The group has been linked to human trafficking networks that move migrants north through Central America and Mexico, with stops in border cities like Tapachula and Tijuana — and eventual arrivals in U.

The U.S. Treasury sanctioned six leaders and affiliates of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, including the head of the group, known by the alias "Niño Guerrero."

The Treasury Department sanctioned the leader of Tren de Aragua and five other high-ranking members of the vicious Venezuelan prison gang on Thursday, as part of a crackdown on its illicit drug and human trafficking schemes.