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Federal agents have been sweeping up Venezuelan migrants and sending them to a Salvadoran prison based in large part on tattoos depicting stopwatches, Michael Jordan logos and other ink art they claim betrays an allegiance to the Tren de Aragua street gang.

But internal U.S. Department of Homeland Security and FBI documents obtained by USA TODAY reveal federal authorities for years have questioned the effectiveness of using tattoos to identify members of Tren de Aragua, also known as TdA.

“Gang Unit collections determined that the Chicago Bulls attire, clocks, and rose tattoos are typically related to the Venezuelan culture and not a definite (indicator) of being a member or associate of the (TdA),” reads a 2023 "Situational Awareness" bulletin on the criminal gang written by the U.S. Custom and Border Protection’s El Paso Sector Intelligence Unit.

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A Californian couple living in Orange County was deported to Colombia on March 18 after living in the U.S. for 35 years, the Orange County Register reported.

The couple Gladys Gonzalez, 55, and Nelson Gonzalez, 59, who lived in Laguna Niguel, were detained on Feb. 21. According to the Orange County Register, the couple had been held in detention centers since then, from San Bernardino County, Arizona, to Louisiana.

The couple has three daughters, Jessica Gonzalez, 33, Stephanie Gonzalez, 27, and Gabby Gonzales, 23, all of whom are U.S. citizens, according to the Orange County Register.

“We’re just really happy that they’re out of the detention centers finally,” Gabby Gonzalez told the Orange County Register.

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Following Luigi Mangione’s arrest in the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, authorities in the US heralded his capture as “good old-fashioned police work” that brought an end to a manhunt that had stunned America and the world.

It had been a period of high drama and blanket media coverage. In the days that passed since Thompson was fatally shot on a Manhattan sidewalk by an unknown assailant on 4 December, police tracked down surveillance footage allegedly revealing the still-unidentified Mangione’s face and widely distributed a now notorious still of him appearing to smile at a hostel, all in an attempt to find the fugitive.

That hunt ended on 9 December when a worker at an Altoona, Pennsylvania, McDonald’s allegedly recognized Mangione from law enforcement alerts and called in a tip to local police. Two patrol officers went to the McDonald’s and approached him.

A former U.S. Attorney was found dead at her home in Virginia Saturday morning, according to authorities.

Jessica Aber, 43, was found in her home in Alexandria after the Alexandria Police Department responded to a call for an unresponsive woman around 9:18 a.m., according to the department.

The department said it is investigating the death "as a matter of protocol" and that the Chief Medical Examiner of Virginia will provide the cause of death.

"Her professionalism, grace, and legal acumen set the standard," Erik S. Siebert, the current U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, said in a statement. "Though we are devastated by this loss, each of us in the Eastern District of Virginia will look to her example and endeavor to live up to that standard."

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George Foreman, the fearsome heavyweight who lost the "Rumble in the Jungle" to Muhammad Ali before his inspiring second act as a 45-year-old world champion and a successful businessman, died Friday night. He was 76.

Foreman's family announced his death on social media, not saying how or where he died.

"A devout preacher, a devoted husband, a loving father and a proud grand- and great-grandfather, he lived a life marked by unwavering faith, humility and purpose," his family wrote. "A humanitarian, an Olympian and two-time heavyweight champion of the world, he was deeply respected. A force for good, a man of discipline, conviction, and a protector of his legacy, fighting tirelessly to preserve his good name— for his family."