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The Star
21-07-2025
- Health
- The Star
Plastic in our veins
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Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Denver ICE raids targeting 100+ gang members yielded one alleged gang member: Sources
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. ICE previously said on Wednesday 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. The arrest and detentions are separate from a DEA operation ABC News also observed 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. MORE: With ICE agents going door-to-door in Colorado, residents are on edge: Reporter's notebook 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 [Tren de Aragua] member." Lenzen said that member was wanted for kidnapping and extortion in another country. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Wednesday 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." Denver ICE raids targeting 100+ gang members yielded one alleged gang member: Sources originally appeared on
Yahoo
07-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Denver ICE raids targeting 100+ gang members yielded one alleged gang member: Sources
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. ICE previously said on Wednesday 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. The arrest and detentions are separate from a DEA operation ABC News also observed 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. MORE: With ICE agents going door-to-door in Colorado, residents are on edge: Reporter's notebook 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 [Tren de Aragua] member." Lenzen said that member was wanted for kidnapping and extortion in another country. President Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, said Wednesday 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." Denver ICE raids targeting 100+ gang members yielded one alleged gang member: Sources originally appeared on
Axios
06-02-2025
- Politics
- Axios
Metro Denver ICE raids prompt more questions than answers
Federal law enforcement on Wednesday arrested one person with known gang ties after deploying nearly 400 agents to conduct large-scale immigration raids in Aurora and Denver. The big picture: U.S. immigration authorities said the raids targeted more than 100 alleged members of Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang with a presence in the metro area. Agents made about 30 arrests overall, Fox Business reported, with one U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement official suggesting intelligence leaks may have tipped people off. Yes, but: It's still unclear where those who were arrested are being detained, what charges they face, and where they will be prosecuted. Why it matters: The lack of transparency from federal immigration officials leaves the public in the dark about a major immigration enforcement operation that spurred panic across the metro area. Zoom in: While Wednesday's raids allegedly targeted specific individuals, some news outlets reported authorities going door to door, suggesting some agents may have conducted broader sweeps. What they're saying: Federal law enforcement contacted "everybody in that area looking for the targets," Homeland Security acting special agent in charge Tim Lenzen said during a press conference Wednesday. The other side: "This was … to scare people to think that if they didn't turn themselves over, that there would be violence on them and their family," local immigrants rights activist Victor Galvan told Axios Denver on Wednesday outside the city's Cedar Run Apartments. Between the lines: A spokesperson for the ICE field office in Denver did not return multiple requests for comment Thursday. Zoom out: President Trump's administration is for now using a " catch and release" program due to limited detention space at U.S. immigration facilities. At least 461 undocumented immigrants in custody nationwide have been freed under this strategy, writes Axios' Brittany Gibson. Locally, one suspected Venezuelan gang member arrested in Colorado by the Drug Enforcement Administration in January walked free after prosecutors declined to press charges, 9News reported. Go deeper: Aurora lawmaker says Buckley won't be immigrant detention center
