The State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs is offering rewards totaling up to $50 million for information leading to the arrests and/or convictions of three leaders of the foreign terrorist organization Tren de Aragua, according to the Justice Department.
The offers are up to $20 million for Yohan José Romero, also known as “Yohan Petrica”; up to $15 million for Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano, also known as “Giovanni” and “El Viejo”; and up to $15 million for Juan Gabriel Rivas Núñez, also known as “Juancho,” the department said. Mosquera Serrano is on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List. Romero and Rivas Núñez are also fugitives.
The department said the rewards, offered under the Transnational Organized Crime Rewards Program, follow a Homeland Security Task Force investigation. It said the reward for Romero rose from up to $4 million to up to $20 million, and the reward for Mosquera Serrano rose from up to $5 million to up to $15 million. The offer for Rivas Núñez is new at up to $15 million.
The Justice Department said a six-count second superseding indictment filed in 2025 in the Southern District of Texas charged the three with conspiring to provide and providing material support to Tren de Aragua. A nine-count third superseding indictment was returned in July 2026 and unsealed this week. The indictments also charge Mosquera Serrano with a conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine, and with distributing cocaine internationally.
Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department has brought charges against over 350 members and associates of Tren de Aragua and that authorities “will not stop until those responsible are brought to justice.” Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Terrance Cole said the action shows coordination across federal law enforcement and described the three as playing key roles in directing and expanding the organization’s operations.
The FBI and the DEA are jointly conducting the investigation, with assistance from the Houston Police Department, the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Colombian National Police and the Colombian Attorney General’s Office, the department said. It also cited major assistance from the Justice Department’s Judicial Attaché office in Bogota and from the Office of International Affairs.
The department described Tren de Aragua as a violent transnational criminal group that began as a prison gang in Venezuela in the mid-2000s and has expanded across the Western Hemisphere, including a presence in the United States. It said the group’s crimes include drug and firearms trafficking, sex trafficking, kidnapping, robbery, theft, fraud, extortion, and violent acts. According to the department, investigators found the conspiracy targeted or executed ATM “jackpotting” hits across 47 states, the District of Columbia, and several foreign nations.
Tips can be sent to the FBI via WhatsApp or Telegram at 281-787-9939, to any FBI office, to the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or online at tips.fbi.gov, the department said.
The department said a complaint and indictment are allegations and that defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in court.