DEA says more than 100 undocumented immigrants were detained in Colorado raids
Federal agents raided a Colorado underground nightclub in the early hours of Sunday and detained more than 100 people, according to the Drug Enforcement Bureau.
The raid took place at a club in Colorado Springs, about 70 miles south of Denver. Federal officials said there were more than 200 people in the club at that time, including 114 people illegally in the country. They said more than a dozen active members of the U.S. military were also detained.
Officials said agents found weapons and illegal drugs in a nightclub, including a mixture of cocaine, methamphetamine and powdered drugs called pink cocaine.
Jonathan C., head of DEA Rocky Mountain Everical.
Mr. Prun said immigration and customs law enforcement custody of immigrants detained in the club. He said military members “have security at the club and are involved in some of these crimes.”
Service staff were handed over to the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigation Division, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment Sunday.
Mr. Prun said that in the investigation of the club, law enforcement officers saw members of the Hell Angel, MS-13 and the Tren de Alagua gang within the club.
“I don't have any information about whether these members are there tonight, but we're still working a lot because we have a lot of people in custody,” Pulun said.
DEA and several members of the Trump administration posted videos and photos of the attacks on their social media accounts on Sunday.
In a video posted on X by DEA's Rocky Mountain Division, agents can be seen breaking into windows as red and blue police lights flash around them. When the agents ruptured the windows, several people ran out of the building and raised their hands as law enforcement officers seemed to point the weapon at them.
Another video shows a group of people with arms tied behind their backs.
The agency said the detained undocumented immigrants were placed on buses and were “used to deal with and could eventually deport”.
Mr. Prun said there were about 300 law enforcement officers from several agencies involved in the raid.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi praised the raid in a statement on social media, saying two people with arrest warrants have been arrested.
The raid is the latest showcase of the Trump administration’s efforts to combat illegal immigration, which seems to be working around enough people to achieve Mr. Trump’s massive deportation target.
The government used a very disturbing immigrant community full of performing skills to announce its raids in big cities and its deportation to Latin America.
The efforts to reach local immigration advocacy groups on Sunday for comment were not immediately successful.
President Trump's administration has been criticized for mistakenly expelling people, including American citizens.
A federal judge said Friday that the Trump administration had “no meaningful process” to deport a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras and against his father’s wishes.
