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https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/colorado-gov-jared-polis-dismisses- migrant-gang-takeover-of-aurora-apartments-as-imagination/
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis dismissed anger over Venezuelan gang Tren de
Aragua taking over apartment buildings in the Denver suburb of Aurora,
calling it “imagination” — despite video footage, police reports and the
city’s mayor confirming it’s happening.
Polis’ press office offered the snarky statement Wednesday night in
response to Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky — who told The Post
the gang’s takeovers are tied to his policies.
“The Governor has already let the Mayor know that the State is ready to
support the local police department with assistance from state troopers
and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation if needed,” Shelby Wieman, a spokesperson for the Democratic governor, told The Post.
“But, according to police intelligence this purported invasion is largely
a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.”
Wieman added that “it’s illegal to take over buildings in Colorado” and if Jurinsky has “knowledge” of such activity, the governor’s office is “ready
to assist” cops “in taking them back.”
“Violent crime dropped in Aurora between 2022 and 2023,” said Wieman.
Despite the governor’s claims, however, the evidence is clear.
On Wednesday night, Fox Denver aired surveillance video that showed an
armed gang of men — later confirmed by cops as suspected members of Tren
de Aragua — strolling through an apartment complex in Aurora that
residents said has been overrun by the gang.
Three of the men could be seen carrying handguns while another held a
rifle as they entered the troubled apartment complex, breaking into a unit shortly before a shootout took place at the complex that left one person severely injured.
Further, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman told Fox News on Thursday that “there
are several buildings” that have “fallen to these Venezuelan gangs” in his city.
Coffman said he believes the buildings were used as taxpayer-funded
migrant housing, which is what gave the gangs a foothold.
Denver — a sanctuary city that is just west of Aurora — has received more migrants per capita than any city in the country, most of them from
Venezuela. More than 40,000 migrants have arrived since December 2022.
The Post asked Polis’ office if he intends to backtrack its statement
given the piles of evidence of Tren de Aragua’s takeover, to which Wieman
said the governor “really hopes that the city council members in charge
stop trashing their own city when they are supposed to keep it safe.
“Over the last month, Governor Polis has been in regular contact with the
City of Aurora and the Aurora Police Department and has offered all state assistance to support their efforts if requested,” she said, adding that
they expect violent crime to continue to decrease.
The Post exposed the gang’s takeover of apartments in Aurora and
identified the area’s “shot-caller” Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino, who is
known as Galleta, or “Cookie” in English.
Pacheco-Chirino alongside his fellow gangsters brutally beat a man at an apartment complex in Aurora.
He was later arrested and then let go on bail.
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The apartment investor told The Post that the migrant gang has taken over units.
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One witness said “she was afraid to talk much because of the dangerous
people living in the complex.”
During the assault, a witness said, Pacheco-Chirino and his accomplices
were “part of a gang that steals from Walmart” and claimed “they run” the apartment, according to an affidavit obtained by The Post.
One witness said “she was afraid to talk much because of the dangerous
people living in the complex.”
The apartment investor told The Post that they’ve “lost control” of
several properties because the gang has taken over units.
“They were first hanging out around the property and creating a bad
element that’s constantly there. And then they started taking over, quite
a few months ago, they started taking over vacant units.”
In July, Pacheco-Chirino was arrested for a shooting at the same complex,
where two men were wounded.
All the while, Polis has embraced sanctuary policies for Colorado.
In recent months, the governor signed legislation to support their new
lives in the state by making it easier for them to obtain driver’s
licenses, attend school and obtain taxpayer-funded resources.
When the influx of migrants became too much, Polis made the decision to
start busing them to New York City in 2023, through a program that’s since ended.
Still, many stayed and some moved to nearby Aurora — which has a
population of 390,000 — where apartments are now under the gang’s control.
“It’s been a nightmare and I can’t wait to get out of here,” apartment
resident Cindy Romero told Fox Denver as she moved out of the building
with her husband.
For years, the gang, which hails from Venezuela’s Aragua region, has been sending its members across the US-Mexico border. It’s also expanded
recruitment within the US among migrant communities, mainly in New York,
Denver and Chicago.
The gang was recently designated as a transnational criminal organization
by the Biden administration.
Conversation
Jotatoxiden5
29 August, 2024
I don’t like a lot of Republican politicians, but the last several years
have proven that what are deemed “conspiracy theories” by the mainstream
media are often proven to be real. No consequences seem to come from the
truth coming out. “1984” is here. Is the most unpopular VP of all-time now going to be the next president?
Sherman Rolls
30 August, 2024
The answer to whether Harris will be the next president will be answered
by us and I seriously hope we give the right answer because we clearly
can’t continue down this road
Stryker6
29 August, 2024
I can't believe how far this country has fallen. It started in 2008 and
has almost destroyed the country. Not even 20 years ago would this have
been tolerated. These aren't even Americans. They're illegally in our
country and taking over US citizen's property as their own. I just can't
wrap my head around this being allowed to happen and continue to happen to
this day.
Bob Sackimanow
30 August, 2024
We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.” — Barack Obama, October 30, 2008
There’s your answer. And he’s still running the country and will continue
to run the country if Harris is elected.
INNS BRUCK
29 August, 2024
Socialism never happens overnite. It's a slow drip on purpose for the
masses not to see it. 1/2 the people in 2008 had no brains to boot, now
you have 5th world people invading.
I predicted this 12 years ago, that's why I chose not to have children. I
was spot on.
Foresight will save your life one day.
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We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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