Two suspected Tren de Aragua members released from custody after Colorado shooting

Two suspected members of the Tren de Aragua gang arrested in connection with an attempted murder in the migrant city of Aurora, Colorado, have been released from custody, The Post has learned.

Venezuelan brothers Dixon Azuaje-Perez, 20, and Nixon Azuaje-Perez, 19, accused of trying to tamper with evidence in the July 28 shooting, were released on $1,000 bail — despite Immigration and Customs Enforcement having issued warrants for their arrests, the sources said.

The couple is being monitored using GPS technology and are staying near an apartment complex in Denver, sources said.

The Aurora Police Department confirmed to The Post that the two men are “no longer in custody.”

Homeland Security sources told The Post that the brothers entered the U.S. on Aug. 22, 2023, through the Eagle Pass border crossing in Texas, using the CBP One app, even though they did not have the proper documents to allow them to enter.

Instead, they claimed to be seeking asylum and were allowed inside, sources said.

“Sanctuary cities don’t protect American citizens, they protect criminals,” said former Denver ICE Director John Fabbricatore, who is running for Congress in Colorado. “As you can see in this case, where two individuals who were admitted on CBP Oneapp were involved in a shooting and were released because of the sanctuary policy, and ICE was not notified. Two men who are going to go back into the community and potentially commit more crimes.”

Hours after entering the U.S., the siblings were released and presumed to be headed to New York, where they told federal authorities they were headed.

Instead, the brothers ended up in the sanctuary city of Aurora, where members of the Tren de Aragua organization were taking over entire apartment complexes and terrorizing residents with brutal crimes.

American officials did not immediately respond to The Post’s question about whether to arrest Nixon or Dixon.

Confirmed gang member Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino, who sources previously said was a “decision maker” in Tren de Aragua and goes by the nickname “Galleta,” which means cookie in Spanish, was also allegedly involved in the July 28 shooting.

In November 2023, Pacheco-Chirino allegedly brutally beat a man with a squad of mobsters and was eventually released on bail before he failed to appear in court.

He then participated in a shooting that occurred on July 28 at the same apartment complex.

Pacheco-Chirino and his brother Jhonnarty Dejesus Pacheco-Chirinos, also a member of Tren de Aragua, face attempted murder and other charges,

The brothers illegally crossed the Texas border on October 2, 2022.

Pacheco-Chirino was then released from custody equipped with a tracking device.

The Biden administration began using the CBP One app for asylum seekers in January 2023, anticipating the end of Trump’s COVID-19-era removal order known as Title 42.

Migrants have begun using apps to schedule entry appointments while in Mexico to avoid being exploited by cartels or putting themselves in danger by entering illegally.

However, sources say no additional verification is required.

“The app is barely checked. So it doesn’t surprise me that gang members are getting into it so easily and so often,” the source told The Post.

The app allows 1,450 migrants to enter the U.S. each day by checking in at border crossings in Mexico.

Mexican authorities recently announced an initiative to bus migrants from southern Mexico to the U.S. border to reach CBP One appointments more quickly.

CBP One also allowed three ISIS terrorist suspects from Tajikistan to enter the U.S., according to data provided by the Department of Homeland Security to the House Judiciary Committee.

The three terror suspects were detained in June, along with five other Tajik nationals who crossed the border during the Biden administration. The operation has spanned multiple countries, as first reported by The Post.