While Trump insists Tren de Aragua is attempting an ‘invasion,’ experts and intelligence officials say the gang is weak and decentralized.

Some analysts believe deadly strikes off the coast of Venezuela signal a U.S. attempt to oust authoritarian Nicolás Maduro.

MEXICO CITY — To help justify a sweeping deportation campaign , an extraordinary U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean and unprecedented strikes on boats allegedly trafficking drugs, President Trump has repeated a mantra: Tren de Aragua.

He insists that the street gang, which was founded about a decade ago in Venezuela, is attempting an “invasion” of the United States and threatens “the stability of the international order in the Western Hemisphere.” Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, Trump desc

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