These guys are a serious gang, but I feel they're getting overhyped. They mostly get busted for "smash and grab" and moped theft rings. It's a well organized and no doubt violent gang, but they're not running a mob- or cartel-like operation.

One thing that's rather "poignant" however is that crime in Venezuela domestically is going down while Venezuelan organized crime internationally is going up. Sounds like the Mariel-exodus 2.0.