Did You Know TdA Has a Rival? The FBI Does, and They Just Nabbed a Bunch of Them in Sweeping Operation
By Bob Hoge | 4:25 PM on July 02, 2025
We’ve written plenty about the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua and their criminal exploits, but did you know they have a rival appropriately named the “Anti-Tren?”
The FBI does, and Director Kash Patel announced on social media Wednesday that they’d nabbed 16 of them in Texas in the largest crackdown on the group yet.
They’re alleged to have committed numerous felonies:
Of those 16 gang members, 14 are charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 5 kilograms of cocaine, and two are charged separately with various weapons offenses based on their alleged possession and sale of firearms, according to the Justice Department.
"These arrests are the largest takedown of suspected Anti-Tren members and associates by the FBI, so far, and they happened right here in Houston," FBI Houston Special Agent in Charge Douglas Williams said in a Monday statement. "These individuals are accused of engaging in a turf war with TdA members and carrying out numerous violent crimes throughout our city, including a mass shooting at a local sports bar that left six people wounded."
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