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Cherien Dabis poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Eagles of the Republic’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)Cherien Dabis poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Eagles of the Republic’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (Photo by Lewis Joly/Invision/AP)
Finnegan Oldfield, from left, Emma Mackey, director Julia Ducournau, Melissa Boros, Tahar Rahim and Louai El Amrousy pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Finnegan Oldfield, from left, Emma Mackey, director Julia Ducournau, Melissa Boros, Tahar Rahim and Louai El Amrousy pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Melissa Boros poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Melissa Boros poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Tahar Rahim poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Tahar Rahim poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Emma Mackey poses for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Alpha’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Tuesday, May 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)Some gang victims left Venezuela, joining the exodus of more than 7.7 million people who migrated in search of better living conditions. Among them was retiree Manuel Marquez’ son.
“He had a convenience store... and they wanted to charge him a ‘vaccine,’” Marquez, 71, said using the colloquial term in Spanish for a protection fee that criminals charge businesses. “They came in, tied him up, and took everything. Anyone who refuses (to pay), let’s just say it, is looted. That’s how things work here, it’s unfortunate.”Marquez’s son relocated to Ecuador after the gang emptied his convenience store in Maracay.
The Tren de Aragua also spread terror with phone calls and WhatsApp messages meant to extort hundreds or thousands of dollars from average Venezuelans.“The first time, thank God, my daughter-in-law was home, and she told me to hang up, but it was hard and I was trembling,” said Maracay dentist Esperanza de Andrade, who received three calls. “They told me my name, my children’s names, where they went to school, and that, of course, alarmed me greatly. They directly threatened my life and the lives of my children.”