A brutal Venezuelan street gang that controls sex trafficking in South America by branding women and young girls with tattoos behind their ears is exporting its violence to the US, according to reports.

Tren de Aragua, which is named for the Venezuelan state of Aragua, is now operating in South Florida following the arrest this week of a suspect wanted in a brutal murder in Miami, according to reports.

Yurwin Salazar Maita was charged with the November murder of a retired Venezuelan cop outside a hotel near the Miami airport. Miami-Dade authorities say Salazar is linked to the brutal gang.

Tren de Aragua is led by Hector Guerrero Flores, a 40 year-old fugitive who controlled drug trafficking and human trafficking while he was incarcerated in one of the Venezuela’s maximum security prisons for more than a decade. He escaped in September, and his whereabouts are unknown. Arrest warrants in several Latin American countries have been issued for Guerrero, who is known by his moniker, “El Nino Guerrero.”