Tren De Aragua (TDA) & Street Gang Investigations

This one-day intensive course provides an in-depth exploration of Tren de Aragua (TDA), a powerful and transnational criminal street gang originating in Venezuela with significant operations in the United States and across multiple countries. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of TDA’s origins, expansion, and criminal operations including their activities, signs, symbols and other indicators. The second half of this course will cover street gang introduction, tattoos and identifiers, social media exploitations related to gangs and drill rap. Along with interview videos showing techniques used on gang members both on the street and in an interview room. Neighborhood gangs, tactics and start to end review of multiple quick turnaround cases and methods used to work the investigations. A review of electronic and physical surveillance techniques to expand your investigations. And a list of resources to help you long after this course. Instructor: Dago Carreon is an active detective with the…