DEA detains 50 illegal aliens
The DEA and Denver law enforcement conducted an early morning operation Sunday targeting drug traffickers and members of the Torren de Aragua gang in Colorado. Approximately 50 illegal immigrants were detained. (Credit: DEA Rocky Mountains)
Federal agents detained nearly 50 illegal immigrants early Sunday during an operation targeting the network of the Venezuelan gang Torren de Aragua (TdA) in Colorado.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Rocky Mountain Field Office includes agents from the agency as well as partners from the Denver offices of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Enforcement. I told Lala. The Anti-Explosive Task Force (ATF) conducted an early morning operation targeting drug trafficking and TdA members in Adams County, Colorado.
The early morning raid targeted what federal authorities described as an “invitation-only” “makeshift nightclub” in Adams County. “Dozens of people associated with the Torren de Aragua (TdA) gang were there,” the DEA said.
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The DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division announced that agents arrested nearly 50 illegal immigrants during an early morning raid in Adams County, Colorado. (DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division)
In a post to X, authorities shared a photo of undocumented immigrants lined up in handcuffs in the snow.
“Drugs, weapons and cash seized in Adams County,” one post read. “Nearly 50 illegal immigrants were detained.”
The DEA's Rocky Mountain Field Division said agents raided a makeshift, invite-only nightclub filled with members of the Torren de Aragua gang. (DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division)
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Another post included a video of the bus used to remove nearly 50 illegal immigrants from the scene. The DEA said many of the detainees had ties to Venezuela's TdA gang, but did not provide a breakdown.
The operation comes as President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, is spearheading a mass deportation strategy and is prioritizing the arrest of criminal illegal immigrants across the country.
DEA agents were seen with handcuffed illegal immigrants outside a makeshift nightclub where suspects, including members of the Torren de Aragua gang, were arrested. (DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division)
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Hundreds of illegal immigrants have been detained in reported ICE raids in Colorado, New York City, Buffalo, New York, Boston, California, and Minnesota since Trump took office.
The White House also announced that deportation flights had begun. President Trump said Sunday that the United States would begin retaliatory action after Colombia refused two deportation flights.
FOX News' Bill Melgin contributed to this report.
