DEA says over 100 undocumented immigrants arrested at Colorado Springs party

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preCharge News COLORADO — At least 114 people who are allegedly in the United States unlawfully were arrested at a party in Colorado Springs early Sunday morning, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

The DEA went on to say that the operation, with over 300 officers and agents from the FBI, Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, the IRS, U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division, U.S. Postal Police, and local law enforcement, also yielded the seizure of firearms and drugs near Academy Boulevard and Airport Road around 3:45 a.m.

“Part of busting up the underground nightclub in Colorado Springs included the arrest of 114 illegal aliens,” the DEA said on social media. “Drugs and weapons have also been seized at this underground nightclub in Colorado Springs.”

Law enforcement officials said over 200 people were at the party in total, and those who the DEA said were in the country unlawfully were turned over to ICE for processing and “likely eventual deportation.”

Video posted by the DEA on social media shows agents in tactical gear smashing the window of a building as dozens of people walk out the front door. Some of those initially attempt to run from the area, but agents and officers with guns drawn tell the crowd to get on the ground. That video shows many of them complying and putting their hands up.

DEA officials went on to say that active duty U.S. military personnel were at the party, some working private security and others as patrons.

“It’s obviously concerning to have active duty military involved. We’re working with our partners at Army CID on that case,” said DEA’s Rocky Mountain Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan Pullen. “There’s a lot of military bases here, so it’s not necessarily surprising, but we’re going to take that very seriously.”

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In a tweet, U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the club is frequented by gang members, that cocaine and methamphetamines were seized, and that two people were arrested on existing warrants.

No one who’s been detained or arrested at the event have been publicly identified.