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Chilean investigators close in on the notorious Venezuelan gang targeted by Trump

Chilean investigators close in on the notorious Venezuelan gang targeted by Trump

Washington Post28-07-2025
ARICA, Chile — The Venezuelan gang members wrote out even their most minute purchases in blue pen: $15 for a drug trafficker's Uber; $9 for instant coffee during a lookout shift; $34 for supplies to clean what investigators learned were torture chambers.
The meticulous spreadsheets seized during police raids in Chile's northern town of Arica, and shared with The Associated Press, suggest the accounting structure of a multinational.
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