Aurora police react to apartment takeover by Venezuelan gang members: ‘Have not taken over’
Aurora Police shared an update after a video was released showing purportedly heavily armed Venezuelan immigrant gang members attempting to break into a home. Colorado apartment. “It is not as though gang members were occupying the apartment,” Aurora Police Interim Chief Heather Morris said in a video press conference posted to the department's official X […]
Colorado city Aurora to evict Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang from overtaken apartments
The city of Aurora, Colorado, said it would evict an apartment building occupied by members of a violent Venezuelan gang after a video of a group of people with guns went viral. The city has deemed the gang's activity a “criminal nuisance” and given officials the power to draft emergency court-ordered evictions, Mayor Mike Coffman […]
Police take down Venezuelan gang apartment building in sting
Aurora, Colorado, Mayor Mike Coffman announced Friday that the city will begin clearing an apartment building occupied by the international armed gang Tren de Aragua. “The Aurora City Attorney's Office is preparing court documents to seek an emergency court order to declare an apartment complex where Venezuelan gang activity is occurring a 'criminal nuisance' and […]
Exclusive | Venezuelan migrant accused of several thefts released without bail — again –
A Venezuelan immigrant with two outstanding theft cases was arrested again for snatching a woman's necklace during a vicious sidewalk robbery, only to be quickly released by a Manhattan judge afterward, The Washington Post has learned. Brian Castillos, 22, was arrested last Friday for a robbery in Hell's Kitchen, allegedly in cahoots with Alexander Ayala, […]
Armed Men Allegedly Storm Colorado Apartment Building Crawling with Venezuelan Gang Members
An apartment in Aurora, Colorado has reportedly been taken over by Venezuelan gang members, after a group of armed men allegedly broke into the apartment. The incident occurred just before a shooting at the Edge at Raleigh complex in early August left one person seriously injured. New York Post Reported Thursday. Vicente Arenas, Fox 31 […]
Mayor of town where armed Venezuelan gangs have overtaken apartments speaks out
Aurora, Colorado, Mayor Mike Coffman appeared on America Reports on Thursday after security camera footage showing armed Venezuelan gang members inside an apartment building went viral. Coffman confirmed that at least two apartment buildings in the city have been taken over by Venezuelan gangs. Video shows armed gang members breaking into Colorado apartment believed to […]
City council member fires back after governor dismisses Venezuelan gang takeover
Colorado's Democratic governor, Jared Polis, has dismissed outrage over a video showing what appear to be armed Venezuelan gang members inside an apartment building as “imagination” despite significant evidence. Aurora City Councilman Daniel Jurinski responded to the governor's denial, saying he was “very disappointed.” Polis spokeswoman Shelby Wieman said in a statement to the New […]
Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman says Venezuelan gangs have taken over apartment building
A Venezuelan gang that has reportedly taken over several apartment buildings in Colorado is part of an “organized crime operation,” a Colorado mayor claimed Thursday. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman was referring to shocking video that surfaced this week showing heavily armed men breaking into an apartment complex in a Denver suburb that local residents say […]
El Paso on alert as Venezuelan gang surges into US: ‘MS-13 on steroids’
The Mexican border state of Chihuahua is on heightened alert for members of the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua (TdA) after reports they are passing through the state to cross into the United States near El Paso, Texas. Chihuahua state Public Security Secretary Gilberto Loya warned Monday that Mexican authorities have identified a large […]
Colorado apartment building overrun by Venezuelan gang has armed group flaunting guns
Shocking video shows gunmen storming into a Colorado apartment building allegedly occupied by a dangerous Venezuelan prison gang. A group of heavily armed men, including three with handguns and one with a rifle, broke into a troubled apartment building in the Denver suburb of Aurora and forced their way into the unit. Acquired by KDVR […]