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Tattoos on Abrego Garcia’s fingers are not proof he’s a member of MS-13, experts say
The Trump administration this week continued digging in on its claim that symbols tattooed on the fingers of Kilmar Abrego Garcia – a cross, a skull, a smiley face and a marijuana leaf – are proof ...
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Why tattoos aren't reliable identifiers of Tren de Aragua gang members
A lawyer for Caraballo says he's not a gang member and his wife said he ... Another man, Andry José Hernández Romero, has crown tattoos over the words "Mom" and "Dad." Hernández Romero is ...
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The big problem with judging people by their ‘gang tattoos’
Law enforcement has also relied on tattoos of the words “Mexican,” “Chicano” or “Brown Pride” as evidence of gang membership. Some gangs, such as the Mexican Mafia, include a reference ...
Kilmar Abrego García’s tattoos alone do not prove MS-13 membership, experts say
Experts are divided over whether knuckle tattoos highlighted by President Trump suggest the wrongly deported man may be associated with MS-13.
WH says 'no dispute' deported suspected gang member had MS-13 tattoos despite photos to the contrary
President Donald Trump defended the deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia and his suspected MS-13 ties to a photo he shared showing "MS13" tattooed across a man's knuckles.
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President Donald Trump says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has “‘MS-13’ on his knuckles.” Pants on Fire!
President Donald Trump says Kilmar Abrego Garcia has “‘MS-13’ on his knuckles.” Pants on Fire! The figures M, S, 1 and 3 and words below the symbols don’t appear in other photographs of Kilmar Armando ...
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ICE claims tattoos tie migrants to the Tren de Aragua gang. Experts say they aren't reliable identifiers.
A lawyer for Caraballo says he's not a gang member and his wife said he ... Another man, Andry José Hernández Romero, has crown tattoos over the words "Mom" and "Dad." Hernández Romero is ...
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Trump Is Relying More on Tattoos to Identify Gang Members. Experts Say That’s Unreliable.
Even though some gangs, such as MS-13 ... Lawyers for Mr. Hernandez Romero have said that he has two crown tattoos, one with the word “Mom” and the other “Dad.” But they argue that ...
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ICE’s focus on tattoos is part of a long tradition of profiling
Two crowns over the words “Mom” and “Dad ... summarized the trouble with recent reports of tattoo targeting succinctly: “Venezuelan gangs don’t identify themselves with tattoos.” ...
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Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID’d as gang members and deported, lawyers say
Tattoos are signals of membership in some Latin American gangs, with the facial tattoos ... of a tattoo of a crown over a soccer ball and the word “Dios,” or God. Reyes Barrios had been ...
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Deported soccer player wrongly accused of gang membership over tattoo, lawyer says
Agents who detained Jerce Reyes Barrios, 36, last September said his tattoo was "proof of gang membership," his attorney ... ball with a rosary and the word "Dios," which means God in Spanish ...