Feds round up 50 Tren de Aragua members at ‘makeshift nightclub’ in Denver as DEA, ICE hit cities across US

( NYPost )

Federal agents rounded dozens of members of Tren de Aragua in an overnight raid on a “makeshift nightclub” in Denver — after the vicious Venezuelan prison gang terrorized the city and the suburb of Aurora.

The DEA said agents in Colorado interrupted an “invite-only party” where dozens of the gangbangers were cutting lose in Adams County — just outside Denver city limits.

The busts netted cash, weapons, guns and drugs — including Tusi or “pink cocaine,” a powerful narcotic that the gang has played a major role in distributing across the US.

Video released by the DEA’s Rocky Mountain Division showed a white bus full of the busted gang members being escorted on the snowy roads by law enforcement vehicles.

The arrests ensnared around 50 Tren de Aragua members in all, marking the latest in the Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds who pose a potential threat to public safety.

“We want the country to know that we will all support the president’s priority to round up the most dangerous illegal criminals,” DEA acting administrator Derek Maltz told The Post.

Both President Trump and Homan have pledged to find, arrest and ultimately deport millions of migrants who have sneaked into the country illegally.

“The President and the DOJ leaders have made it clear that we are going to work together with a sense of urgency to hold violent criminals accountable,” Maltz said.

“The citizens of this country must feel safe every day throughout the country. One of my goals is to help build an army of good to fight evil.”

The first migrant roundups — part of operation dubbed “Return to Sender” — are focusing on migrants who have been charged with crimes or have been ordered deported by a judge.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) led Sunday’s pre-dawn efforts in Colorado, and they were joined by squads from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) to execute the busts.

The Post has been at the forefront of reporting how Tren de Aragua terrorized the Denver suburb of Aurora — a city with a population just under 400,000 — for months, even taking over entire neighborhoods and apartment complexes.

The busts happened just a few miles northwest of Aurora.

Similar enforcement operations have taken place around the country in recent days, rounding up some 600 illegal immigrants in sanctuary cities from coast to coast including New York state, according to ICE.

ICE New York agents took several migrant criminals into custody, including Gokhan Adriguzel, a 30-year-old Turkish national who is a “known or suspected terrorist,” according to a release from the agency.

On Saturday in West New York — across the Hudson River from Manhattan — officers stormed an apartment building near 61st Street and Harrison Place around 7:30 a.m., surveillance footage showing them peeking at mailboxes and then heading upstairs, ABC News reported.

It was not immediately clear if any arrests were made, but ICE told the outlet it doesn’t comment on ongoing enforcement actions.

Separately, agents were seen handcuffing an unidentified Hispanic man and putting him in a van without asking questions, Hudson Post reported.

That same day, the offensive continued in Los Angeles, with pre-dawn roundups expected to run seven days a week for the foreseeable future, sources told The Post.

It was not clear how many illegal immigrants were arrested in the LA raids, but sources said the migrants that were taken into custody were being held in ICE detention centers in California pending deportation.

The Chicago DEA this weekend shared images of agents huddling with its partners at ICE and the Department of Justice, the agency later posting on X that it was “conducting targeted operations” in the Windy City.

“US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with federal partners, including the FBI, ATF, DEA, CBP and the US Marshals Service, began conducting targeted operations today in Chicago to enforce US immigration law and preserve public safety and national security by keeping potentially dangerous criminal aliens out of our communities,” the statement read.

In social media posts on Sunday, the White House touted the arrests taking place around the country, which it said included criminals ranging from “child rapists to suspected ISIS terrorists.”

Among the “worst” men arrested, per the White House, include Edgar De La Cruz-Manzo, a Mexican national convicted of raping a child. He was arrested by ICE Seattle on Jan. 25.

ICE Seattle also nabbed Kevin Adith Torres-Velasquez, a Honduran national who was in possession of cocaine, fentanyl and a firearm when he was cuffed Jan. 24.

In western New York, a Jordanian with suspected ties to ISIS was busted by ICE Buffalo/Rouses Point on Jan. 24. 

Also arrested was an MS-13 gang member from El Salvador, who was wanted for aggravated homicide and slapped with an INTERPOL Red Notice. He was taken into custody by ICE Los Angeles on Jan. 24

ICE Los Angeles also took into custody that day an unnamed Mexican man wanted for murder, also with a Red Notice.

Yared Geremew Mekonnen, a convicted sex offender and Ethiopian national, was arrested by ICE New Orleans.

In Georgia, Honduran national Osman Antonio Abelar Rubio, who was convicted for DWI and has pending charges for assault and firearm offenses, was taken into custody by ICE Atlanta on Jan. 25.

ICE Boston busted Vitor De Sousa-Lima, a Brazilian man convicted of vehicular manslaughter on Jan. 25.

The final arrest highlighted by the White House was of Jaime Arroyo-Rivera, a Mexican convicted of three counts of aggravated DUI. He was arrested by ICE Phoenix on Jan. 24.