U.S. Customs and Immigration (ICE) Denver introduced Friday afternoon that it has captured a member of an ultra-violent Venezuelan gang who had a ultimate deportation order.
“ICE Denver officers arrested Joel Matos-Nieto, 23, a legal alien from Venezuela and member of the worldwide gang Tren de Aragua with a ultimate order of elimination April 23,” in keeping with the federal immigration authorities. “Matos has convictions for motorcar theft, obstructing a police officer and legal mischief.”
Joel Matos-Nieto was arrested by ICE Denver on a ultimate elimination order after legal convictions. (ICE Denver)
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DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin instructed Fox Information Digital earlier Friday that President Donald Trump’s crackdown on gang crime, which included labeling Tren de Aragua (TdA) as a terrorist group, has resulted within the arrests of greater than 600 TdA members throughout his first 100 days in workplace.
Fox Information Digital reached out to ICE Denver for additional info on Matos-Nieto’s legal historical past.
Joel Matos-Nieto, suspected member of Tren de Aragua, was arrested on a ultimate elimination order by ICE Denver. (ICE Denver)
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The arrest comes on the heels of Thursday’s information {that a} former New Mexico decide and his spouse had been arrested for alleged proof tampering and harboring a suspected TdA gang member of their Las Cruses house.
Ex-judge Doña Ana County Justice of the Peace Decide Joel Cano and his spouse, Nancy Cano, are accused of inviting Cristhian Ortega-Lopez to dwell of their house. Ortega-Lopez reportedly crossed into the USA illegally in December 2023, however was launched from custody pending a elimination listening to attributable to overcrowding.
An HSI agent escorts former Doña Ana County Justice of the Peace Decide Joel Cano out of his house on Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Courtesy of KFOX14)
He first met the Canos when he did repairs on their house.
Ortega-Lopez was arrested by federal authorities in February, and Joel Cano resigned from his put up shortly thereafter in March.
