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United States Customs and Border Patrol caught an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member during a traffic stop near Detroit Wednesday.
The traffic stop in Shelby Township was triggered by a fake license plate on a vehicle caught during a traffic stop by the Shelby Township Police Department. The local police station said they realized the suspect was an alleged gang member on the terror watchlist, which is when Marysville Station CBP agents went to the traffic stop to grab people in local police custody. CBP said the three people inside the car were all in the United States illegally, and one of them is Venezuelan national Manuel Zavala-Lopez, an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member who entered the country during the Biden administration in May 2023 and was released, according to DHS.
The group was named a foreign terrorist organization early on during President Donald Trump’s second term, along with MS-13. Some of those alleged members have been sent to the Terrorism Confinement Center in El Salvador for detention.
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“Zavala-Lopez is a serial criminal who’s traveled across the U.S. committing violent crimes. He has an outstanding warrant for failure to appear on a felony assault charge in Denver, Colorado. He has also been charged with robbery resulting in physical injury, criminal possession of a weapon intent to use, assault, possession of stolen property and petty larceny in New York,” DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement.
“Thanks to our brave law enforcement, he is off the streets and will no longer be able to terrorize American citizens. He will remain in ICE custody pending removal.”
Alleged Tren de Aragua member Manuel Zavala-Lopez was arrested by United States Customs and Border Protection July 23, 2025, near Detroit. (Mike Kline (notkalvin) via Getty Images; U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
“The arrest of this Tren de Aragua gang member, who has a history of firearms and other criminal charges and was wanted on an active warrant out of Denver, Colorado, for failure to appear, removes another dangerous criminal illegal alien from our country and enhances public safety,” Detroit Sector Chief Patrol Agent John R. Morris said in a statement.
“This marks the second arrest of a gang member from a foreign terrorist organization this month and underscores the relentless efforts of our agents and…
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