Ice claims that tattoos of the migrant cows in a gang of tren de Aragua. Experts say they are not reliable identifiers. star-news.press/wp

Tattoos crownsTrump administration used, clock and other symbols, stating men for Venezuelan deported from the US are members of the tran de Aragua gang. But experts and police in the city of Colorado who explored the gang, say tattoos are not reliable markers of affiliation.

Administration Hard Deportished sent to El Salvador verification Maximum security prison are members of the gang, mostly with tran de Aragu, and some with MS-13. He also admitted that “many” have no criminal records.

President Trump Called up to the act of 1798 war alien enemiesHardening Tren de Aragua attracts the United States, deport Many of the men. The Management Board also declared a tran de Aragua terrorist organization.

Judicial documents, lawyers and members of the families of some migrants said that their tattoos were the reasons that they were determined alleged members of the Tren de Aragu.

Husband Franco Jose CaraballoA razor from Venezuela without criminal records, he said officers constantly asked questions about his pocket watch tattoo that signifies the time of their daughter.

A Caraballo lawyer He says he was not a member of the gang and his wife said that he was innocent when he asked what was taken care of his custody in Salvadoran prison.

Another man, Andry José Hernández Romero, has a crown of tattoos over the words “Mama” and “Dad.” Hernández Romero is a makeup artist who identifies as gay. He faced discrimination and threats in Venezuela due to his sexual orientation and political attitudes and asked for asylum in the United States, his lawyer told the court in the court.

The questionnaire seems to be used in repair facilities for assessing the potential belonging to gangs, Hernández Romero tattoos have shown to be the only basis that they allegedly connect it with tren de Aragu.

“The crown was discovered that the Identifier for Gan de Aragua is,” the officer wrote in the submitted.

Many experts disagree that tattoos can identify gang members.

“Expert after experts says that tattoos are not a reliable indicator of whether you are part of this special gang”, the current lawyer of American civil liberty that leads a legal challenge against the use of trump cards for the use of Adut Actur, said 60 minutes.

Rebecca Hanson, Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Florida University, wrote in Judicial submission of the court In case there is no tattoo, symbol or hand gesture associated with the group.

“TDA, and gangs in general in Venezuela, do not have the history of using tattoo to indicate membership,” she said. “TDA members can, of course, have tattoos, but it is not part of a collective identity.”

In Aurora, Colorado, which Mr. Trump claimed “War Zone” The remaining tran de Aragua, the Todd Chamberlain police chief said it was very difficult to identify the members of the Tren de Aragu.

Chamberlain said that he did not describe the description as a “war zone”, but he said the Aurora “ground zero” for the gang activities. The city was seen by an organized violent crime concentrated in three apartment complexes, one of which is now closed.

The Aurora Police Administration probably has the best understanding of Gen de Aragua gangs any American law enforcement agency, he said.

“It’s unlike MS-13, unlike brandy or blood,” he said. “If you return to the gangs in early ’80s or 90s, as they walked, the way they were talking, what they wore, they had very obvious signs.”

But the tran of the Aragua did not, he said.

Instead of focusing on attempting to identify gang members, Chamberlain said that his department focused on criminal activity.

“For us, there was no gang in which they were involved. These criminal activity were involved, and we knew there was criminal activity,” he said. “If we could connect him with TDA as we developed this process, that’s great.”

Chamberlain said that his department numbered a total of nine certified members of the Tren de Aragu who went through the Aurora in the last two years.

Jeanette Rodriguez, which serves as a link between the local law enforcement and the Venezuelan Migrant Community in Aurora, said the members of the tran de Aragua did not bark obvious signs of gang membership.

“If you compare it to MS-13, they are very proud of who they are, and they would tattoo them on the face and are very proud of who they are.

Hanson noted that partial reliance on the Trump on tattoos to conclude migrant members of the Tren de Aragua “results in the wrong conflict of practices in Central America and Venezuela.”

It is different than in El Salvador and Honduras, where “gangs have long-term tattoos to indicate membership and identity,” she said.

In CecotPrison El Salvador, many prisoners have highlighted tattoos. One, Marvin Vazquez, who is a member of MS-13, said “You have to kill” to get a tattoo like “MS”, which have proven to chest and abdomen.

Vazquez was arrested in El Salvador after the government declared a gang war in 2022. years.

Gustavo Villatoro, the Minister of Justice and Public Security El Salvador, said tattoos a way for the Government to identify members of the gang. He said that not all prisoners were convicted of crimes in Cekot.

The best white house officials claimed that Trump Administration should not follow the due process of removing an individual from the US floor Action Eamenes Act. However, on Monday, 7. April Supreme court These detainees must receive the announcement that they are subject to removal by law and must be enabled to challenge their custody.

He asked if some migrants were wrongly identified as members of the gang, Mr. Trump’s “Tom Homan’s border emperor said he wasn’t.

“I trust men and ice women,” Homan said. “I was sure of numerous times that everyone in that plane from Venezuela was a member of TDA. The rest were MS-13.”

Homan said the government did not only rely on tattoos, but would not share evidence for proving the Deportal gang members.

And in cases like Caraballo and Hernández Romero, what was unclear that the second basis was used for that, they are members of the tran de Aragua.