An illegal alien who was arrested late last year and found to be a member of the Venezuelan transnational criminal street gang Tren de Aragua has been deported to Ecuador, U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Sector announced Sunday.
According to Border Patrol, a resident agent assigned to Maine’s Calais Station arrested the foreign national near Old Orchard Beach in December 2024 for illegal reentry after deportation.
A subsequent investigation into the illegal alien revealed that he is a member of the Tren de Aragua gang, Border Patrol said.
After 77 days in jail, the alien has been deported to Ecuador, the agency said.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of designating various drug cartels and transnational gangs, including Tren de Aragua, as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. That designation was officially enacted on Feb. 20.
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