The State and Justice Departments announced rewards of up to $50 million on November 5 for information leading to the arrest or conviction of three Tren de Aragua leaders. They are Yohan José Romero, also known as Yohan Petrica, 48, Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, also known as El Viejo, 37, and Juan Gabriel Rivas Núñez, also known as Juancho, 44. The Trump administration designated the Venezuelan gang a foreign terrorist organization last year, the State Department said.

The reward for Romero jumped from up to $4 million to up to $20 million. The reward for Mosquera Serrano rose from up to $5 million to up to $15 million, and Rivas Núñez got a new offer of up to $15 million. The State Department's Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is paying the rewards under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program, and they apply to arrests or convictions in any country.

A federal grand jury in the Southern District of Texas indicted all three on July 29, 2026, on charges of providing, attempting to provide and conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, the Tampa Free Press reports. Mosquera Serrano also faces counts of international cocaine distribution and conspiracy. The Justice Department said the three were previously charged in a 2025 six-count second superseding indictment in the same district.

Mosquera Serrano is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list, and the other two men are also fugitives, according to the Justice Department. Federal authorities describe Romero as the gang's overall leader, the Tampa Free Press reports, with Mosquera Serrano overseeing its network in the United States, Colombia and Central America and Rivas Núñez running operations inside Venezuela.

Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department has charged more than 350 members and associates of Tren de Aragua since President Trump returned to office. U.S. Attorney Aaron Reitz of the Southern District of Texas called the men monsters and said he is confident the larger bounties will bring them back to his district for trial. The investigation involved the U.S. Marshals Service, the Colombian National Police and the Colombian Attorney General's Office, the department said.