Tattoos have been used by the Trump administration to allege Venezuelan men deported from the U.S. are members of the Tren de Aragua gang.

The Trump administration mentioned Tareck El Aissami in its filings on the gang's ties to Maduro. Once PSUV's patron in Aragua, the province where the gang was founded, El Aissami became the country's oil minister before his arrest around two years ago by the Maduro administration, as part of an anti-corruption purge.

Federal judges in New York and Texas are issuing orders to block the government from moving five Venezuelans out of the country until they can fight the government's attempt to remove them under a rarely-invoked law that gives the

The judges said they will temporarily halt the deportations as civil rights groups challenge the administration’s use of an 18th Century law previously invoked only during wartime.

Unreliable federal gang data and a heavy reliance on tattoos and clothing styles can skew the picture of this Venezuelan gang's operations in America.

The teen was arrested on an indictment and also faces gang assault and assault charges in connection to the deadly Dec. 5 attack on Yeremi Colina, also 17, on Broadway near John Street, police