Venezuelan gang’s alleged takeover of Aurora, Colorado apartments began in 2023: report

A violent transnational gang from Venezuela allegedly first gained a "stranglehold" on an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, late last year, according to a local report.

Tren de Aragua gang members took over the Whispering Pines Apartments in 2023, engaging in violent assaults, murder threats, extortion, child prostitution and strongarm tactics, Denver law firm Perkins Coie wrote to city leaders in a nine-page report obtained by CBS News Colorado.

The firm was hired to investigate...