By Logan Smith | CBS Colorado
The U.S. Department of Justice says a violent Venezuelan gang which has a history of illegal activity in Colorado is responsible for stealing more than $6 million from American banks across the country.
Ninety-eight people with ties to Tren de Aragua have been named in indictments that accuse them of installing viruses into ATMs. The virus allows the machines to dispense sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time.
ATMs in 26 states — including Colorado, Wyoming, and, in particular, Nebraska — were physically broken into over the course of two years (January 2024 to February 2026), according to court documents. Most of the incidents detailed in the indictments occurred in Nebraska. One Nebraska credit union, for instance, lost $300,000 in a single weekend in August 2025 to the scheme.
Consequently, the DOJ made its district office in Nebraska the hub for the prosecutions. A grand jury based in Omaha produced the indictments, one in October 2025 and another in February of this year.
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