Tag: Tren De Aragua
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Maduro capture brings surprise, hope to Venezuelan community in Denver
The announcement that U.S. military personnel arrested Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and took him to the United States sent a shockwave through Denver’s Venezuelan community Saturday. Jimmy, an asylum seeker who came to Denver last year, said his phone blew up with the news. “Ever since Trump came to power in the U.S., there was…
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Raids, pushback and TdA indictments defined Denver’s immigration story in 2025
The Trump administration’s push for a large-scale, deportation effort — built around campaign warnings about Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan prison gang that established a foothold in Colorado — collided with the realities on the ground in Denver, where raids occurred but never approached the sweeping levels of daily deportations anticipated. President Donald Trump had…
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Two suspected Tren de Aragua leaders indicted in Denver
Denver and federal officials announced the indictment of two suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) leaders in Denver on Thursday for racketeering that included robbery, extortion, kidnapping, money laundering and controlled substance abuse over a 14-month period in 2024. Indicted were Giovanni Vicente Mosquera Serrano and Brawins Dominique Suarez Villegas, aka “Chino San Vicente.” Gang members…
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Final suspect in Tren de Aragua kidnapping returned to Colorado
The final suspect wanted in connection with the December kidnapping that led to the arrest of Tren de Aragua gang members has been extradited back to Colorado. Jorman Jose Cuba-Zabala, 26, originally from Venezuela, was arrested in Chicago in April and extradited back last weekend on suspicion of several felonies, including second-degree kidnapping, aggravated robbery,…
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Federal agencies indict 30 people in Colorado, including alleged TdA gang leaders
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Federal and local law enforcement agencies announced the indictments of 30 people in Colorado on Monday, including alleged leaders of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, which a police chief described as akin to a parasite. Officials characterized the investigation leading to the operation as the biggest in the country. “We learned how violent…
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FBI offers $3M for capture of TdA gang leader on 10 Most Wanted List
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Federal authorities have added a man alleged to be a leader of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang to the FBI’s 10 most wanted list, offering a $3 million award for the fugitive’s capture. Officials believe TdA gang leader Giovanni Vicente “El Viejo” Mosquera Serrano,…
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Aurora’s new police chief confronts Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua
It’s been seven months since the Aurora Police Department’s new chief stepped into an agency that is grappling with a transnational gang, a city that is suffering from a public relations black eye, and a community that found itself at the center of a raging national debate over illegal immigration. Todd Chamberlain swears he knew…
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Legal troubles mount for CBZ Management over metro Denver apartments
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Legal troubles continue to mount for CBZ Management, the company behind several troubled apartment complexes in the metro Denver area, which blamed deteriorating conditions at two of its apartment complexes in Aurora on a Venezuelan gang. Peter Svaldi, a former tenant at the Courtyard on Vine at 1399 N. Vine St., filed a lawsuit earlier…
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Another suspect arrested in Aurora home invasion case
Authorities have arrested another suspect in the December home invasion in Aurora, where officers said two people were kidnapped and tortured. Officers apprehended Yusmary Carolina Panza-Ruiz over the weekend in Denver, Aurora Police Department officials said. Panza-Ruiz is the 10th suspect arrested in connection to the home invasion likely related to the Venezuelan gang Tren de…
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7 arrested in connection to Denver drug, gun and sex trafficking operation
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DENVER — Federal prosecutors believe they’ve broken up part of a drug, gun and sex trafficking operation run, for at least a few months, out of a Denver apartment complex and led by notorious Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua. At least a few of the seven arrested in two states this week, federal investigators believe,…