Despite repeated denials that the Venezuelan gang Torren de Aragua has a significant presence in Aurora, Colorado, city officials are now calling it a violent group due to ongoing criminal activity. It has ordered the closure of the notorious apartment complexes involved.
Five Dallas Partners and its parent company, CBZ Management, received the following orders from a judge last week: shut down Edge at Raleigh apartment complex.
“It's an incredibly problematic complex.”
The order was requested by the city in response to several violent incidents at the facility, including “armed home invasions with stabbings and kidnappings.”
Citing 60 criminal incidents since September 2023, city officials claimed the complex has become a “hub for unmitigated violent crime and property crime.”
The complex emerged at the center of the national immigration debate in August after a former tenant released surveillance video showing an armed group storming the premises. Another video taken by a tenant showed a man breaking the apartment's deadbolt lock.
Residents claim the TDA has taken over apartments and other complexes in the Aurora area, but local authorities have repeatedly denied or downplayed the gang's influence.
One of the men seen in the surveillance footage was later arrested and admitted to being a member of the TDA gang.
However, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain initially reported that his department's investigation found no gang ties.
“There are a lot of limitations, a lot of rules, a lot of regulations when it comes to identifying someone as a particular gang member or gang affiliate,” Chamberlain said at the time. “Many of these individuals we're talking about are from countries that don't have strong relationships with the United States, and they don't have databases to share.”
At a press conference Monday, city officials detailed plans to close Raleigh's Edge.
Chamberlain pointed out that the responsibility for criminal activity rests with the property owner.
“This place is not going to get any better. This place is basically a cancer on the community,” he said. “And we, as a group of stakeholders, as community members, as law enforcement and as a city family, have determined that this is unacceptable in Aurora.”
“The problem is a poorly managed space that has allowed this crime to flourish,” Chamberlain asserted. “As everyone here knows, and as the public knows, this complex is an incredibly problematic complex.”
City Attorney Pete Schulte elaborated on Aurora's closure order.
“We wanted to give the defendant, Five Dallas Partners LLC, an opportunity to file a response in this case, which they did on December 30th, but as they alluded to at today's hearing. , it resulted in what we would call an unjust judgment. “General denial'' means that the defendant, as plaintiff, will require the city to prove each and every complaint filed in the petition before closing on the property, Schulte said.
On December 27, the city filed an emergency complaint regarding the kidnapping that occurred earlier that month.
“Police felt they really needed to take control of (the complex) to take possession of the property because it was completely out of control,” Schulte added.
A judge granted the city's emergency closure order on January 10.
Stan Garnett, the owner's attorney, said he was not authorized to comment on the city's order. sentinel colorado Reported.
The city previously closed another CBZ-managed facility and is reportedly targeting another, according to news outlets.
CBZ management accused the government of allowing TDA to gain a foothold in the US
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“Despite clear evidence, many continue to deny the reality of the situation and, at times, use us as a scapegoat,” the company wrote in an October document. post “Yes, gangs took over our apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. Here's the real story.”
CBZ management told Blaze News: “Due to ongoing litigation, we are unable to comment at this time.”
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