Videos show raid of underground nightclub where over 100 immigrants were detained

​In a sig­nif­i­cant fed­er­al oper­a­tion, over 100 indi­vid­u­als sus­pect­ed of being in the U.S. ille­gal­ly were detained dur­ing a raid on an ille­gal after-hours night­club in Col­orado Springs. The raid, con­duct­ed by more than 300 law enforce­ment offi­cers from mul­ti­ple agen­cies, tar­get­ed a venue under inves­ti­ga­tion for alleged drug traf­fick­ing, pros­ti­tu­tion, and vio­lent crimes. ​New York Post

The night­club, fre­quent­ed by mem­bers of the MS-13 gang, was found to be a hub for illic­it activ­i­ties, includ­ing the dis­tri­b­u­tion of cocaine and a syn­thet­ic drug known as “tusi.” Author­i­ties also seized an unspec­i­fied num­ber of firearms dur­ing the oper­a­tion.

Among those detained were over a dozen active-duty mil­i­tary per­son­nel, some of whom were alleged­ly work­ing as armed secu­ri­ty at the club. Addi­tion­al­ly, indi­vid­u­als with out­stand­ing war­rants were appre­hend­ed. ​

Videos released by the Drug Enforce­ment Admin­is­tra­tion (DEA) show agents announc­ing their pres­ence and order­ing patrons to exit the build­ing with their hands up. Some footage cap­tures indi­vid­u­als attempt­ing to flee as agents enter the premis­es. ​

The oper­a­tion aligns with Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump’s inten­si­fied immi­gra­tion enforce­ment cam­paign, which has includ­ed aggres­sive tac­tics and legal chal­lenges. Attor­ney Gen­er­al Pamela Bon­di praised the raid as a suc­cess in enhanc­ing com­mu­ni­ty safe­ty.

The build­ing own­er claimed to be unaware of the ille­gal activ­i­ties, stat­ing that the venue is typ­i­cal­ly rent­ed for legit­i­mate events. Local offi­cials, includ­ing Col­orado Springs’ may­or, sup­port­ed the enforce­ment action, cit­ing the need for law and order. ​The Guardian

For a visu­al account of the raid, you can watch the fol­low­ing video: