By Alliyah Sims | Fox31
DENVER (KDVR) — FOX31 is learning that 105 people were detained at an underground nightclub bust in Colorado Springs over the weekend. That’s down from the original reported count of 114.
The Drug Enforcement Administration said nine people had previous contact with immigration officials.
The Colorado Springs Police Department told FOX31 that two people were arrested on existing warrants. One was arrested for a warrant out of Denver for assault, criminal mischief and child abuse. The other was wanted in Adams County for a misdemeanor.
John Fabbricatore, former ICE Regional Director, told FOX31 that when there are that many people in custody, the process can take a while, and it really matters where people are going.
He said that processing one single person with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, if it’s the first time they’ve encountered them, can take up to two hours. If ICE is familiar with them and their information is already in the system, that process can be much shorter.
“Number one, an operation like that is in the works for many months,” said Fabbricatore. “It was very professionally done. It looked like it was great collaboration and cooperation between multiple law enforcement agencies, multiple federal and county agencies.”