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Since September, Venezuela has deployed thousands of security force members to wrest control of seven prisons from the hands of powerful gangs -- finding caches of guns, drugs, swimming pools and restaurants -- even a zoo.

Since September, Venezuela has deployed thousands of security force members to wrest control of seven prisons from the hands of powerful gangs -- finding caches of guns, drugs, swimming pools and restaurants -- even a zoo.- 'A total success' - In the first of the raids, on September 20, authorities found restaurants, a pool, a nightclub and a zoo at Tocoron prison.

Rest of World News: Venezuela has launched a series of raids to regain control of seven prisons from powerful gangs. The facilities, which were found to contain luxury am

After emerging from a Venezuelan prison, the ‘Tren de Aragua’ gang has spread to half a dozen countries, bringing kidnapping, drug trafficking, and contract killings with it. Now, there are signs t...

Tren de Aragua has piled misery on Venezuelans who have already fled by the millions over the past decade to escape political turmoil, corruption, and an economic meltdown that has tipped into a humanitarian crisis.

The Tocoron prison had long served as the headquarters of the Tren de Aragua gang that operates in Venezuela and other Latin American countries.

Buckets of bullets and ammunition belts were seized from within the prison - Copyright AFP Bryan R. SmithEsteban ROJAS, Margioni BERMÚDEZBitcoin mining machines and rocket launchers were among the astonishing contraband found in a Venezuelan prison recaptured from a gang that had turned it into a playground kitted out with a pool, a nightclub and […]

The Tocoron prison acted as the Tren de Aragua gang’s headquarters for years, where it turned into something not too dissimilar from a resort hotel where inmates families also lived

MARACAY, Venezuela: Bitcoin mining machines and rocket launchers were among the astonishing contraband found in a Venezuelan prison recaptured from a gang that had turned it into a playground kitted out with a pool, a nightclub and a zoo.