Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. "I don't think we're at the point of everyone having to watch outside their homes of this infiltration," Rausch said in video released on the department's YouTube page.

The Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) is now operating in 16 states, according to a new Homeland Security memo cited by the New York Post.

Wesley Tabor spent more than two decades working for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He held leadership positions across the US and spent years serving in Central America, including Venezuela. There,

An alleged member of a violent Venezuelan street gang was arrested after an incident at Dolphin Mall in Sweetwater, police said.

"The tattoo is known as one of the identifiers to the known Venezuelan gang Tren de Araqua," Alvaro Zabaleta, of Sweetwater Police said. Police say Mavo-Bracho has denied any affiliation with the gang.

CBS News Miami's Steve Maugeri was in Sweetwater after police arrested a man who may have been a federal fugitive with ties to a Venezuelan gang called tren de araqua. Abrahan Dejesus Mavo-Bracho was arrested at Dolphin Mall on Friday in the theft of $1,

A member of the violent Venezuelan gang now operating in Tennessee is charged in connection with a human trafficking operation in Chattanooga.