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DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists deny it (www.independent.co.uk)

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‘It’s mind-blowing... a total misrepresentation,’ one British tattoo artist whose work was cited as a symbol of the crime syndicate Tren de Aragua tells Io Dodds

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Other examples used by DHS can be found in online posts dating back up to 11 years, suggesting that they were acquired simply by searching the internet for tattoos of various topics, including crowns, trains, stars, clocks, and the words "Hijos de Dios" (meaning "sons of God"), or “HJ” for short.

The government dudes are probably already familiar with looking up "HJ"