigation” and “grant ...

“It’s unfair to criminalize every Venezuelan. Having a tattoo or being born in Aragua doesn’t make you a member of a criminal gang,” Palma told the Herald. She described her boyfriend as a ...

But, unless there is something it is not saying, ICE seems to have done exactly that in the case of at least two deportees without criminal records or apparent gang ties. Both men do have tattoos ...

or tattoos alone,” he said. But Cerna acknowledged in his statement that many of the alleged members deported under the Alien Enemies Act do not have criminal records in the United States.

He doesn't have a criminal record. He was not supposed to be deported." While Caraballo was in detention in the U.S., authorities became interested in a series of tattoos he had, particularly one ...

A tattoo of a rose is seen on the hand of a Venezuelan ... "This includes people with violent criminal histories, as well as members of gangs and Foreign Terrorist Organizations." ...