The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) arrested dozens of people in Colorado in a raid that targeted a Venezuelan gang. The Rocky Mountain arm of the DEA posted on the social platform X that nearly 50 people were arrested at a “makeshift nightclub” outside of Denver.

The Drug Enforcement Administration said in a press release that of the 49 people detained in the raid early Sunday morning, at least 41 were undocumented.

More details emerged Monday about a federal raid on a pop-up nightclub early Sunday morning near Denver, that was aimed at disrupting the operations of the Venezuelan Tren De Aragua gang in Colorado.

The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) arrested on Sunday dozens of undocumented migrants tied to Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua following the raid of what authorities described as a "makeshift nightclub" in Adams County, Colorado. Several of them were taken into custody.

ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations detained the nearly 50 people, many of which are “connected with the Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang from Venezuela,” according to the DEA.

Along with the DEA, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security and ATF agents, as well as local law enforcement, took part in the raid.

DEA and ICE agents took nearly 50 people into custody, as well as drugs and weapons, after seeing social media posts about an invite-only party at a makeshift nightclub Federal agents detained 50

The Drug Enforcement Administration on Sunday morning detained 49 people in Adams County, Denver7 spoke with immigration advocates to hear their reactions and concerns to the raid.

Federal agents busted alleged traffickers at a Colorado makeshift nightclub for Tren de Aragua affiliates, taking nearly 50 illegal immigrants into custody.

DEA raid on Adams County nightclub leads to 49 arrests tied to the Tren de Aragua gang. Drugs, weapons, and cash seized in major operation.