Internal DHS and FBI documents provided to USA TODAY urge caution in using tattoos to identify suspected members of Tren de ...

Relatives of some Venezuelan deportees believe the men were targeted as Tren de Aragua members based on their tattoos, but a ...

However, DHS spokesperson Tricia McLauglin said that the feds’ determination that Barrios’ was a gang member goes “beyond a ...

accused of links to the El Tren de Aragua criminal gang. (Juan Barreto / Getty Images) ...

Agents who detained Jerce Reyes Barrios, 36, last September said his tattoo was "proof of gang membership," his attorney Linette Tobin wrote in a sworn statement this week. But the tattoo – a ...

His lawyers, who said they have lost contact with him since he entered CECOT, allege the case against their client relies entirely on a tattoo he has that resembles a gang tattoo. Another ...

A Venezuelan man who got deported to El Salvador under accusation of being in a violent gang is actually a pro soccer player whose tattoo celebrates one of the game's most storied clubs ...

“These are common in Venezuela and bear no exclusive association with gang affiliation,” his lawyer said in a filing with the judge. ICE says its deportations are based on more than tattoos ...

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Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 Venezuelan men who are accused of being members of the ruthless gang ...

The evidence of gang membership cited by the government is typically flimsy to nonexistent, defense lawyers allege, and largely based on tattoos and social media postings. Experts say the ...