By Reports suggest that someone within ICE may be tipping off individuals about upcoming raids. A high-priority federal operation targeting members of the Venezuelan criminal organization Tren de Aragua in Aurora, Colorado, was severely compromised after details of the planned raid were disclosed in advance, according to former ICE director and current border security advisor Tom Homan. Officials state that this breach significantly hindered law enforcement efforts, leading to far fewer arrests than expected and prompting internal investigations to determine who was responsible for the unauthorized release of information.
Speaking on “The Faulkner Focus,” Tom Homan, the president’s border czar, condemned the disclosure, emphasizing the damage it caused to immigration enforcement efforts. “We’re not going to tolerate it anymore. This is not a game,” Homan asserted, adding that those responsible for obstructing ICE operations would face accountability.
Whoa. Someone leaked to Tren de Aragua gang members that ICE was raiding Aurora, CO. When ICE showed up, the apartments were empty.
Protestors also had bullhorns to warn illegals about ICE coming.
Tom Homan now says he’s in touch with the DOJ about potential prosecutions. pic.twitter.com/sNibiEG8ls
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The enforcement action, conducted last Wednesday, aimed to apprehend more than 100 individuals with suspected ties to Tren de Aragua, a violent transnational gang known for drug trafficking, extortion, and human smuggling, wrote Fox News. The operation involved multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, DEA, CBP, ATF, and U.S. Marshals. However, upon arrival at targeted locations, federal agents found many buildings nearly vacant—leading officials to conclude that the leak had enabled suspects to evade capture.
Despite the setback, authorities were able to arrest approximately 30 individuals allegedly in the country illegally. However, only one confirmed Tren de Aragua member was among them—far fewer than originally anticipated. Federal officials had expected to take more than 100 gang-affiliated suspects into custody before the leak derailed the mission.
As the raid unfolded, activists gathered in protest, some using megaphones to warn residents against answering their doors, according to the news channel.
One activist shouted, “You dumb a*******! What the f*** is wrong with you? Get out of our community!”
“Please remain silent!” another activist shouted in Spanish through a megaphone. “Don’t open the door.”
“We have some activist groups that are going around and moving migrants around and telling them not to answer their doors,” Aurora city council member Danielle Jurinsky said during “America’s Newsroom” on Thursday.
Jurinsky criticized efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement, noting that some community members cooperated and were treated respectfully by federal agents.
Homan reiterated the Trump administration’s stance on prioritizing the removal of undocumented immigrants with criminal records. He also issued a stark warning to those who attempt to interfere with ICE operations. “Do not impede our operations. Do not knowingly conceal or harbor illegal aliens because we will seek prosecution,” he stated.
Although this particular operation did not achieve its full objectives, ICE officials maintain that their broader efforts to combat immigration-related crime remain active. Since President Trump took office, nearly thousands of individuals with criminal records have been arrested, reflecting the federal government’s continued focus on targeting individuals with illicit ties.
Immigration authorities carried out nearly 1,200 arrests in a single day, with almost half of those detained lacking criminal records, according to a senior official in the Trump administration.
Data recently revealed by NBC News indicated that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 1,179 individuals on last weekend. Of those taken into custody, only 613—just under 52 percent—were classified as “criminal arrests,” while the remainder appear to be nonviolent offenders or individuals whose sole offense was crossing the border illegally, which the White House has continued to point out, is itself a crime.
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