Immigration raids target alleged Venezuelan gang members in Aurora, Colorado


Federal agents, including Immigration & Customs Enforcement, FBI and HSI police conduct raids at Cedar Run apartment complex in Denver, Colorado, U.S., February 5, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Mohatt

(Reuters) - Officers from several U.S. federal agencies searched for alleged members of Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua on Wednesday in Aurora, the Colorado city with a large migrant population where President Donald Trump laid out his immigration policies during his campaign.

The Denver field office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said on social media that it was partnering with the FBI, Drug Enforcement Agency, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and U.S. Marshals Service to locate and detain more than 100 members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that has expanded throughout the Americas.

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