A high-ranking member of the violent Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua is behind bars for the alleged murders of two women in Illinois earlier this year. 

Ricardo Gonzales, 32, was arrested in Cobb County, Georgia last week in a joint operation led by the U.S. Marshals Service Southeast Regional Fugitive Task Force, the Chicago Police Department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the Department of Justice. 

“This defendant’s crimes against American women are horrific, and he is exactly the type of Alien Enemy the Trump administration is fighting to remove from this country in order to make America safe again,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said in a statement.

Venezuelan migrants walk following their arrival on a flight after being deported from the United States, in Caracas, Venezuela, March 24, 2025.  (REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria)

On Sunday, a flight carrying 199 illegal Venezuelan aliens – including members of Tren de Aragua – departed the U.S. en route to Honduras for an apparent hand-off to the Venezuelan government, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital.  

The flight signified the end to a weeks-long standoff between the Trump administration and Maduro after the Venezuelan president refused to accept deportees from the U.S.   

In recent weeks, approximately 350 migrants have been sent back to Venezuela via deportation flights. 

“Venezuela is obligated to accept its repatriated citizens from the U.S.,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement posted to social media. “This is not an issue for debate or negotiation.”