Tattoos of crowns and roses are popular among everyone – not just members of Tren de Aragua, as law enforcement has claimed. Marc Atkins/Getty Images The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on ...
The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March 15, 2025, claiming that they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang that originated in Venezuela. Immigration ...
In its sweeping deportation campaign against Venezuelan immigrants, the Trump administration has repeatedly relied on tattoos to determine whether someone is a member of the feared criminal syndicate ...
A crown over a soccer ball. An eyeball that “looked cool.” Flowers. Those are some of the everyday tattoos that defense lawyers say helped lead to the sudden weekend deportation of roughly 200 ...
But family members and attorneys are contesting that assertion, saying the inkings in question merely indicate the men are sports fans or family men, not gang members. They believe their clients and ...
Hailand Pernía, a tattoo artist here in one of the biggest cities in western Venezuela, started warning his clients in March to be aware that certain images inked on their skins could be a problem if ...
When people walk into the Clean Slate tattoo removal clinic at the University of California San Diego, they carry more than just ink on their skin. Many are justice-impacted adults — people with ...
The United States deported 238 Venezuelan men on three flights to El Salvador on March 15, 2025, claiming that they were members of the Tren de Aragua gang that originated in Venezuela. Immigration ...