Colorado city sees surge in Venezuelan gang violence amid migrant crisis

[KARAH RUCKER]

DENVER’S POLICY OF WELCOMING MIGRANTS WITH OPEN ARMS IS HAVING UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES IN ITS NEIGHBORING SUBURB OF AURORA, COLORADO.

THAT’S ACCORDING A NEW EXCLUSIVE FROM THE NEW YORK POST.

THE TOWN OF AURORA IS NOW GRAPPLING WITH THE ARRIVAL OF A NOTORIOUS VENEZUELAN PRISON GANG, LEADING TO A SURGE IN VIOLENT CRIME.

IT’S BECOME A HUB FOR THE BRUTAL “TREN DE ARAGUA” GANG ACCORDING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SOURCES WHO SPOKE WITH THE POST.

THIS CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION HAS TAKEN OVER MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND IS WREAKING HAVOC IN THE COMMUNITY.

SINCE DECEMBER 2022 –

DENVER, OFTEN DESCRIBED AS AN IMMIGRATION “SANCTUARY CITY,” HAS SEEN MORE THAN 40,000 MIGRANTS ARRIVE FROM THE SOUTHERN BORDER, MAKING IT A LEADING CITY IN MIGRANT ARRIVALS PER CAPITA.

THE CITY HAS GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PROVIDE AID, EVEN CUTTING BACK ON EMERGENCY SERVICES TO MANAGE THE COSTS, WHICH HAVE ALREADY EXCEEDED $68 MILLION.

HOWEVER, AURORA HAS NOT EMBRACED THIS INFLUX OF MIGRANTS.

IN FEBRUARY, THE AURORA CITY COUNCIL PASSED A RESOLUTION, EXPLICITLY STATING THAT IT WOULD NOT OFFER RESOURCES OR SUPPORT TO MIGRANTS COMING FROM NEIGHBORING CITIES – LIKE DENVER.

DESPITE THIS – DENVER’S MIGRANT POLICIES HAVE STILL LED TO A SPILL-OVER INTO AURORA, BRINGING WITH THEM THE DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH “TREN DE ARAGUA”

SOURCES TELL THE POST ONE LOCAL GANG LEADER, KNOWN AS “GALLETA” – WHICH MEANS “COOKIE” IN SPANISH – HAS SET UP OPERATIONS IN AURORA –

LEADING TO A GANG TAKEOVER OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT SINCE HAS BECOME A HOTSPOT FOR CRIME.

THIS PARTICULAR GANG IS LINKED TO A SERIES OF VIOLENT CRIMES ACROSS THE U.S., INCLUDING THE MURDER OF GEORGIA NURSING STUDENT LAKEN RILEY EARLIER THIS YEAR AND THE SHOOTING OF TWO NYPD OFFICERS IN JUNE.

LAST MONTH, THE U-S DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WARNED TREN DE ARAGUA LEADERS GAVE MEMBERS A “GREEN LIGHT” TO SHOOT DENVER POLICE OFFICERS WHO INTERFERE WITH THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES.

IN RESPONSE TO THE ESCALATING THREAT, THE AURORA POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE COLORADO STATE PATROL AND THE COLORADO BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION TO FORM A TASK FORCE AIMED AT COMBATING THE GANG’S GROWING INFLUENCE.

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