DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement focused over 100 members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, for arrest and detention as a part of a multi-location immigration enforcement operation in Aurora and Denver Wednesday morning.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Rocky Mountain Division confirmed that is a part of the operation that was anticipated to begin in Aurora on Jan. 30.
DEA Rocky Mountain stated in a publish on X simply after 7 a.m. that brokers have been conducting search warrant operations throughout the metro space. FBI Denver stated in a publish on X these have been “immigration enforcement efforts.”
Whereas greater than 100 individuals have been focused, it is unclear how many individuals have been taken into custody.
FOX31’s Jim Hooley is on the Cedar Run Residences at 888 S. Oneida St. in Denver the place a SWAT truck pulled up round 8:15 a.m. on the condominium complicated. In the meantime, an officer was on a loudspeaker telling individuals within the space to remain of their flats and automobiles.
Hooley spoke with individuals within the space who stated the operation started round 6 a.m. and a few individuals have been taken out of their automobiles, though the companies have not confirmed that anybody has been taken into custody.
Different companies on scene on the Cedar Run Residences embody the U.S. Customs and Border Safety, U.S. Marshall Sevice, DEA Rocky Mountain Division, DHS, ICE, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the Denver Police Division and FBI Denver.
DEA Rocky Mountain Division’s X publish additionally confirmed a video of two armed brokers at what seems to be an condominium complicated whereas it was nonetheless darkish outdoors. Within the video, one agent threw a tool that distributed gasoline outdoors the world.
Right now, it is unclear what different areas are concerned.
It is a creating story. FOX31 will replace this publish when extra info turns into obtainable.
