The Department of Justice has for the first time charged an alleged high-ranking Tren de Aragua gang member with terrorism-related crimes, officials announced Wednesday.

FIRST ON FOX: The Justice Department is charging a high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua on terrorism and international drug distribution charges—the first time the U.S. government is using terrorism charges to prosecute a member of the violent gang.

A federal court in Houston unsealed a five‑count indictment charging a Venezuelan man with terrorism‑related crimes — the first time an alleged member of the feared Tren de Aragua gang has been accused of providing support to a foreign terrorist organization on U.