A major blow was dealt to the criminal organization 'Tren de Aragua' in Mexico City. On Monday, Lesli 'N', a criminal leader and negotiator with Unión Tepito, was arrested. This marks a significant advance by authorities against one of the fastest-growing criminal organizations in recent years. According to various international studies, Tren de Aragua originated in Venezuelan prisons but has, in recent years, extended its illegal reach to countries such as Peru, Colombia, Chile, and Mexico. Its activities are linked to drug dealing, extortion, and the sexual exploitation of foreign women, whom it forces into prostitution in Mexico City. Federal Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch announced a new blow against Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan-origin criminal organization that has expanded its power and criminal activities across various points in Mexico. Although it is not a hegemonic criminal group, its actions and expansion force authorities to carry out different operations to curb its growth, both in the national capital and in various regions throughout the country. According to security sources, the criminal leader also acted as a liaison with Unión Tepito, with which Tren de Aragua was involved in various crimes, such as drug dealing, extortion, illegal deprivation of liberty, homicide, and drug and arms trafficking. In the house where Lesli 'N' was arrested, located in the Valle Gómez neighborhood in the Venustiano Carranza borough, four other people were also taken into custody for possessing methamphetamine, marijuana, firearms, money, electronic equipment, and a notebook containing the names of women from whom they collected 'protection money' in different parts of the city. Likewise, the operation led to the apprehension of Bryan 'N' in Iztapalapa, who is considered by authorities to be a financial operator of the transnational organization and a facilitator of housing for both the criminal group's members and the women who were forced into prostitution. As a result, a debate has recently grown regarding the power and operational capacity of Tren de Aragua. In Mexico City, a coordinated operation between federal and local agencies managed to detain six of its members and also execute seven arrest warrants for confinement in different penitentiary centers. One of the most important arrests was that of Lesli 'N', a woman in charge of collecting the proceeds from the sexual exploitation of women that the criminal organization forced into prostitution in various parts of the national capital.
