Two criminals from the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua who were arrested in Colorado for a shooting are at large and living on the streets of Aurora, Colorado, DailyMail.com reports.
Dixon Azuaje-Perez, 20, and Nixon Azuaje-Perez, 19, are two of four members of the Tren de Aragua gang arrested by local police in recent days for an attempted murder on July 28 at the Nome Street Apartments.
It is one of the apartment buildings that have been taken over by armed members of the South American mafia.
Aurora police confirmed that Dixon and Nixon are no longer in jail.
“Nixon and Dixon have both posted $1,000 bail for their charges,” a police spokesman told DailyMail.com.
“They are no longer stuck.”
Dixon Azuaje-Perez, 20, and Nixon Azuaje-Perez, 19, are two of four Tren de Aragua gang members arrested by local police in recent days for an attempted murder in July that took place at the Nome Street Apartments.
Both Dixon and Nixon are considered suspected members of the TdA, as the gang is known to federal law enforcement officials.
Meanwhile, Jhonnarty Dejesus Pacheco-Chirinos, 24, and his brother Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirinos, also known as “Cookie” or “Galleta,” are known gang members.
They were arrested in connection with the same shooting and are in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
TdA is best known for the brutal sex trafficking of women and girls in South America, and for the smuggling of compatriots.
A shocking report details the criminal organization’s complete control over the Whispering Pine Apartments in the Denver suburb of
According to the apartment manager, vacant apartments were allegedly used for “parties” where the gang was guilty of “drug and child prostitution”, adding that the gangster said that “minors are a good source of income”.
Shocking new footage shows the moment an armed Venezuelan gang takes control of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado
Then other members of the gang run up the stairs, weapons in hand. In the background, the men can be heard talking to each other in Spanish.
The notorious South American gang arrived in the US in recent years, as the Daily Mail first reported, mixed with asylum-seeking migrants.
They are linked to a crime spree stretching from Miami to New York.
Dallas police have confirmed in recent days that they are hunting for TdA members in the Texas city.
TdA established its new headquarters on the US-Mexico border just south of El Paso, Texas, DailyMail.com exclusively reported.
In Texas’ sixth-largest city, about a nine-hour drive from Dallas, police are working on a confidential plan to tackle the growing threat, insiders told DailyMail.com last month.
An investigation by DailyMail.com has revealed that Venezuelan migrants have infiltrated food delivery and ride-sharing apps, renting or buying accounts that were not their own and then illegally showing up at your door.
Venezuela’s most violent gang, Tren de Aragua, has moved its headquarters just across the US border in the Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez
Last month, the U.S. government designated Tren de Aragua as a transnational criminal organization and announced a $5 million reward for the capture of its leader, Hector “El Nino” Guerrero Flores
In July, the US government designated TdA as a transnational criminal organization.
“The designation of Tren de Aragua as a significant transnational criminal organization underscores the growing threat this organization poses to American communities,” Brian Nelson, the undersecretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said last month.
The leader of the TdA is still on the run, with a $5 million bounty on his head.
The notorious criminal organization Tren de Aragua, or TdA as federal agents call it, has been called the “example of evil” and previously operated out of a notorious prison in South America.
But after kingpin Hector Guerrero Flores escaped last year, the mafia moved its command center to Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on the U.S. border, directly across the street from El Paso, Texas, local officials told DailyMail.com.
“Tren de Aragua is the height of evil,” said Congressman Tony Gonzales, who represents El Paso.
“This gang is known for raping children, committing murder and causing widespread chaos.”
Tren de Aragua (Spanish for Aragua Train) originated behind the walls of the Tocoron prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua and is now linked to widespread human trafficking and sex trafficking across the South American continent.
Law enforcement now considers the gang as dangerous as El Salvador’s Mara Salvatrucha or MS-13.