We’ve written plenty about the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua and their criminal exploits, but did you know they have a rival appropriately named the “Anti-Tren?”
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The FBI does, and Director Kash Patel announced on social media Wednesday that they’d nabbed 16 of them in Texas in the largest crackdown on the group yet.
Your FBI arrested 16 suspected Anti-Tren gang members in Texas in the largest bust yet. And our violent crime takedown this summer isn’t stopping any time soon. pic.twitter.com/2BB4t5iQB8
— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) July 2, 2025
They’re alleged to have committed numerous felonies:
Of those 16 gang members, 14 are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, and two are charged separately with various weapons offenses based on their alleged possession and sale of firearms, according to the Justice Department.
“These arrests are the largest takedown of