US offers $50 million for info on Tren de Aragua leaders

The United States is ramping up efforts to locate the top three leaders of Tren de Aragua, a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. The Department of State, FBI, DEA, and Department of Justice are jointly offering a combined $50 million reward under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program. This bounty is aimed at gathering information that could lead to the arrests and/or convictions of the cartel bosses.

Yohan José Romero, also known as Yohan Petrica, is now being offered up to $20 million, a significant increase from the previous $4 million. Juan Gabriel Rivas Núñez, or Juancho, has had his reward raised to $15 million, up from the earlier $4 million offer. Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, also known as Giovanni and El Viejo, is now eligible for a maximum $15 million reward.

The indictments reveal that Romero is currently in charge of Tren de Aragua and is responsible for leading the group's narcotrafficking, illegal gold mining in Venezuela, and murders. Serrano and Núñez are both second-in-command, with Serrano overseeing Tren de Aragua's operations in the US, Colombia, and Central America, while Núñez leads Tren de Aragua's activities in Venezuela.

Serrano, who is among the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives and is charged with directing acts of violence involving robbery and kidnapping, faces conspiracy charges for providing and attempting to provide material support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization. Tren de Aragua was previously led by Héctor Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, until his death in a joint US-Venezuelan military airstrike on June 12, 2026.