Treasury sanctions 10 targets tied to Tren de Aragua, including ATM jackpotting network
The sanctions target the financial networks of a designated terrorist group that Treasury says profits from theft and violent crime.
What we know
- Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 targets involved in Tren de Aragua, which the U.S. designates as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Treasury said in a post on X. [1]
- The targets include a network that used ATM "jackpotting" attacks to steal millions of dollars from U.S. financial institutions, according to Treasury. [1]
- Treasury said Tren de Aragua is responsible for drug trafficking, human trafficking, extortion and murder-for-hire across the Western Hemisphere. [1]
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the department will keep using all available tools against the group's financial facilitators, working with law enforcement partners. [2]
- Not yet confirmed: The posts do not name the 10 sanctioned targets, give a figure for the amount stolen in the ATM attacks, or describe how the attacks were carried out.
The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 targets connected to Tren de Aragua, a group the United States has designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization, Treasury said in a post on X on Sept. 30. [1]
Treasury said the targets include a network that used ATM "jackpotting" attacks to steal millions of dollars from U.S. financial institutions. [1]
The department described Tren de Aragua as responsible for violent and exploitative criminal activity across the Western Hemisphere, including drug trafficking, human trafficking, extortion and murder-for-hire. Treasury said disrupting the group's financial networks is essential to protecting Americans. [1]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a separate post on X that the administration of President Trump will not allow terrorist organizations such as Tren de Aragua to exploit the U.S. financial system or enrich themselves through theft and other criminal activity aimed at American individuals and businesses. [2]
Bessent said the department, working with law enforcement partners, will continue to use all available tools to deny what Bessent called terrorist financial facilitators the resources they need to operate. Bessent said the aim is to weaken the group's overall criminal enterprise and protect the integrity of the U.S. economy. [2]
RECEIPTS · 2 SOURCES
- 1POST ON X · @USTreasury (Treasury Department)Today, Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 10 targets involved in the violent Foreign Terrorist Organization Tren de AragOpen source ↗ Archived copy
- 2POST ON X · @SecScottBessent (Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent)President Trump’s administration will not allow terrorist organizations like Tren de Aragua to exploit the U.S. financial system or enrich tOpen source ↗ Archived copy