Police have arrested 4 people who reportedly have ties to the bloodthirsty Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang.
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s Office says the members, along with two others, were arrested at the Ivy Crossing Apartments in the Denver area. The charges range from drugs to stolen vehicles, but the sheriff’s office is assuring the community that the complex is not a safety concern. “FOX31’s Vicente Arenas was told by the sheriff’s office that it focused its community policing efforts on the swath of complexes near South Quebec Street and East Harvard Avenue,” KDVR reported.
Proactive policing an area where officers have previously seized “750 counterfeit pills, some ketamine and a stolen car” helps law enforcement monitor for “things like stolen vehicles and persons wanted by other jurisdictions.”
“There had been some conversation that there were some things going on in our jurisdiction and we developed a plan,” Arapahoe County Sheriff Tyler Brown explained.
While the suspects are currently in custody, the sheriff’s office has declined to reveal how it was confirmed they are part of the Venezuelan gang.
Tren de Aragua has established somewhat of a foothold in Colorado, with a recent video revealing members of the gang carrying firearms and terrorizing residents at an Aurora, Colorado apartment complex. The news quickly made national headlines as Americans cried out for law and order, prompting Colorado’s Democrat Governor Jared Polis to issue a statement condemning what has been dubbed a “takeover” of the apartments.
“Colorado is a zero-tolerance state for illegal activity, taking over buildings has no place in Colorado, and I am confident that the city of Aurora shares this basic value and will enforce the law if it is being violated there. I urge them to do so quickly and in a thorough manner,” he wrote in a Facebook post, as reported by BizPac Review.
“Over the last month, I have been in regular contact with the City of Aurora and the Aurora Police Department and have offered any and all state assistance to support their efforts if requested. The state has been ready for weeks to back up any operation by the Aurora Police Department needed to make Aurora safer.”
While some view the police intervention as a good thing, others wonder if there are enough officers to make a difference.
Cindy Romero, who received assistance moving out of her complex amid the rising danger, revealed her frightening experience.
“They don’t want to admit that they’re part of the problem. It’s the administration who we count on to make the rules for us, to make the guidelines that we go by. I call 911. No help comes for me. No help,” she said. “There’s there’s no, mass, amounts of police that show up to make sure that we’re defended. Nobody showed up to help me. I didn’t have, a bulletproof vest. I didn’t have five officers showing up with me whenever there was a problem. We were on our own, and we were left to die.”
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Sierra Marlee is a millennial whose hunger for the truth in a world of fake news has led her to write. Marlee also contributes to BizPac Review.
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