Article 6WJD8 Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members

Homeland security apparently used British man’s tattoo to identify alleged gang members

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Anna Betts
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Average man from Derbyshire' shocked to find photo of tattoo celebrating child's birth was used to deport migrants

A British man was shocked to discover that a photo of his tattoo was included in a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document used to identify alleged members of a notorious Venezuelan criminal gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA).

Earlier this week, 44-year-old Pete Belton, who lives in the English county of Derbyshire, told the BBC that he was stunned to find a photo of his forearm tattoo featured in a DHS document among nine images of tattoos intended to assist in detecting and identifying" TdA members.

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