AURORA | Regional Drug Enforcement Administration officials said the agency and an area police department made a “gang-related arrest” Wednesday morning at the infamous Edge at Lowry apartments in northwest Aurora.
“We arrested Henry Vargas on extortion charges in relation to an incident that occurred at the light rail (Tuesday) morning,” said Joanna Small, Commerce City police public information officer.
The Rocky Mountain Division of the DEA posted the arrest on their X account at 5 a.m., saying Wednesday, “Local law enforcement officer partners continue hitting streets day/night, pursuing drug criminals.”
Joe Moylan, the public information officer of the Aurora Police Department, said that Aurora police assisted the Commerce City Police Department with the arrest.
Details of the arrest and allegations against Vargas were not released. DEA officials did not say where Vargas was taken or being held. Neither the Adams County nor Arapahoe county jails list him as an inmate.
In the post, they said that Vargas is a member of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, and he was taken into custody in the Denver area overnight. Vargas was arrested at the Edge at Lowry apartments in Aurora, Aurora police said.
For months, the apartment complex has attracted national media attention and the Trump presidential campaign last year after armed alleged members of a Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, were caught on video entering a unit last summer.
Aurora city officials recently outlined their plan to close the Edge at Lowry apartment complex, citing ongoing criminal activity and neglect from poor property management as the driving factors behind the decision.