37 h. ago My arm somehow appeared on a US Department of Homeland Security gang database

The Brit's tattoo - a clock face with the date and time of his daughter's birth - was included in a set of nine pictures for 'detecting and identifying' TdA members.

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38 h. ago Brit with 'Venezuelan gangster' tattoo fears US holiday will end in Guantanamo Bay

A dad from the East Midlands was shocked to discover a tattoo design as part of his arm sleeve, was listed by Donald Trump’s immigration squads as ink belonging to a cartel

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3 d. ago Queen snubbed Charles and Camilla's wedding before making very witty remark

Queen Elizabeth II raised eyebrows when she was 'adamant' to not attend her son Charles' wedding to Camilla - but the truth behind the surprising absence was a lot more nuanced.

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7 d. ago DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists who did them say the truth is a lot more innocent

‘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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7 d. ago DHS claims these tattoos show Venezuelan gang membership. The tattoo artists who did them are confused

‘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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1 week ago How the Trump administration is using tattoos to lock up immigrants in El Salvador

Venezuelan men in streetwear with Michael Jordan and autism awareness tattoos could add up enough ‘points’ for their removal from the United States, Alex Woodward reports

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1 week ago Louis Tomlinson's fans go wild over sweet snap with his sisters at Phoebe and Daisy's lavish 21st birthday with personalised cocktails and a celebrity tattoo artist (but did Zara McDermott attend?)

Louis Tomlinson was among the guests at his twin sisters Phoebe and Daisy's very lavish 21st birthday party last weekend as they hosted a joint celebration.

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1 week ago Want a limited edition artwork tattooed on your skin? Berlin is the place to go

The city’s tattoo studios are booming while the art world flounders. Under a new initiative, buyers receive exclusive rights to an artist’s new design, and the artist receives 50% of the profitIt may be the oldest art form in the world, practised 5,000 years ago by Ötzi the iceman and his fellow copper age Europeans. But with its more recent associations with red-light entertainment and gangland crime, modern tattooing has long been shunned by the galleries that turn lines on canvas into financial assets.A new initiative in Berlin concedes that the tables have turned. With tattoo studios in the German capital booming but many artists struggling to make a living, the Works on Skin project specialises in selling works by established and emerging contemporary artists that are not to be hung on a wall but to be etched on the human body. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Donald Trump deported sports star to El Salvador after tattoo mistake

Jerce Reyes Barrios, 36, was sent to the Central American country after U.S. authorities misinterpreted a tattoo of his that they thought was linked to a Venezuelan gang

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3 w. ago ‘Deported because of his tattoos’: has the US targeted Venezuelans for their body art?

US claims tattoos prove membership of Tren de Aragua gang but relatives describe tributes to God, family and Real MadridLike many Venezuelans of his generation, Franco José Caraballo Tiapa is a man of many tattoos.There is one of a rose, one of a lion, and another – on the left side of the 26-year-old’s neck – of a razor blade that represents his work as a barber. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Everyday tattoos got Venezuelan men ID'd as gang members and deported, lawyers say

Defense lawyers say some of the roughly 200 Venezuelan men the U.S. deported after accusing them of being gang members were targeted because of their everyday tattoos

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3 w. ago Trump administration deported Venezuelan asylum seeker over Real Madrid tattoo, court documents say

ICE has baselessly accused immigrants who fled torture of being members of the gang they escaped, lawyers say

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3 w. ago ‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador

Political scientist Mneesha Gellman on the deportees’ fates, dire prison conditions and Bukele-Trump parallelsThe Trump administration has flown 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison that human rights groups say is designed to disappear people.Despite a judge’s order temporarily blocking the move, the US government flew more than 200 men that it had accused of gang membership to the “Terrorism Confinement Center”, or Cecot – a draconian mega-prison that has become central to the promise of the Salvadorian president, Nayib Bukele, promise to rid his country of crime. Continue reading...

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last month Think before you ink: 20 tips for beautiful tattoos you’ll never regret – from the professionals

How do you choose a design you will love for life? And what can you do to cover up an old flame’s name? Top tattooists, including David Beckham’s artist, reveal all“My customers generally come to me for my style,” says Aly Sidgwick, a tattoo artist at Take Note in Edinburgh. “I do a lot of woodland creatures, like bats, badgers and birds, and also mythical creatures.” Trawling through designs on social media can be helpful in choosing an artist, if a little overwhelming: “Work out if you want something bold and bright or soft and subtle,” says Sidgwick, “then look online and see what kind of styles there are and who does those designs in your town.” Be prepared to travel for the right artist, Sidgwick adds. Continue reading...

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