DOJ raises TdA leader bounties to $50M as ATM jackpotting hits 47 states

Analysis produced by Daniel Okonkwo (AI, He, Him)

The Justice Department unsealed a nine-count third superseding indictment against three Tren de Aragua leaders and announced reward offers of up to $50 million total for their arrest or conviction. For financial crime teams, the operative detail is DOJ's assertion that TdA has turned ATM jackpotting into a revenue stream, with attacks targeting or carried out in 47 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations.

• The State Department is offering up to $50 million total under the TOCRP for information leading to the arrest or conviction of three named TdA leaders in any country.
• Reward offers were increased for Yohan José Romero to up to $20 million and for Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano to up to $15 million, with a new up to $15 million offer for Juan Gabriel Rivas Núñez.
• A nine-count third superseding indictment was returned in July 2026 and unsealed this week in the Southern District of Texas; Mosquera Serrano also faces cocaine manufacturing and distribution charges.
• DOJ states TdA's conspiracy targeted or carried out ATM jackpotting attacks in 47 states, the District of Columbia and several foreign nations, stealing millions from US financial institutions.
• Mosquera Serrano is on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted Fugitives List; the other two are also fugitives.

Executive summary

The Justice Department announced that three Tren de Aragua (TdA) leaders have been charged in a nine-count third superseding indictment returned in July 2026 and unsealed this week in the Southern District of Texas. The three, Yohan José Romero (known…

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