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An actress and mannequin who moonlights as a DJ and is romantically linked to the chief of the bloodthirsty Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) transnational gang was sanctioned by the Trump administration on Wednesday.
The Treasury Division’s Workplace of Overseas Belongings Management (OFAC) introduced the designation in opposition to Jimena Romina Araya Navarro, often known as Rosita. Navarro, a Venezuelan mannequin with tens of millions of social media followers, has helped launder cash for TdA together with different entertainers, the division mentioned.
She additionally helped Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, often known as “Niño Guerrero,” escape from Tocorón jail in Venezuela in 2012, the company mentioned.
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Jimena Romina Araya Navarro, often known as Rosita, who works as an actress and DJ, has been sanctioned by the Trump administration for allegedly offering materials help to Tren de Aragua. (Treasury Division)
“Below President Trump, barbaric terrorist cartels can not function with impunity throughout our borders. The Tren de Aragua community’s narcotrafficking and human smuggling operations have lengthy posed a grave risk to our nation,” mentioned Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent. “On the route of President Trump, we are going to proceed to make use of each device to chop off these terrorists from the U.S. and world monetary system and hold Americans secure.”
Navarro reportedly performs in nightclubs in Colombia, with a portion of the proceeds from the occasions going again to TdA management, the Treasury mentioned.
She has additionally carried out on the Bogotá nightclub Maiquetia VIP Bar Restaurant, which is owned by her former bodyguard and supervisor, Eryk Manuel Landaeta Hernandez. She is moreover a shareholder and the president of a Venezuela-based firm, International Import Options S.A.
Hernandez was arrested by Colombian authorities in October 2024. He allegedly organized occasions that includes worldwide artists and DJs, together with Navarro, the place medication had been bought for TdA and the proceeds had been laundered, authorities mentioned.
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Eryk Manuel Landaeta Hernandez and the Bogotá nightclub, Maiquetia VIP Bar Restaurant, the place Jimena Romina Araya Navarro carried out, the Treasury Division mentioned. (Treasury Division)
Hernandez additionally allegedly laundered cash for Guerrero and sanctioned senior TdA chief Mosquera Serrano.
He owns the inventive, arts, and leisure providers firm Eryk Producciones SAS and reportedly served because the gang’s monetary and logistics chief in Colombia.
Further sanctions had been levied in opposition to TdA leaders Richard Jose Espinal Quintero, Noe Manases Aponte Cordova, and Asdrubal Rafael Escobar Cabrera, in addition to Cheison Royer Guerrero Palma, Niño Guerrero’s half-brother, who was increasing the gang’s exercise into Chile.
Kenffersso Jhosue Sevilla Arteaga, often known as “El Flipper,” was additionally sanctioned. He was arrested in Cúcuta, Colombia, in November 2025 and “was concerned in extortions, kidnappings, and homicides,” the Treasury Division mentioned.
The Trump administration has focused TdA members in the USA in an effort to deport them again to Venezuela.
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An April intelligence evaluation from the Nationwide Intelligence Council mentioned some Venezuelan officers have facilitated the migration of TdA members into the USA.
In February, the gang was designated a overseas terrorist group by the State Division.
