The Department and Justice (DOJ), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Colorado's Rocky Mountain DEA teamed up to raid a Colorado Springs nightclub in the early hours of Sunday morning. According to the DEA, club patrons included Tren de Aragua gang members and active duty military personnel.
"This is an underground, illegal nightclub and what was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence, we seized a number of guns in there," Jonathan Pullin, special agent in charge of Colorado's Rocky Mountain Division of the DEA, told 9News.
Rocky Mountain DEA shared a video of the raid on X.
#DEA Rocky Mountain led a multi-agency enforcement operation along with our local and federal partners early this morning.@DHSgov has taken more than 100 illegal aliens into custody. Drugs and weapons have also been seized at this underground nightclub in Colorado Springs. pic.twitter.com/R4Smb3voAg
— DEARockyMountain (@DEAROCKYMTNDiv) April 27, 2025
According to Rocky Mountain DEA, the DHS found and arrested "more than 100 illegal aliens" along with "drugs and weapons."
Of the 200 people at the club that night, about half were not in the country legally, according to the DEA.
Club patrons also included members of Tren de Aragua, MS-13 and Hell's Angels. Active duty military personnel were also present, and according to Pullin, they participated in some of the aforementioned crimes.
The Army Criminal Investigation Division is currently working with the DEA to investigate the accusations against the active duty military members.
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