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US Sanctions Tren de Aragua Leader, Unseals Terrorism Charges and Adds Him to FBI Ten Most Wanted

Following Washington’s February designation of the group as a foreign terrorist organization, the measures signal a stepped-up international effort to dismantle its hemispheric crime network.

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A bronze seal for the Department of the Treasury is shown at the U.S. Treasury building in Washington, U.S., January 20, 2023. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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Overview

  • A superseding indictment unsealed June 24 charges Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano and Jose Enrique Martinez Flores with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization and conspiring to distribute over five kilograms of cocaine from Colombia to the United States.
  • The Department of State and Treasury Department sanctioned Mosquera Serrano, blocking any U.S.-based assets and offering up to $3 million through the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program for information leading to his arrest or conviction.
  • The FBI added the 37-year-old Serrano—known as “El Viejo”—to its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list, marking the first inclusion of a Tren de Aragua member and underscoring the U.S. campaign against transnational gangs.
  • Tren de Aragua was designated as a foreign terrorist organization in February 2025, enabling the Trump administration to leverage counterterrorism tools and expedite deportations under the Alien Enemies Act.
  • The joint operation involves the FBI, DEA, DHS, ATF, U.S. Marshals, Colombian National Police and other partners under Operation Take Back America to disrupt the gang’s networks across Latin America and the United States.