A notorious Venezuelan prison gang has set up shop in Aurora, Colorado β even though the town wanted no part of the influx of asylum seekers in the first place. Aurora β a quiet bedroom community with a population of , directly east of the Mile-High City β has become a base of operations for the brutal Tren de Aragua gang, which has seized multiple apartment complexes and set off a wave of violent crime.
Denver leads the nation in new migrant arrivals per capita, with more than 40, arriving from the southern border since December In February, the Aurora City Council passed a resolution emphatically stating that it will not provide resources and support to migrants or others brought into the community from neighboring cities. One local gang leader decided to set up shop in town, according to law enforcement sources. Within months of arriving in the US, cops say, he and fellow gang members brutally beat a man at an Aurora apartment complex that the gang took over and occupied.
In July, cops arrested him again β this time for a shooting at the same complex that left two men wounded. Members of Tren de Aragua are accused of a slew of violent crimes across the US β including the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley earlier this year, and the shooting of two NYPD cops during an arrest in June.
And then they started taking over, quite a few months ago, they started taking over vacant units. Morning Report and Evening Update: Your source for today's top stories.
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