Video Shows Armed Men Walking Through CO Apt Building After Official Warned Of Venezuelan Gang Takeover

New video footage taken inside an Aurora, Colorado, apartment building appears to validate warnings from Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, who said earlier this week that the complex is being overtaken by a violent Venezuelan gang.

The video footage reported by Fox News on Thursday shows multiple armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn. Jurinsky told Fox News earlier this week that the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), has taken control of apartment complexes in the city.

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A resident who moved out of the apartment building on Wednesday because of the gang activity told Fox News on the condition of anonymity, “This is organized. They patrol the property with guns visibly, like they’re not trying to hide them. There’s no repercussion. These are ghosts.” The resident added that gang members are dealing drugs in the building.

Jurinsky said earlier this week that staff at some apartment complexes “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,” she added. “Then, I’ve been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in.”

The Aurora Police Department confirmed on Wednesday that it is “aware that components of TdA are operating in Aurora.”

“APD has been increasingly collecting evidence to show the gang is connected to crimes in the area. However, as we have said previously and as the DEA similarly stated, it would be improper at this time for the city and APD to make any conclusory statements about specific incidents or provide details about law enforcement strategy and operations,” the police department stated. “Based on our initial investigative work, we believe reports of TdA influence in Aurora are isolated.”

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TdA members have been known to work throughout the U.S., and one member of the gang, Jose Ibarra, was arrested and charged earlier this year for the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.

Aurora, which is a suburb of Denver, has been affected by the migrant crisis in Colorado’s capital. Since December 2022, more than 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in Denver, and city officials have cut police, sheriff, and fire department funding to deal with the crisis.