WLRN has reviewed papers that show he has no criminal record in the U.S. or in Venezuela, and that ICE based his removal on a tattoo. His attorney has called it a “flagrant violation” of his ...

FBI and DHS question using tattoos to accurately ID Venezuelan criminal gangs: exclusive "Tattoos are typically related to the Venezuelan culture and not a definite [indicator] of being a member ...

Tattoos have long been used as evidence of gang affiliation, particularly in Central America, where criminal organizations ...

“You’re Here Because of Your Tattoos” The Trump administration sent Venezuelans to El Salvador’s most infamous prison. Their families are looking for answers.

Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren ... It has also acknowledged that "many" of them have no criminal records.

Reason Roundup. Parents Face Criminal Charges Over Children's Tattoos Plus: a nationwide injunction on student loan forgiveness, Tyson and Holyfield team up on marijuana edibles, government needn ...

US authorities have linked certain tattoos to the criminal group. Guidance on Tren de Aragua from the Texas Department of Public Safety states that tattoos of crowns, ...

Tattoo culture is well established in other criminal organizations, “but those are gangs from other countries,” Rísquez said. The way people think and live also plays a role in how gangs ...

Family members and advocates have said American officials have relied on tattoos to deport Venezuelan migrants with little evidence. ... 44 have no criminal record in either the U.S. or Venezuela, ...

Ronna Rísquez, a Venezuelan investigative journalist who has written a book about the criminal group, said the authorities would be wrong to assume that someone with a Michael Jordan tattoo is a ...