Homeland Security officials last week were warned in an internal department intelligence memo about the prison gang’s growing presence across the country — most recently in Washington, DC;

HERRIMAN, Utah (KUTV) — A Herriman shooting in September is now being linked to the notorious gang, Tren de Aragua. The Tren de Aragua gang from Venezuela — which has sparked concerns across the country and prompted the federal government to offer millions in reward money to capture its leaders — is now in Utah.

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a bulletin to law enforcement across D.C., Maryland and Virginia concerning an illegal Venezuelan criminal gang known as ‘Tren de Aragua’ that is growing in both size and violence across the region.