An Aurora city councilor said he has documents proving local police knew about the takeover of local apartment buildings by the “Tren de Aragua” gang more than a year ago.
City Councilman Daniel Julinsky posted photos of the document on his personal X profile on Wednesday and Thursday. The document includes emails from within the Aurora Police Department discussing extensive gang activity in the area.
“I'm done with it. I'm done with the city lying to me. I'm done with the governor who called the police on me. I'm done with the local media. This is a matter of human suffering. They extort and torture immigrants.'' They came here to escape these gangs in search of a better life. ” Jurinsky said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
“This is one of the biggest cover-ups I've ever seen, and the Aurora Police Department officers on the front lines are tired of it. They're putting their lives at risk and they're tired of it.” “There is,” she added.
Bloodthirsty Venezuelan street gangs spark fear in US amid migrant surge: What you need to know
She went on to say that the Torren de Aragua gang “remains very much in control” of the apartment building in question.
She also pointed to a document from last October from the Aurora Police Department's Gang Intervention Unit. At the time, authorities believed at least 15 to 20 TdA members were active in Denver and Aurora, according to documents.
New report warns that bloodthirsty Venezuelan gangs' footprints will remain in US for 'decades'
The documents indicate that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has received information indicating that TdA plans to establish a headquarters in Aurora, as well as the two apartment buildings at the center of the controversy, namely The Edge at -He points out that he even listed the addresses of Raleigh and Fitzsimmons Place Apartments.
Jurinsky's release comes just one day after the incident. Department of Homeland Security It recommended that more than 100 immigrants believed to be connected to TdA be placed on the FBI's watch list.
Who is Torren de Aragua? Violent Venezuelan gangster 'chasing MS-13' in America
NBC News first reported that DHS has identified more than 600 individuals with possible ties to TdA, 100 of whom are considered “subjects of interest.” Fox confirmed that he had recommended they be placed on the FBI's transnational organized crime watch list.
Still images from social media videos show juvenile members of the Roosevelt Hotel-based group Tren de Aragua allegedly attacking nearby Times Square in a series of robberies. (Obtained by New York Post)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
The gang is believed to have originated in the Tocolon prison in Venezuela's Aragua state and has since spread to Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and the United States. DHS said in a statement that only some of the individuals have been identified. of the ongoing re-examination operation to combat gangs.
