'Immigration enforcement efforts' underway in Denver metro area, FBI confirms

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is starring aboriginal greeting "immigration enforcement efforts" successful Denver and Aurora, Colorado, this morning, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) confirmed to Fox News Digital.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver posted to X that "100+ members of the convulsive Venezuelan pack Tren de Aragua were targeted for apprehension and detention successful Aurora, Colo., contiguous by ICE and its partners @FBI @DEAHQ @CBP @ATFHQ & @USMarshalsHQ successful an ongoing investigation."

It is unclear however galore radical were taken into custody.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Rocky Mountain Division not lone confirmed to local KDVR that this was portion of the cognition that was expected to commencement successful Aurora past week, but besides posted a video conscionable aft 7 a.m. section clip of agents conducting hunt warrant operations. In the video, 1 of the agents threw a instrumentality that appeared to emit immoderate benignant of smoke. 

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One of the locations targeted was the Cedar Run Apartments successful the 800 artifact of South Oneida Street, DEA Rocky Mountain confirmed.

"We saw this connection written connected a partition wrong the Cedar Run apartments successful Denver," DEA Rocky Mountain posted to X. "#DEA and our national partners are targeting wanted cause traffickers. Three fentanyl deaths person been reported astatine this determination successful the past month."

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The station included a photograph of a connection that read, "In loving representation of those mislaid successful cause land."

A Cedar Run nonmigratory who has lived successful the analyzable for 14 years told The Denver Post that "six heavy equipped officers" who demanded recognition asked which of her neighbors mightiness beryllium undocumented.

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services building, besides the determination of the ICE Denver Field Office, is seen extracurricular Denver connected July 14, 2019. (Chet Strange / AFP)

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"It’s insulting and infuriating due to the fact that I would ne'er snitch connected my neighbors," she told the newspaper. "They person each close to beryllium here. And I would ne'er privation to enactment anyone done that benignant of stress. They conscionable don’t merit that." 

ERO Denver posted connected X that what they did Wednesday was "remove this precise existent nationalist information threat."

"Time and again, transgression aliens prey connected their ain communities with sanctuary policies, knowing they’re escaped to perpetrate crimes without repercussion," the bureau said. 

Fox News' Nicole Wright contributed to this report.