特伦·德·阿拉瓜27人首遭RICO起诉：被控敲诈、性贩运与贩毒
美国司法部2025年4月21日宣布，两份替代起诉书在纽约州纽约市所在的联邦南区法院解封：27名与已被列为外国恐怖组织的委内瑞拉帮派特伦·德·阿拉瓜（Tren de Aragua，简称TdA）现任或前成员及同伙，被控敲诈共谋、性贩运共谋、贩毒共谋、抢劫与枪支罪行。这是联邦检方首次以《反敲诈与腐败组织法》（RICO）起诉该帮派成员。
两份起诉书分工明确：第一份（TdA起诉书）起诉6名TdA成员；第二份（Anti-Tren起诉书）起诉19名「Anti-Tren」成员——该派系几乎全由TdA前成员组成——另有2名Anti-Tren同伙就其他罪名一并被诉。27名被告中21人已被联邦羁押，其中16人此前已因联邦刑事、移民或州级案件在押，另5人于前夜与当日在纽约及其他司法管辖区的行动中被捕。
总检察长帕梅拉·邦迪（Pamela Bondi）说：「正如起诉书所指，特伦·德·阿拉瓜不只是一个街头帮派——它是一个结构严密的恐怖组织，以残暴暴力摧毁美国家庭，从事人口贩运，并把致命毒品散布到我们的社区。」她说，当天的起诉与逮捕横跨三州，「将重创TdA的基础设施」。
纽约南区代理联邦检察官马修·波多尔斯基（Matthew Podolsky）说，这27人被控「实施谋杀与枪击，把从委内瑞拉贩运来的年轻女性强迫从事商业性交易，抢劫并勒索小企业，并贩卖一种粉色粉末毒品『tusi』——那已成为他们的招牌」。纽约市警察局局长杰西卡·S·蒂施（Jessica S. Tisch）说：「TdA首次被当作一个犯罪企业点名起诉。这不是街头犯罪——这是有组织的敲诈勒索。」
起诉书指，TdA与Anti-Tren均在纽约市布朗克斯与皇后区等地活动：把被称作「multadas」的年轻女性从委内瑞拉经秘鲁偷运入境、令其以商业性交易偿还偷渡债，并以威胁杀害本人及家人、殴打、枪击乃至绑架逃亡者等手段控制；同时贩运含氯胺酮的混合毒品「tusi」、实施武装抢劫，并以谋杀与暴力维护地盘、报复对方派系。TdA案由联邦地区法官丹尼斯·L·科特（Denise L. Cote）审理，Anti-Tren案由联邦地区法官玛丽·凯·维斯科奇尔（Mary Kay Vyskocil）审理；敲诈共谋与性贩运共谋最高可判终身监禁，贩毒共谋最高可判20年。
本案获「火神联合特遣队」（Joint Task Force Vulcan）大力支持——该特遣队2019年为根除MS-13而设立，现已扩展至打击特伦·德·阿拉瓜；本案同属司法部全国行动「夺回美国行动」（Operation Take Back America）的一部分。TdA已于2025年2月被列为外国恐怖组织。承办检察官为南区暴力与有组织犯罪科的Jun Xiang、Kathryn Wheelock与Timothy Ly。起诉书中的指控仅为指控，被告在法庭上被证明有罪之前均推定无罪。（来源：美国司法部）
27 Tren de Aragua Members and Associates Charged in First RICO Case Against the Gang
The U.S. Department of Justice announced on April 21, 2025, that two superseding indictments had been unsealed in the Southern District of New York charging 27 individuals currently or formerly associated with Tren de Aragua (TdA), a designated foreign terrorist organization, with racketeering conspiracy, sex trafficking conspiracy, drug-trafficking conspiracy, robbery and firearms offenses. It was the first time federal prosecutors had charged members of the Venezuelan gang under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).
The first indictment, the TdA Indictment, charges six alleged members of TdA. The second, the Anti-Tren Indictment, charges 19 alleged members of Anti-Tren, a splinter faction almost exclusively comprised of former TdA members, along with two additional Anti-Tren associates charged on other counts. Of the 27 defendants, 21 are in federal custody, including 16 who were already in federal criminal, immigration or state custody and five who were arrested the night before and that day in operations in New York and other jurisdictions.
"As alleged, Tren de Aragua is not just a street gang – it is a highly structured terrorist organization that has destroyed American families with brutal violence, engaged in human trafficking, and spread deadly drugs through our communities," said Attorney General Pamela Bondi. "Today's indictments and arrests span three states and will devastate TdA's infrastructure as we work to completely dismantle and purge this organization from our country."
Acting U.S. Attorney Matthew Podolsky for the Southern District of New York said the 27 were charged with "committing murders and shootings, forcing young women trafficked from Venezuela into commercial sex work, robbing and extorting small businesses, and selling 'tusi,' a pink powdery drug that has become their calling card." New York City Police Commissioner Jessica S. Tisch said: "For the first time ever, TdA is being named and charged as the criminal enterprise that it is. This isn't just street crime—it's organized racketeering."
According to the indictments, TdA and Anti-Tren operated throughout New York City, including the Bronx and Queens: young women known as "multadas" were smuggled from Venezuela through Peru into the United States and made to repay smuggling debts through commercial sex work, enforced by threats to kill the women and their families, assaults, shootings and kidnapping of those who tried to flee; the organizations also trafficked "tusi," a mixed substance containing ketamine, committed armed robberies, and used murder and violence to protect territory and retaliate against the rival faction. The TdA case is assigned to U.S. District Judge Denise L. Cote and the Anti-Tren case to U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil; racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking conspiracy each carry a maximum of life in prison, and drug-trafficking conspiracy up to 20 years.
The case received significant support from Joint Task Force Vulcan, created in 2019 to eradicate MS-13 and now expanded to target Tren de Aragua, and is part of Operation Take Back America, the Justice Department's nationwide initiative against cartels and transnational criminal organizations. TdA was designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization in February 2025. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jun Xiang, Kathryn Wheelock and Timothy Ly of the Southern District's Violent and Organized Crime Unit are in charge of the prosecution. The charges in the indictments are merely accusations, and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law. (Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
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