One expert said the Venezuelan gangs are likely to target the “violence” and “Tark America” towers by Tren de Aragua and Aragua.
Members of the Venezuelan gang formed the "anti-Tren" gang, which federal authorities say is almost entirely composed of former members of Tren de Aragua.
In the new April federal indictment, prosecutors accused 21 drug and prostitution rings running in New York City. According to the indictment, members of the anti-Trenten “protect their power and territory through various criminal acts, including violence against members of Trenten de Alaguya.
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The Guard accompanied prisoners suspected of being involved in criminal organizations in the terrorist detention center on March 16, 2025 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. (Salvador government through Getty image)
Federal officials say illegal smuggling, including Venezuelan women, sexual trafficking, drug trafficking and armed robbery.
From October 2003 to March 2005, Robert Charles, assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement at the U.S. Department of State, told Fox News Digital.
"I've read some public accounts that show that this branch group is trying to differentiate itself by being more violent," Charles said. "With MS-13, they did all kinds of tests and things that they experienced, and the branches there became more violent than the original group."
Charles said gangs like Anti-Trente tried to dominate a region geographically, and one of the ways they did it was through violence and intimidation.
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El Salvador police accompanied the accusation that members of Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were recently deported by the U.S. government and were imprisoned in a terrorist incarceration center prison as part of a deal with the El Salvador government in Tecoluca on March 16, 2025. (Secretary of the Presidency/through Reuters Handout)
"They are also using the people's environment to engage in violence. They use the homeless and take advantage of rural America," Charles said of anti-Trenten.
Charles said gangs like Anti-Trent target rural areas of the United States because that's where they can "maximize their own gains" without risk.
"We don't have a very rural infrastructure to get patrols across the northern part of the state, frankly, even prevent drugs from coming in and gangs aren't allowed to come here," Charles said of his state Maine. "The criminals are bad guys, but they're not stupid. So what they're looking for is looking for opportunities to maximize returns with the greatest risk."
Venezuela's Tren de Aragua Gang and members of the MS-13 gang were shown in prison in San Salvador, El Salvador on March 31, 2025. (El Salvador Press Presidential Office/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Charles said he believes the group will be eager to fight Tren de Aragua, which is why authorities need to work quickly to put out the group.
"I think their number is relatively modest right now," Charles said. "If you look at it, if you pretend it doesn't matter, if you comfort it rather than stop it, it will definitely grow. It's just the nature of crime."
The existence of the Anti-Trente Gang expanded outside of New York City.
According to Zillow, a Texas woman was robbed at a gun in September 2024, and her pistol was robbed in her Dallas-area home and tied to the Ritzy neighborhood of Bluffview, where the average home value is $880,000.
The robbery occurred around 10 pm on September 21, 2024, and the woman just returned home from dinner.
According to records obtained by Fox News, the man in the incident allegedly targeted the woman, forcing her into her home and then tied her to the gun. The man involved threatened to cut off her finger.
The suspect communicated with the victim using Google Translate, carrying $75,000 worth of jewelry, Ferragamo handbag, Judith Leber handbag, gucci wallet, box in the house and victim's mobile coins.
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Four illegal immigrants in Venezuela have been arrested and charged with robbing a woman in the driveway of her Dallas home. (Dallas County Sheriff's Office)
Documents obtained by Fox News at the time showed that one of the arrested man Manuel Hernandez-Hernandez said others were part of the anti-Trente gang and the Dallas Police Department did not comment.
Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin contributed to the report.