Aurora Police Department Addresses Claims That Parts Of City Have Been Taken Over By Venezuelan Gang

While speaking on Fox News, Aurora Council Member Danielle Jurinsky said, "We currently have entire [apartment] complexes under gang control".

COLORADO - After an Aurora city council member claimed that the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang has taken over parts of the city and is even running apartment complexes, the Aurora Police Department has released an update saying that they have created a special task force to investigate the concerns.

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The police department said that they are aware the TdA is operating in Aurora but believe the influence the gang has on the city remains "isolated" and aren't aware of apartment buildings being taken over by the gang.

While speaking on Fox News, Aurora Council Member Danielle Jurinsky said, "We currently have entire complexes under gang control — complexes where staff have been beaten up, they've been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property". 

"These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang. They start brokering apartments themselves when someone leaves out of fear or whatever. They go in and take pictures of the apartment themselves. Then, I've been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in."

She went on to say, "Parts of the city are absolutely under this gang control. The local media is downplaying this," she said. "I believe politics is being played with people's lives. ... Nothing is being done to help the American citizens that are being trapped under this gang's control."

"The number of emails coming in to me for help from residents and business owners, the volume is much higher. The allegations being made [regarding the activities being carried out by the gang] are types of crime that I've not heard of on a regular basis in our city," she continued.

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