Summarize and humanize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in EnglishThe prolific migrant gang deemed so dangerous by the US government that it’s now classified a terrorist organization has spread to a new state inside America, DailyMail.com can reveal.Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan prison gang turned international crime ring, has spread to Maine, the US Border Patrol confirmed Friday. This means TdA, as the South American mob is known to law enforcement, is operating in at least 23 states inside America.A federal agent in the state known for lobster and lighthouses encountered a suspected member of TdA near Brunswick this week.Two Venezuelan nationals were under investigation for theft when Border Patrol was called in.’After gathering information about the individuals, it was determined that both had previously illegally entered the United States and been released on their own recognizance,’ the agency explained in a press release. One of the Venezuelans was determined to be affiliated with TdA. With this latest arrest, TdA is now known to be operating in the furthest reaches of the country.DailyMail.com was the first US news organization to report on Tren de Aragua, breaking the news that Venezuelas worst criminals were heading to the US. The latest Tren de Aragua arrest in Maine means the migrant super gang has had members arrested in 23 states After crossing over the US-Mexico border in 2022, TdA members infiltrated even the most remote corners of the country, getting arrested and charged for rape, murder, beating cops, taking over apartment complexes, selling drugs and prostituting women and children.However, TdA first set up strongholds in Texas cities like El Paso, San Antonio and Dallas among their fellow migrants.Their tentacles also spread to Denver, Chicago and New York before they fanned out to other states. ‘They come in, they kind of hide— they lay low for a little bit,’ Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent JT Stevens told KFOX-TV in El Paso.’They would normally, historically, as they move to a region, bring in a lieutenant and individuals that were under the lieutenant and they would go sit in the Venezuelan neighborhood, and the Venezuelans knew who they were by reputation. They would move in and they would rule it.’TdA’s presence was also recently revealed in Massachusetts, when nearly 400 migrants were rounded up in Boston between March 18 and 23, the feds announced last month. During the operation, 370 illegal immigrants were taken into custody, including several members of the notorious Venezuelan group, Trump Border Czar Tom Homan tweeted.Homan personally oversaw the raids, which netted 205 migrants with ‘significant criminal convictions or charges.’ Tren de Aragua gang tattoos (pictured above) were part of a Department of Homeland Security bulletin shared with federal agents in 2023 A suspected TdA mobster apprehended in El Paso, Texas. This suspected gangster even had the telltale signs of the criminal organization, like the clock tattoo on his chest Two of the 19 individuals arrested during the Oct. 19 raid at the Palatia Apartments in San Antonio where authorities say Tren de Aragua had been operatingAmong them were six fugitives wanted for murder, drug trafficking, organized crime, and money laundering charges.In many cases, American law enforcement has relied on the TdA gangs to ID them. A clock, a train, Michael Jordan’s air jumpman logo are among the most recognizable tattoos.However, the body markings may soon disappear after the criminal organization’s leadership warned its members to stop getting the ink that announces them to authorities, DailyMail.com exclusively reported.Federal law enforcement sources confirm to DailyMail.com that Tren de Aragua leadership is having its members already bearing the mob’s signature tattoos burn them off.Tren de Aragua’s tattoos have become a flashpoint in recent days – as the Trump Administration leaned heavily on skin markings to ID Venezuelan migrants as gangsters and deport them to a supermax prison in El Salvador. President Donald Trump justified the deportations, which did not follow the normal legal proceeding where judges sign off on each individual being removed from the US, using the controversial Alien Enemies Act. El Salvador’s Presidency press office shows the arrival of alleged members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua at the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in the city of Tecoluca, El Salvador As American courts decide if Trump is even legally able to apply the law to Venezuelan migrants, allegations have surfaced that the some of the deportees were wrongly accused of being Tren de Aragua by tattoos that were mistaken for the gang’s insignia.’Now we’re seeing the fact that they’re not getting tattoos because they’re aware that that’s an identifier for us,’ Tim Sullivan, the Chief Patrol Agent for US Border Patrol Special Operations, told El Paso station KFOX-TV. TdA, known to be incredibly adaptive and organized, issued the body art ban after its members interacted with Border Patrol and other federal agencies in the US. ‘They try to learn from us as much as we learn from them, and that’s what also made them, to a certain point, a difficult target to assess,’ FBI in El Paso Special Agent in Charge John Morales explained.’While we’re trying to do our job and we’re interviewing them at the border…they were sending that information back and telling their folks, “Don’t do A, don’t do B, don’t do C, don’t bring this or the other,” so that we wouldn’t be able to detect them or identify them.’ Crowns and phrases related to royalty could were also branded on gang members, as the criminals who operated as foot soldiers for Venezuela’s communist’ dictator, believed they were untouchable.’Hijos de Dios’ which is Spanish for ‘sons of God’ or the shorter version ‘HJ’ could also be found inked on their bodies. The gang also has an affinity for the Chicago Bulls and Michael Jordan, often wearing jerseys, hats and the color red. But even the crimson shade has a tie to the gang’s origin– it’s the color of party Venezuela’s illegitimate president, Nicholas Maduro, belongs to. Sullivan added the body art is simply one way TdA thugs are linked to their criminal network in Venezuela.
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