HOUSTON - A suspected high-ranking leader of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), appeared in federal custody in Houston after being extradited from Colombia to face terrorism and international drug trafficking charges.
What we know: 24-year-old Jose Enrique Martinez Flores, also known as "Chuqui," is accused of providing material support to the transnational gang, which the U.S. government designated earlier this year as a foreign terrorist organization.
Federal prosecutors allege Flores was part of the inner circle of Tren de Aragua leadership operating in Bogot, Colombia, and helped oversee criminal operations tied to drug trafficking, extortion, prostitution and murder.