New York City police on Wednesday arrested two suspected members of the Torren de Aragua gang believed to be involved in an assault at an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado.
The suspects, who are said to have ties to Venezuelan gangs, were identified as 23-year-old Denyer Alamiro Meneses and 25-year-old Edison Pena Angulo, Fox News reported. reported on friday.
NYPD Gang Task Force and Homeland Security officials arrested the two men following a large-scale credit card fraud and drug trafficking bust.
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Authorities have reportedly arrested 15 suspected gang members following a long-term investigation into a drug ring believed to have sold several types of drugs in New York City, as well as credit card fraud and violent crimes. be done.
Sources said authorities found multiple firearms during the search. The Fox article reported that “the federal indictments and crimes of the two gang members remain sealed, and it is unclear what charges they face.” In Aurora, both men were charged with menacing with a firearm and first-degree robbery. ”
On Aug. 18, Meneses, Angulo and four other armed men were captured on video knocking on an apartment door at Aurora's The Edge in the Raleigh complex. Police said they knocked on two apartment doors, entered and threatened the occupants. Oswaldo Jose Davion Araujo, 25, was shot and killed in the incident.
video footage show The incident occurred outside an Aurora apartment building when several men approached the door, according to Fox 31 Denver.
The two recently arrested suspects entered the United States illegally, the newspaper reported.
In September, Breitbart News reported that a family was being evacuated from a Colorado apartment building occupied by Venezuelan gang members.
The report prompted law enforcement officials to say that Aurora, Colorado, was under threat from Torren de Aragua long before there were reports of Torren de Aragua's presence in several apartment complexes. The warning was laid out in the exposed documents, a Breitbart News article published in October.
The report noted that the state's Democratic governor denied these facts surrounding the issue.
“For example, one document shows that law enforcement officials discovered that Venezuelan gangs chose the Denver area as their U.S. home base because of the country's extremely lenient immigration and sanctuary policies,” the article said. said.
