The Denver Police Department has disputed reports that several local apartment complexes have been taken over by the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua after a video surfaced of gang members roaming through a building while openly carrying guns.
In a statement shared on social media, the police acknowledged that Tren de Aragua was present in the metro area.
“There are reasons to believe that members of this gang are tied to crimes in the area,” the statement said. “However, DPD is not aware of any apartment buildings being ‘taken over’ by this gang in Denver.”
KDRV.com reported the police in the neighboring city of Aurora were “aware that components” of the gang were local active. But while the Aurora Police Department said they were gathering evidence to the gang to crimes, it insisted the gang’s influence in the city was “isolated.”
The arrival of Tren de Aragua is tied to the influx of illegal immigrants who came into the country through the southern border and were resettled in the Denver area; a disproportionately large number of these migrants were from Venezuela. Denver is a self-declared sanctuary city, and the New York Post reported that Denver has absorbed the highest number of illegal immigrants per capita across the nation with more than 40,000 new arrivals since December 2022.
Tren de Aragua’s presence in the Denver metro area became an international news story when a surveillance video of gang members carrying guns in an Aurora apartment complex went viral. Aurora City Council member Dani Jurinsky stated the gang has taken over local several apartment complexes, although her claims were disputed by Aurora’s mayor and police department.
On Aug. 13, the Fitzsimons apartment complex was closed by Aurora officials due to multiple code violations, but the property’s management company said it was unable to conduct maintenance or repairs because the site was taken over by gang activity.
In Denver, a violent jewelry store robbery in June was linked to Tren de Aragua, with four Venezuelan nationals indicted in connection to the crime. The Denver police later issued a law enforcement safety bulletin warning its officers that gang members were “given a green light to fire or attack law enforcement.”
The Aurora Police Department is working with the Colorado State Patrol and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in a task force to address the Tren de Aragua presence, but Denver’s police declined to join this operation.
The New York Post also cited Department of Homeland Security sources in confirming gang members were tied to violent crimes in other states, most notably the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley and the June shooting of two New York City police officers.
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The letter from the City of Aurora to the owner of the Fitzimmons apartment complex did not say they were shutting it down for code violations but because it was a nuisance property due to too much crime and the owner was not doing enough about it.
That sounds more like what is going on. The city can’t just shut it down and toss the tenants out the next day.
Unbridled immigration around WWI led to anarchists and the Mafia coming here. After which there was a backlash. What will happen this time?
No one believes what the government says anymore. These are the same people who tell us no Venezuelans are even here because the border is secure, there is no difference between men and women, climate change is caused by capitalism and parents have no right to stop the genial mutilation of their children.
I so enjoy your comments WTP as you are always hit the target, thank you!
Joe Biden is the sharpest in the room, he has zero mental decline. Kamala is the 2nd coming of Jesus even though she had lowest approval rating of any vice president in history. Etc etc. Don’t believe your eyes and ears, believe what mainstream media tells you….
Remember when Colorado hated Texans coming to Colorado? Bet they wish there was an invasion of Texans now! Sad to see what blue ideology has done to this state. … but, but..they’re only coming here to find a better life… What a joke DHS is, they’re allowing the criminals in and aiding & abetting the entire invasion. Wake up Colorado! A huge faction of our government is at war w the American people & your state is a perfect example of it. Violent criminal gangs understand to hold power, use violence. Colorado will have to fight fire w fire.
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Your tax dollars are helping the govt criminals aka DHS give the illegals a helping hand. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/08/28/biden-harris-slush-fund-dhs-showers-millions-on-sanctuary-cities-ngos-for-resettling-migrants-in-u-s/
I can not believe how bad these states are. It’s a good example of what not to allow in the remaining states that don’t lie about what we all see.
Sanctuary Cities. Seriously what do you think is going to happen with completely open borders!
So what exactly does Border Patrol mean by reporting ~2million apprehensions annually? If the borders are wide open there would be zero apprehensions & no need for Border Patrol. Are you seriously suggesting BP is flat out lying year after year and they’re just sun bathing at the border everyday?
Yes, genius, they report apprehending 2 million. They also estimate they miss 90% of them, WE ARE OVERUN!
It’s like using a net vs a bucket to capture ocean water.
Found the guy in support of what the current administration is doing at the border…
So then vote like your life depends on it. A vote for a continuation of the Biden-Harris policy with Harris as president and we’ll be doomed
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This is not the only area of the country this is happening. My brother in law’s brother was stabbed at his public housing building because he wouldn’t let drug gangs use his apartment for their drug deals. The gangs don’t even live in the public housing! He was transferred out of this public housing complex, but the police know this is going on. They aren’t illegal immigrants either. These are US citizens that are just criminals.
Criminals are criminals, regardless of country of origin. Texas bussed in many of Denver’s unvetted migrants since Denver professed itself to be a “sanctuary”. We Simply told the “Demwits” to put their money where their mouth is, now they object… that’s the very definition of “libtards”.