The Trump administration just put up to $50 million on the table for information that brings three alleged Tren de Aragua leaders to justice.
Federal officials named Yohan José Romero, known as "Yohan Petrica," Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, known as "El Viejo," and Juan Gabriel Rivas Núñez, known as "Juancho."
The rewards are huge: up to $20 million for Romero and up to $15 million each for Mosquera Serrano and Rivas Núñez.
The Justice Department made clear that this is a coordinated federal hunt, not a symbolic announcement.
🚨 Reward Offers UP TO M for Information Leading to Arrests and/or Convictions of Foreign Terrorist Organization Tren de Aragua Leaders Following @HSTaskForce Investigation
— U.S. Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) November 5, 2026
“Since @POTUS Trump returned to office, the Department of Justice has charged more than 350 members and… pic.twitter.com/hcwHJz7GEs
The Justice Department says all three men were charged in a 2025 superseding indictment with conspiring to provide and providing material support to Tren de Aragua. A nine-count third superseding indictment was returned in July and unsealed this week.
Mosquera Serrano also faces allegations of conspiring to manufacture and distribute cocaine and of international cocaine distribution. Those are charges, not convictions, and each defendant remains presumed innocent unless proven guilty in court.
Mosquera Serrano is on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. The other two men are also fugitives.
Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has charged more than 350 Tren de Aragua members and associates since President Trump returned to office.
That number shows the scale of the operation. Washington is not treating this as a loose collection of street criminals; the administration designated Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization and is using terrorism, narcotics, immigration and organized-crime authorities against it.
The State Department's wanted notice gives the public the names and the direct FBI contact attached to the reward offer.
WANTED: Receive up to M in rewards for information leading to arrests/convictions of the top three Tren de Aragua leaders: Yohan Petrica, Giovanni, and Juancho. Know something? Contact the FBI at +1-281-787-9939. https://t.co/pi4tUGOZSC pic.twitter.com/tpNQYQ2EZw
— US Dept of State INL (@StateINL) November 5, 2026
The Drug Enforcement Administration says the investigation is being run jointly by the FBI and DEA, with assistance from Houston police, the Harris County Sheriff's Office, the U.S. Marshals Service and Colombian authorities. Investigators allege that the organization has spread drug trafficking, firearms trafficking, sex trafficking, kidnapping, robbery, fraud and extortion across the Western Hemisphere.
The financial-crime portion of the case is especially revealing.
Federal investigators say Tren de Aragua developed a revenue stream by targeting financial institutions with ATM "jackpotting" attacks that force machines to dispense cash. The alleged conspiracy reached 47 states, Washington, D.C., and several foreign countries.
That is an international criminal enterprise reaching into American communities and banks, not a distant problem that can be ignored until it crosses another border.
DEA's own alert identifies the three men and repeats where information should go.
🚨𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱🚨@StateDept announced the increased reward of up to ,000,000 for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of Tren de Aragua (TdA) leaders Yohan José Romero, Giovanni Vicenta Mosquera Serrano, and Juan Gabriel Rivas Núñez.
— DEA HQ (@DEAHQ) November 5, 2026
𝐒𝐔𝐁𝐌𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐈𝐏𝐒… pic.twitter.com/uXi9rcAPik
The State Department is funding the offers through its Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program. The money can be paid for information leading to arrests or convictions in any country, which matters because the federal hunt is not confined to U.S. soil.
Officials are asking anyone with location information to contact the FBI by phone, text, WhatsApp or Telegram, or to use an FBI office, U.S. embassy or consulate.
President Trump's approach is straightforward: name the alleged leaders, expose the network, put serious money behind the search and make every partner agency part of the hunt.
Tren de Aragua grew from a Venezuelan prison gang into a transnational organization by exploiting weak borders, vulnerable victims and disconnected enforcement systems.
The administration is now turning that same international reach against the gang.
Fifty million dollars is a powerful incentive for someone who knows where these men are hiding.
And the message to every alleged Tren de Aragua leader is even clearer: the United States is prepared to follow the network wherever it goes.
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