Two members of the Venezuelan prison gang Torren de Aragua who took part in an armed apartment raid in Aurora, Colorado, have been arrested in New York City.
Denyer Alamillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, seen in a viral video, were arrested by an NYPD gang in a massive credit card fraud and drug trafficking case around 3:30 a.m. in the Bronx. He was arrested by the task force and the Department of Homeland Security. Wednesday, The New York Post reported.
Fifteen suspected gang members have been arrested after a six-month investigation into violent gang crimes linked to drug syndicates, officials told the media.
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Denyer Alamillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25, seen in a viral video, were arrested by an NYPD gang in a massive credit card fraud and drug trafficking case around 3:30 a.m. in the Bronx. He was arrested by the task force and the Department of Homeland Security. Wednesday (Aurora Police Station)
Aurora police issued warrants for the two on Oct. 1, Fox News Digital previously reported.
Sources told the Post that the drug ring sold a variety of drugs from the Bronx to Lower Manhattan, including synthetic marijuana, heroin and tussi, a synthetic drug amalgam.
They are said to have committed credit card fraud and violent crimes.
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Officials said three assault rifles, two pistols, ammunition cans filled with cartridges and other semi-automatic weapons were found during the raid.
The federal indictments and crimes of the two gang members remain sealed, and it is unclear what charges they are facing. 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.
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Alleged members of the Torren de Aragua gang occupied an apartment in Aurora, Colorado, demanding rent in exchange for “protection.” (Edward Romero/City Councilman Daniel Jurinsky)
Officials and residents say Torren de Aragua has taken control of other complexes and sparked a wave of violent crime in Aurora.
The gang's leader, Jonardi José Pacheco Chirino (nicknamed “Galleta” (Spanish for “Cookie”)), is responsible for the gang's brutal assault on a man at another apartment complex and mass shooting at another property. He is said to have planned a large-scale gunfight. new york post.
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An apartment investor in one complex told the outlet: “In the beginning, they were just hanging around the property, creating a bad element that was always there.” “And they started taking over empty rooms a few months ago.”
In February, New York authorities said they believed the gang was involved in more than 62 robberies in the city, and two suspected gang members were arrested on shocking assault charges. Two New York City police officers.
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The brother of the suspect in the murder of Georgia student Laken Riley has gang ties, and 10 immigrants with gang ties were arrested in Texas in early May.
“Keep an eye on this gang,” Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said at the time. “Their criminal activities are a serious threat to our community!”
Fox News Digital's Adam Shaw, Audrey Conklin and Elizabeth Heckman contributed to this report.
