DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement targeted over 100 members of the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, for arrest and detention as part of a multi-location immigration enforcement operation in Aurora and Denver Wednesday morning.
This operation is being coordinated by ICE and has been termed “Return to Sender” by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Rocky Mountain Division is calling the “Return to Sender Operation.” As of Wednesday morning, at least 10 people into custody at the Cedar Run Apartments at 888 S. Oneida St. in Denver, according to a DEA spokesperson on scene.
The DEA Rocky Mountain Division said this was part of the operation that was expected to start in Aurora on Jan. 30. This operation was reportedly delayed because information was leaked and posed security threats.
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FOX31’s Jim Hooley was at the apartment complex where residents told him they received a knock on their door at around 6 a.m. with officers asking for their identification. Another nearby witness said he saw people being taken out of their cars.