News brief
The plan, announced Wednesday by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, comes as the White House seeks to bolster regional cooperation in the fight against transnational criminal groups, such as Tren de Aragua. The gang, designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the Trump administration, has been active in Chile in recent years. A bilateral agreement allows Chilean officials to identify potentially dangerous individuals entering or exiting the country and share their biometric data, such as fingerprints, with the Department of Homeland Security to prevent their travel to the U.S.