Poster #232 - The Train of Death Crosses the Border

• In Event: ASC Poster Session II

Abstract

This research addresses the problem of mass migration that occurs in countries under dictatorship or communism, such as Venezuela. The Venezuelan dictatorship is not a common dictatorship; it is a drug-trafficking-dictatorship headed by President Nicolas Maduro and Diosdado Cabello, leader of the gang El Cartel de los Soles.
Many professionals have emigrated from Venezuela, but many criminals have also emigrated as the gang called Tren de Aragua that has spread mainly throughout Latin America and the United States.
Since January 2025, when Donald Trump became President again, mass deportations have been taking place, with an emphasis on the deportation of members of the Tren de Aragua. Since the Venezuelan Government refused to accept any more deported Venezuelans, the deportations are being carried out to El Salvador, to the prison for terrorists/criminals, called CECOT.
This investigation examines how and why Venezuelan criminals entered the United States. Also, there are Venezuelans living in the United States with political asylum or TPS who continue to support the Government of Venezuela, and deny that there is a dictatorship or communism there.
I think that the bigger the problem, the stricter the solution should be, even if for some people the solution seems unfair.

Author

• Yliana Diaz Campos, Independent