Posted on 04/25/2025 10:32:38 PM PDT by dennisw
The terrifying face of an alleged Tren de Aragua gangster was revealed on Friday after he was arrested by ICE officers in Denver, Colorado - a sanctuary city.
Joel Matos-Nieto, a 23-year-old illegal Venezuelan migrant with a face full of tattoos, has been accused by ICE of being a member of TdA, a gang whose members often have very specific ink.
According to pictures shared by ICE's Denver Field Office, Matos-Nieto was arrested on a street in Denver and was seen handcuffed next to an agent with the DEA, which often participates in ICE raids.
Since its founding in a Venezuelan prison in 2014, TdA has since become an international criminal organization that has been responsible for drug smuggling, sex trafficking and retribution murders.
Matos-Nieto wasn't accused of anything as serious as murder, but he has prior convictions for motor vehicle theft, obstructing a police officer and criminal mischief, according to ICE.
He had received a final order of removal with a deadline of April 23 and was apprehended two days later.
Matos-Nieto is currently in custody at the Denver Contract Detention Facility, a jail run by the GEO Group, a private prison contractor.
The arrest of Matos-Nieto in Denver comes after over a month after the city's mayor, Mike Johnston, was called in front of the House Oversight Committee to answer for his apparent lack of regard for immigration enforcement.
Johnston was present in March alongside Michelle Wu of Boston, Brandon Johnson of Chicago and Eric Adams of New York.
Johnston's handling of this issue came into focus in June 2024, when the TdA members muscled their way into at least three apartment complexes in Aurora, near Denver.
At the time, Aurora police said members of the gang who came from Venezuela 'forcibly' took over.
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Terrifying? No
🤡? Yes
A clown.
Thank you, illegal alien piece of SHIT for making it easier to recognize you and your cohorts.
A face that sez Arrest Me!
Nice tats, homie!
Looks like Butthead with frizzy hair and tats.
If I’m not mistaken, that should buff right out.
Has a corrupt leftist judge demanded his release yet?
** that should buff right out. **
yeah, with a sandpaper or other industrial disk.
He doesn’t exist. The Denver mayor said so.
My grandson graduated Friday from the 16 week IA Law Enforcement Academy. I pray for the safery of ALL law enforcement officers in our nation. Biden & Co. were treasonists.
Gee, what a wholesome looking guy. JUST the guy you want to work for you or for your kids to bring home 🙄
He will fit right in at CECOT.
In war one does not bother about “due process” in attending to enemy combatants.
Just shoot him in the head and leave him to rot where he falls.
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