The proof of Tren de Aragua’s violence in Aurora, Colo., is written in blood.
A fed-up landlord in the Denver suburb has shared a bloody photo of one of its workers after the man was allegedly beaten to a pulp by members of the brutal Venezuelan prison gang for refusing to let them stay in a vacant apartment they had taken over.
The Brooklyn-based company claimed that the gang effectively stole entire apartment complexes out from under it by threatening employees and tried to extort it for a cut of the rent in exchange for being allowed to keep operating the properties.
Local cops and the FBI were asked to help stop the extortion but refused to step in, CBZ Management said. “Gangs have taken control of several of our properties in Aurora, Colorado,” the company wrote in a thread on X last week.
The firm said that as a result of the criminal behavior and threats, it has had no choice but to pull its workers back from its apartment complexes in the city of 390,000.
“Despite clear evidence, many still deny the reality of the situation, sometimes using us as scapegoats. That’s why we are no longer staying silent,” the company wrote.
“We will continue to counter falsehoods with simple facts and evidence. Yes, gangs did take control of our apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. That is the real story”