Two members of Venezuela Prison Gang Train D’Aragua, who took part in an armed apartment attack in Aurora, Colorado, was captured in New York City.
Danier Aramilou Meneses, 23, and Addison Pena Angulo, 25, who appear in the viral video, were arrested by the NYPD Gang Task Force and Homeland Security in the Bronx at 3:30 a.m. on charges of a major credit card scam and drug trafficking. Caught near. Wednesday, The New York Post reported..
Fifteen suspected members of the notorious gang were nabbed following a six-month investigation into violent gang crimes that led to the discovery of the drugs, sources told the outlet.
Two more suspects from viral Aurora, Colorado surveillance video served with arrest warrants: Police
Danier Aramilou Meneses, 23, and Addison Pena Angulo, 25, who appear in the viral video, were arrested by the NYPD Gang Task Force and Homeland Security in the Bronx at 3:30 a.m. on charges of a major credit card scam and drug trafficking. Caught near. Wednesday (Aurora Police Department)
Police in Aurora issued warrants for the couple on Oct. 1. Fox News Digital previously reported..
Sources told the Post that the drug ring sold a variety of drugs from the Bronx to Lower Manhattan — including synthetic marijuana, heroin and the synthetic drug combination Tussi.
He was allegedly involved in credit card fraud and violent crime.
These photos from the CBP Intelligence Bulletin show Tren De Aragua’s tattoos and identification. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest of TdA members. (ICE)
Sources said that three assault rifles, two pistols, ammunition boxes full of cartridges and other semi-automatic weapons were recovered during the raid.
The federal indictments and felonies of the two gang members are unsealed, and it is unclear what charges they face. In Aurora, both men were charged with possession of a firearm and first-degree burglary.
Meneses, Angulo and four other armed men were captured on video Aug. 18 knocking on the door of an apartment at The Edge in Aurora at the Lowry complex. Police said they knocked on two apartment doors, entered and threatened the occupants. Osvaldo Jose Debion Araujo, 25, was shot and killed in the incident.
Alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang overran an apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, charging rent in exchange for ‘protection’. (Edward Romero/Councilmember Daniel Jurinski)
Tren de Aragua has taken control of another complex and started a violent crime spree in Aurora. Officials and residents say.
Gang leader Jonardi José Pacheco Chirino, nicknamed “Galeta” — Spanish for “cookie” — allegedly masterminded the gang’s brutal beating of a man at another apartment complex and a mass shooting at another property. Made, say The New York Post.
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“They were first walking around the property and creating a bad element that’s constantly there,” an apartment investor in one of the complexes told the outlet. “And then they started taking over, several months ago, they started taking over the vacant units.”
In February, New York authorities linked the gang to more than 62 robberies in the city, and two suspected gang members were arrested in connection with a shocking attack. Two NYPD officers.
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A Georgia student but the brother of the suspect in the Riley murder has ties to the gang, and 10 immigrants linked to the gang in Texas were arrested in early May.
“Keep an eye on this gang,” Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens said at the time. “Their criminal activities represent a serious threat to our communities!”
Fox News Digital’s Adam Shaw, Audrey Conklin and Elizabeth Hickman contributed to this report.