Dozens arrested in Colorado raid targeting Venezuela gang
#DEA and federal/local partners conducted an early morning operation at a makeshift nightclub in Adams County. Drugs/weapons/cash seized. Approx. 50 illegal aliens were taken into custody by @ERODenver - many are connected with the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang from Venezuela. pic.twitter.com/hXck5bBU2G
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations detained the nearly 50 people, many of which are “connected with the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang from Venezuela,” according to the DEA.
DEA and ICE agents took nearly 50 people into custody, as well as drugs and weapons, after seeing social media posts about an invite-only party at a makeshift nightclub Federal agents detained 50
ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations detained the nearly 50 people, many of which are “connected with the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang from Venezuela,” according to the DEA.
How many people arrested Sunday were connected to the TdA gang is unclear, but DEA officials said the number was in the dozens.
More details emerged Monday about a federal raid on a pop-up nightclub early Sunday morning near Denver, that was aimed at disrupting the operations of the Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang in Colorado.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said in a press release that of the 49 people detained in the raid early Sunday morning, at least 41 were undocumented.