You can look through our full database here and reach out if you have information to share 10/:
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This is the result of a big team of journalists and editors in the US and Venezuela @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social @perla-trevizo.bsky.social Ronna Rísquez, Adrián González, Adriana Núñez Moros, Carlos Centeno, Gabriel Sandoval, Jeff Ernsthausen, Ruth Talbot, Cengiz Yar, Zisiga Mukulu and more 9/

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We asked the Trump administration about each of the men. The White House and DHS did not respond to questions about the individuals but said Trump is committed to "removing dangerous criminal and terrorist illegals who pose a threat to the American public.” 7/

We spoke to the families of more than 100 of the men; those men range in age from 18 to 46. They and their families are now dealing with the fallout of being jailed incommunicado in a foreign prison for four months and enduring harsh treatment 6/

Trump said they were all part of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. How were they identified? We found at least 166 of the men have tattoos, though the admin said they didn’t only rely on tattoos to label them. Experts told us that tattoos are not an indicator of membership. 5/

Our analysis of U.S. immigration court data found nearly half of the men, or 118, were in the middle of their cases, including dozens with asylum claims, and some were only days away from a final hearing, which should have protected them from deportation. 4/

We looked at each case and learned: the Trump administration knew at least 197 had not been convicted of U.S. crimes and only a handful had violent offenses. We identified a few additional convictions, both in the U.S. and abroad, not reflected in government data we obtained. 3/

Today, we’re publishing a first-of-its-kind interactive database with profiles of 238 of the Venezuelan deportees. These are their stories. 2/
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