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.
Along with the DEA, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security and ATF agents, as well as local law enforcement, took part in the raid.
The Drug Enforcement Administration detained 49 people in Colorado over the weekend at what the special agent in charge called an invitation-only party.
Drug Enforcement Administration officials said many of the immigrants were connected to Tren de Aragua and are in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody.
Federal agents interrupted a party at a "makeshift nightclub" north of Denver early Sunday morning and arrested almost 50 people of undetermined immigration status, a large number of whom are reportedly affiliated with the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.
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.
Among President Trump’s many immigration policies implemented since he took office, his plan for mass deportations has rattled migrant communities in Colorado and beyond.
Officials with the U.S. Northern Command said that they started work Monday to prepare Buckley for use by Homeland Security as a temporary detention center.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have wasted no time adhering to new marching orders under President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, arresting and detaining more than 4,000 immi
A large immigration crackdown planned for Thursday in Aurora was postponed after publicity about the effort spread throughout the community, worrying federal agencies that they had been compromised.
Drug Enforcement Administration agents of the Rocky Mountain Field Division say they took a suspected Tren de Aragua gang member into custody Tuesday.