Two members of the Torren de Aragua gang involved in the Wilderness apartment break-in in Aurora, Colorado, were arrested Wednesday in a major New York City drug trafficking and credit card fraud bust, and the deadly assault rifle was also captured. The Post reported.
Denyer Alamillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, were arrested during an early morning raid in the Bronx by anti-gang agents led by the NYPD and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations, law enforcement officials said. Picked up by the troops.
A total of 15 suspected members of Venezuelan immigrant gangs have been arrested following a months-long investigation into drug trafficking and gang violence, sources said.
“These guys have had enough,” one law enforcement source told the Post. “[TDA’s] Time is up. “
Meneses and Angulo were allegedly part of a group of armed robbers who raided an Aurora apartment in August, sources added, with camera footage circulating online that made national headlines. Ta.
Local police issued warrants for Meneses and Angulo on October 1st. According to Denver's 9News.
But they somehow made their way to New York City, where police collared them around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The dragnet was the result of a six-month investigation into violent gang crimes, which sources said stretched from the Bronx to Lower Manhattan.
Officials say the group sold a variety of drugs, including heroin, fake marijuana and the synthetic drug Tussi, and also dabbled in credit card fraud and violence.
Police also discovered a cache of semi-automatic weapons during the raid, including three assault rifles, two pistols and an ammunition can full of cartridges, officials said.
The federal indictments and criminal charges against Torren de Aragua and others remain sealed, so it is unclear what charges they are facing.
Both Meneses and Angulo are charged with first-degree robbery and menacing with a firearm in the Aurora case. According to ABC affiliate Denver 7.
Local police said they and four other armed men were captured on camera at an apartment in The Edge at Raleigh complex on August 18. Minutes earlier, another man, 25-year-old Oswaldo Jose Davion Araujo, was shot dead, the newspaper reported.
Police said five of the men had handguns and one had a rifle, and they knocked on the doors of two apartments, forced their way in, and threatened the people inside.
The shocking video was released after the Post identified Jonardi Jose Pacheco-Chirino, a Venezuelan prison gang “shotcaller” who took part in a beating and subsequent shooting at another overcrowded apartment building in a Denver suburb. .
That building was recently Shut down due to violation of rulesAccording to court documents obtained by the Post, the owners said gangs had taken over the complex and they were unable to make repairs.
“In the beginning, they were wandering around the property, creating a bad element that was always there,” said one apartment investor. “And they started taking over empty rooms a few months ago.”
Aurora, a city of about 390,000 people just east of Denver, has seen an influx of both immigrants and prison gang members in recent years.
Some people have been frightened by this, and some have been forced to move.
“It's been a nightmare and I can't wait to get out of here,” Cindy Romero told KDVR this summer as she and her husband Edward left the building.
“I have to do this every day when I get home and every time I go outside to take out the trash,” Cindy said as she turned each lock.
“Every time I go to bed at night. I have to leave it like this so no one can kick the door down.”
