New York, New YorkThey are present. Because of their position as sanctuary states, New York and New Jersey are home to the dangerous and infamous Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Two gang members who took part in the widely reported apartment home invasion in Aurora, Colorado, have now been apprehended in New York City.
As part of a large-scale drug and firearm trafficking bust that resulted in the arrest of 15 suspected members of the Venezuelan criminal organization, law enforcement sources reported that two members of the infamous Tren de Aragua gang, who were connected to a violent apartment invasion in Aurora, Colorado, were taken into custody in the Bronx on Wednesday.
In a pre-dawn raid, the NYPD and U.S. Homeland Security Investigations arrested Denyeer Aramillo Meneses, 23, and Edison Pena Angulo, 25. Three assault rifles, two handguns, and ammunition cans filled with cartridges were among the weapons found during the operation, which came after a six-month probe into gang-related drugs and violence.
The pair is also wanted in Colorado for their suspected roles in the August 18 apartment invasion in Aurora, which was captured on camera. The incident involved a gang of armed men storming two apartments, threatening inhabitants, and then fleeing the scene of a deadly shooting. Meneses and Angulo are both accused of menacing with a firearm and first-degree burglary in Colorado.
According to police, the gang operated a drug trafficking network in New York that sold heroin, synthetic marijuana, and Tussi, a synthetic substance that resembles pink cocaine, and stretched from the Bronx to lower Manhattan. According to sources, the group allegedly committed violent crimes and credit card fraud.
The arrests come after months of mounting worry about the growth of the violent gang Tren de Aragua, which has its roots in Venezuela’s jail system. Members have been connected to organized crime in several states, including violent apartment complex takeovers like the one in Aurora and sex and narcotics trafficking.
The specifics of Meneses and Angulo’s alleged actions have not yet been made public, and their federal accusations in New York are still under seal.
The New York Post was the first to report on this incident.
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