Over 100 illegal immigrants arrested in Colorado Springs massive underground nightclub raid

Federal authorities announced Sunday that much than a 100 amerciable immigrants were detained successful a monolithic raid astatine an underground nightclub successful Colorado Springs that officials accidental was "frequented by TdA and MS-13 terrorists."

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Rocky Mountain Division led a multi-agency cognition aboriginal Sunday greeting and arrested 114 amerciable immigrants astatine the venue that contained much than 200 radical inside. 

Authorities uncovered drugs, including pinkish cocaine, arsenic good arsenic grounds of prostitution and aggregate firearms during the operation, according to the DEA. 

"@DHSgov has taken much than 100 amerciable aliens into custody," DEA Rocky Mountain said successful a station connected X connected Sunday. "Drugs and weapons person besides been seized astatine this underground nightclub successful Colorado Springs."

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Attendees astatine an amerciable nightclub successful Colorado Springs effort to fly pursuing a monolithic raid by instrumentality enforcement. (@DEAROCKYMTNDiv/X)

Attorney General Pamela Bondi applauded the operation, which included 300 officials crossed aggregate agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).

"This greeting @DEAHQ apprehended implicit 100 amerciable aliens astatine an underground nighttime nine frequented by Tda and MS-13 terrorists," Bondi said successful a station connected X. "Cocaine, meth, and pinkish cocaine was seized."

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and the Colorado Springs Police Department were besides progressive successful the operation. 

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Crowds of radical hold extracurricular an amerciable nightclub successful Colorado Springs aft instrumentality enforcement conducted a monolithic raid aboriginal Sunday morning. (@DEAROCKYMTNDiv/X)

DEA Acting Administrator Derek Maltz antecedently said Colorado has become "ground zero for immoderate of the astir convulsive criminals successful America," including Tren de Aragua’s leadership, Denver 7 reported.

Lax migration policies successful Colorado person besides helped TdA usage the authorities arsenic a "command and control" halfway for quality and cause trafficking, the outlet said, citing Maltz. 

Many of those detained successful Sunday’s raid are expected to look national migration charges, according to DEA Rocky Mountain. At slightest 2 radical were besides arrested connected existing warrants, Bondi said. 

"#DEA partners and @DHSgov placed patrons (in the U.S. illegally) connected buses for processing and apt eventual deportation," DEA Rocky Mountain said. 

Hundreds of officials raided an amerciable nightclub successful Colorado Springs. (@AGPamBondi/X)

About a twelve U.S. active-duty work members were besides recovered astatine the club, peculiar DEA Rocky Mountain cause Jonathan Pullen told aggregate outlets. The work members were wrong the club as patrons oregon moving arsenic equipped security. 

"I deliberation that everybody that goes into a nightclub astatine 3 o’clock successful the greeting knows what they’re getting into," Pullen said to Denver 7. "The progressive work servicemembers who were determination volition beryllium dealt with by Army CID [Criminal Investigation Division]. They were connected country with us, and they are partners successful this investigation." 

DEA Rocky Mountain confirmed to Fox News that those progressive work work members recovered astatine the nine person truthful acold been detained and are not nether apprehension astatine this time.

"Colorado Springs is waking up to a safer metropolis this Sunday morning," Pullen said successful a property briefing to section outlets. 

"As we attack his 100 days successful bureau @POTUS Trump’s directive to marque America harmless again is achieving results!" Bondi said connected X.

Colorado Springs Chief of Police Adrian Vasquez said the section participated successful the cognition "solely to code transgression violations" affecting assemblage information and is not authorized to behaviour migration enforcement nether authorities law. 

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"I privation to beryllium wide that it is the work of the Colorado Springs Police Department (CSPD) to analyse transgression enactment and marque arrests erstwhile appropriate. This cognition was the effect of a months-long probe into superior transgression enactment successful our community," Vasquez said. "While the probe is ongoing, arrests for these transgression violations are expected. CSPD is alert that our national partners besides detained aggregate radical for suspected migration violations during the operation." 

Fox News' Nicole Wright contributed to this report.