Federal agents raided a “makeshift nightclub” in Aurora, Colorado overnight, rounding up dozens of members of Torren de Aragua. A Denver suburb is home to a violent Venezuelan prison gang terrorizing residents.
It was just one of several operations carried out over the weekend as part of President Trump's deportation operation, including the sanctuary city of Chicago, where border czar Tom Homan was stationed. Federal agents were also seen in Los Angeles and West New York, New Jersey, on Saturday. .
The DEA announced that agents in Colorado disrupted an “invite-only party” where dozens of gangsters were making a profit.
Cash, weapons, guns and drugs were seized in the raid, including the powerful drug Tusi, or pink cocaine, which the gang has played a major role in distributing throughout the United States. was.
Video released by the DEA's Rocky Mountain Division showed a white bus carrying the arrested gang members being escorted down a snowy road by law enforcement vehicles.
The arrests, in which about 50 members of Torren de Aragua were detained, are the latest example of the Trump administration's crackdown on undocumented immigrants with criminal records who pose a potential threat to public safety.
“We want the nation to know that we all support the president's priority of rounding up the most dangerous illegal criminals,” DEA Acting Administrator Derek Maltz told the Post.
Both President Trump and Homan have pledged to find, arrest and ultimately deport the millions of immigrants who entered the country illegally.
“The President and the leaders of the Department of Justice have made clear that we will work together with a sense of urgency to hold violent criminals accountable,” Maltz said.
“The citizens of this country must feel safe every day across the country. One of my goals is to help build an army of good to fight evil.”
The first round of immigrants — part of an operation dubbed “Return to Sender” — focuses on immigrants who have been charged with a crime or ordered deported by a judge.
In Colorado, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led the pre-dawn effort Sunday, with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) units also participating. The bust was executed. .
The Post has been at the forefront of reporting on how Torren de Aragua terrorized Aurora, a city of just under 400,000 people, for months, taking over entire neighborhoods and apartment complexes.
Similar enforcement operations have taken place across the country in recent days, arresting about 600 illegal immigrants in coastal sanctuary cities, including New York state, ICE said.
ICE New York officers detained several immigrant criminals, including Göhan Adrigzel, a 30-year-old Turkish national who is “known or suspected of being a terrorist,” according to an agency release. are.
On Saturday, in Western New York City, across the Hudson River from Manhattan, officers raided an apartment near 61st Street and Harrison Place around 7:30 a.m., where surveillance footage showed them looking into a mailbox before going upstairs. Police officers were seen heading towards the scene. ABC News Reported.
It was not immediately clear whether any arrests had been made, and ICE told the outlet it does not comment on ongoing enforcement actions.
Separately, agents were seen handcuffing an unidentified Hispanic man and putting him into a van without asking any questions. hudson post Reported.
Attacks continued the same day in Los Angeles, with pre-dawn roundups planned to be carried out seven days a week for the time being, officials told the Post.
It's unclear how many illegal immigrants were arrested in the Los Angeles raid, but officials said those detained are being held in ICE detention centers in California until they can be deported.
Chicago DEA this weekend Shared image where agents gather With partners at ICE and the Department of Justice, the agency was later established. Post to X It said it was conducting a “targeted operation” in the Windy City.
“U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement works with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP, and U.S. Marshals Service, to enforce U.S. immigration laws and protect public safety and national security by maintaining potential hazards.” “To maintain our security, we launched a targeted operation in Chicago today to remove criminal aliens from our communities,” the statement said.
