There are 48 gangs operating in Memphis, the city’s interim police chief told city leaders, but few signs that Venezuelan gangs have made it here. The issue of Venezuelan gangs made news in Tennessee after the head of the TBI recently said members had been found in every city in the state.

The Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) is now operating in 16 states, according to a new Homeland Security memo cited by the New York Post.

A vicious Venezuelan gang that attracted attention for a spike of violence in Colorado this summer now has a presence in 16 states, according to a new report. A memo from the Department of Homeland Security last week sent out an internal memo warning that the Tren de Aragua gang had expanded into Washington,

Wesley Tabor spent more than two decades working for the Drug Enforcement Administration. He held leadership positions across the US and spent years serving in Central America, including Venezuela. There,

Tennessee Bureau of Investigation reported Monday that a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua was arrested in Hamilton County.

A member of the violent Venezuelan gang now operating in Tennessee is charged in connection with a human trafficking operation in Chattanooga.

A member of a notorious Venezuela gang was arrested in southeastern Tennessee last week, officials announced Monday, amid concerns that the gang is resurfacing across the state's major cities, including in Memphis.