Dramatic footage captured the moment hundreds of DEA agents descended on a Colorado nightclub over the weekend, detaining more than 100 illegal immigrants in an early morning raid.
More than 300 law enforcement officers from both federal and local agencies were involved in the operation, seizing drugs and weapons from the underground nightclub on Sunday morning in Colorado Springs.
A total of 114 illegal migrants were detained in the raid on the underground club allegedly frequented by members of the MS-13 criminal organization, according to authorities.
Federal officers can be seen breaking a large front window of an unbranded building as people flee into the night — many wearing outfits suitable for a nightclub, according to video posted online by the DEA on Sunday morning.
Additional armed federal agents can be seen stopping people trying to escape.
“This is the police with a search warrant demanding entry. Exit the front door one at a time with nothing in your hands, held high above your head,” agents can be heard telling patrons outside the building, followed by instructions in Spanish.
Over a dozen active duty service members went undercover as security guards or nightclub patrons during the raid, a DEA spokesman said on Monday.
“What was happening inside was significant drug trafficking, prostitution, crimes of violence. We seized a number of guns in there. We had active-duty service members who were running security at the club and involved in some of these crimes,” DEA Rocky Mountain Division Special Agent in Charge Jonathan C. Pullen said during a news conference on Sunday morning.
DEA agents also found cocaine and pink cocaine — also known as “tusi” — Pullen went on.
Two people were arrested on outstanding warrants during the raids, according to Attorney General Pamela Bondi.
“Trump’s directive to make America safe again is achieving results!” she wrote on X.
“200 people were inside – at least 114 in the U.S. illegally,” the DEA Rocky Mountain Field Division said on X.
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