Violent Venezuelan gang exploits technology to turbocharge its dominance: experts

A violent Venezuelan gang with an increasing footprint in the United States is using organized and sophisticated tactics in their efforts to terrorize American communities, experts say.

Peter D'Abrosca joined Fox News Digital in 2025 after four years as a politics reporter at The Tennessee Star. 

Jarrod Sadulski founded GUARD Against Trafficking, and he and Hopper travel to prisons on the southwest border, in Mexico and Central America, where they interview imprisoned former gang and cartel members for research purposes.  He grew up in Rhode Island and is a graduate of Elon University. 

"They absorb people into the ranks, sometimes by force," Sadulski said. "For example, if they come across somebody in a Venezuelan community that they've embedded themselves in and that person has IT skills or some specific set of unique skills, they'll draw in that person, even if it's unwillingly, into their enterprise, into their gang, because of that special skill set that they have. So that speaks to their sophistication." Follow Peter on X at @pmd_reports. Send story tips to peter.dabrosca@fox.com.