Anti-Tren followed TdA’s spread, absorbing criminals in some of the new nations they were in, including Peru, were local thugs joined their ranks.
TdA entered the US in 2022, blending in with the asylum-seekers from their home country who were a major contributor to the border crisis during the previous four years.
When more than a million Venezuelans were permitted to enter the US for asylum. The first US news outlet to cover Tren de Aragua’s arrival in the country was DailyMail.com.
Police think Anti-Tren may have beaten TdA here or possibly entered the US at the same time.
Similar to its adversary, Anti-Tren spread to their law-abiding compatriots, allowing them to continue taking advantage of them after they got to major cities like New York, Dallas, and Denver.
TdA seized apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado, and forced innocent migrants to pay “rent” or beat up those who didn’t.