CBZ Management is a company that owns numerous multifamily properties in Colorado. broke the silence On Friday, it was confirmed that the violent Venezuelan gang Torren de Aragua had taken over several properties.
The company launched the X account to share its side of the story after many local officials and media outlets reported that TDA's takeover claims were exaggerated.
“Yes, gangs took over our apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. That's the real story.”
Rumors of a growing multinational gang presence in the area were sparked by Cindy Romero, a former tenant at Edge at Raleigh, a property owned by CBZ, who said armed men attacked the Blaze complex in late August. After releasing a video of the incident, it became undeniable. Previously reported news. Another video taken by a tenant at the time showed a man using a hammer to break a deadbolt lock in the same apartment.
Cindy Romero and her husband, Edward, were desperate to move out of their apartment complex, saying it had become a “nightmare” since the gang moved in. Aurora City Councilman Daniel Jurinsky ultimately helped the Romeros find another place to live.
At the time, Jurinksy told Fox News Digital, “It's going to take a lot of teeth to get anyone, the media, any other elected official… to acknowledge that this trend exists and even acknowledge that there's a problem.” It was something like that.”
Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) said the TDA invasion was “largely a figment of Daniel Jurinsky's imagination.”
CBZ began managing the Colorado property in 2019, but at the time described the apartments as being in “poor condition.” The company aims to renovate the complex and increase its value, noting that the project is “ambitious” and will take “many years” to complete.
CBZ wrote in a long thread about X that “everything was going well. Property values were up and vacancy rates were down. It was a win-win for both the owners and the city of Aurora.” “And then the gang arrived.”
In 2023, the company announced that one of its CBZ representatives was violently attacked while attempting to conduct an inspection at one of its facilities. When he arrived, he found a “group of men” inside a three-bedroom apartment that was supposed to be vacant.
“When he refused a $500 bribe to overlook the situation, they attacked him relentlessly,” CBZ wrote.
The company announced the results of a short-term study video Photos showing the attack and the victim's injuries taken immediately afterwards. In the photo, the representative's face and shirt were covered in blood and he appeared to have bruises around his eyes.
Unfortunately, this was not the end for CBZ representatives, the company said.
“After a CBZ representative was attacked, he began receiving threatening text messages,” the company continued. “These criminals revealed their home addresses and the names of their spouses.”
According to CBZ, law enforcement officials sent a message confirming that TDA members were occupying the complex.
“They also stated that our situation was just a 'blink on the radar' as this gang is causing significant problems nationwide,” CBZ said.
After effectively taking over the three complexes, the gang members allegedly gave CBZ an ultimatum: cut its rental income in half or “lose the buildings forever.”
CBZ said it made the decision to withdraw its management team from the facility due to safety concerns.
“Despite the obvious crisis, several city officials refused to acknowledge the reality. Instead, they blamed us, citing 'code violations' as the reason for closing our facility. . A violation that we could not resolve against a tenant that does not even belong to us,” CBZ wrote.
The company claimed that the only violations it could not resolve were those committed after the gang took over.
Even after local reports surfaced that authorities had arrested 10 confirmed TDA gang members involved in the apartment takeover, media and local officials continued to insist that others' concerns were overblown.
On Sunday, Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance (Ohio) shamed ABC News anchor Martha Raddatz for trying to downplay the seriousness of the situation in Aurora. Former President Donald Trump's claims that the TDA took over parts of the city have been proven false, Raddatz said.
“Do you support Donald Trump’s claims that the Republican mayor has grossly exaggerated and undermined the city’s identity and safety?” Raddatz asked Vance.
“Martha, you said the mayor was exaggerating. So there must be an element of truth here,” Vance replied.
Raddatz interrupted Vance's response and said TDA's acquisitions were “limited to a small number of apartment complexes.”
“Martha, can you hear me?!” Vance shot back. “Only a handful of apartment buildings in America have been taken over by Venezuelan gangs, and the problem is Donald Trump and not Kamala Harris’ open borders?!”
CBZ said in a post to We will continue to counter falsehoods with simple facts and evidence.” ”
“Yes, gangs took over apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. Here's the real story,” he added.
Cindy Romero spoke to Fox News on Monday about the media's attempts to minimize the situation. It feels like a “slap in the face.”
“How many gangs can we have in Aurora? How many properties can we have taken over? How many bill-paying citizens can we evict?” Romero said. asked.
A representative from Aurora said: new york post He claimed that CBZ's claims were “exaggerated.”
“These delinquent property owners, managers and/or ‘investors’ have had their bank lenders take them to court in the past few weeks and judges have placed some of their troubled properties into receivership. “He conveniently does not admit that he ordered the child to be left in the care of another person,” the spokesperson said. “This means that the judge has actually given a third-party trustee the legal authority to manage the property, and the property owner will be forced to compensate anyone.”
The FBI declined to comment, the Post reported.
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