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(NewsNation) — Two Tren de Aragua pack members tied to a viral video showing equipped men astatine an Aurora, Colorado flat analyzable were arrested successful New York City this week, instrumentality enforcement sources confirmed to NewsNation.
Danyeer Aramillo Meneses, 23, and Edilson Pena Angulo, 25 — members of the notorious Venezuelan thoroughfare gang — were taken into national custody during a Tuesday nighttime raid, sources told NewsNation.
Both men were successful the U.S. illegally, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) spokesperson said successful a statement.
The 2 Tren de Aragua members were allegedly among the equipped men seen successful a viral information camera video that garnered planetary attention. In the video, men tin beryllium seen walking up a stairwell carrying weapons astatine an Aurora flat complex.
Pena and Aramillo were besides suspected of being progressive successful an Aug. 18 shooting successful Aurora.
Both men were charged with 2 felonies, first-degree burglary and menacing with a firearm, successful the Aurora lawsuit but hadn't been arrested until now.
How they got to New York City oregon erstwhile they arrived is unclear. Sources told NewsNation that the 2 are successful national custody but their national indictments stay nether seal truthful it remains to beryllium seen what caller charges they could beryllium facing.
U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) primitively encountered Pena successful El, Paso, Texas connected April 29, 2023, aft helium entered the state illegally. USBP issued him a announcement to look and released him connected his ain recognizance, according to the ICE spokesperson. He was aboriginal arrested successful Colorado connected section charges. An migration justice ordered Pena removed to Venezuela connected Feb. 23, 2024, aft helium didn't look successful court, the spokesperson said.
USBP encountered Aramillo on Sept. 10, 2023, in El Paso, Texas aft helium entered the United States illegally. He was issued a announcement to look and released. The Aurora Police Department issued an apprehension warrant for Aramillo connected section charges on Aug. 19, the ICE spokesperson said.
Both men are present successful ICE custody pending transgression and migration proceedings.
Tuesday's raid was carried retired by an NYPD pack task unit successful coordination with national agents.
The latest arrests are portion of an ongoing crackdown by instrumentality enforcement arsenic the Venezuelan pack continues to grow its foothold successful the United States.
Tren de Aragua is 1 of the fastest-growing transnational transgression organizations and the pack has reportedly established itself successful 16 U.S. states.
Earlier this month, Jose Ibarra, a Tren de Aragua member, was sentenced to beingness without parole successful the decease of Georgia nursing pupil Laken Riley.
