Authorities in Aurora, Colorado, were aware of the threat from Tren de Aragua gang members more than a year ago, a city council member says.
An Aurora City Council member says she has documents verifying that local police knew about the 'Tren De Aragua' gang's takeover of local apartment buildings more than a year ago. Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky published photos of the documents to her personal X profile on Wednesday and Thursday. The documents contain emails from within the Aurora Police Department discussing extensive gang activities in the area. 'I am done. I am tired of the city lying.
She went on to say that the Tren de Aragua gang is 'still very much in control' of the apartment buildings in question. She also pointed to a document from October of last year from the Aurora PD's Gang Intervention Unit. The document shows that authorities believed there were at least 15-20 members of TdA operating in Denver and Aurora at the time.
News first reported that DHS identified more than 600 individuals with possible ties to TdA, and that 100 of those are deemed 'subjects of interests.' Fox confirmed that it recommended they be placed on the FBI’s Watchlist for Transnational Criminal Organizations. The gang is believed to have started in the Tocoron prison in the Venezuelan state of Aragua and has since expanded into Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru and the U.S. In a statement, DHS said that the identities emerged as part of an ongoing re-screening operation to tackle the gang.
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