Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted raids in seven locations across Denver, targeting members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. The operation yielded only one arrest, despite claims that over 100 members were targeted. The DEA also conducted a separate operation during the ICE raids, resulting in two drug-related arrests.
Two federal law enforcement sources briefed on Wednesday morning's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)-led raids in seven locations across Denver tell ABC News that the operation yielded the arrest of just one alleged gang member. Twenty-nine people were also detained, sources told ABC News. The sources added that '100+ members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua were targeted for arrest and detention' in raids that day.
However, the operation ultimately produced far fewer than that number.During the operation, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) also conducted its own operation in Denver that day while accompanying ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents. The DEA operation resulted in at least two drug-related arrests that were not related to immigration status, sources told ABC News. ABC News interviewed and obtained Ring doorbell footage from one person that revealed agents on Wednesday going door-to-door asking residents at one apartment complex for identification, travel documents, and permission to enter the units to look around. In many cases, agents did not present a warrant or explain why they were there, according to ABC News interviews with residents and examination of obtained footage. A DEA official on scene told ABC News that they executed two targeted drug trafficking warrants at the apartment complex at the same time as the ICE raid.After the operation, Tim Lenzen, the acting special agent in charge of HSI's Denver office, told reporters that they did not have the total numbers of detainments or how many of those were for alleged immigration-related offenses, though he did say that one arrest was a fugitive from Chile and 'a known member.' Lenzen said that member was wanted for kidnapping and extortion in another country. Thomas Homan, a former acting director of ICE, appeared on Fox News that the ICE 'operation was leaked,' which compromised its effectiveness. 'This is not a game,' Homan said, adding that 'people who want to game this ... need to stop or we'll prosecute them through the Department of Justice.
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