Multiple buildings ‘collapsed’ in Colorado by Venezuelan gangs

🚨Colorado‼️

Denver Suburbs Face ‘Complete Takeover by Illegal Gangs!’ — Councilman Sounds Alarm!

🔻Danielle Jurinsky, Aurora City Councilmember, Co

• This Venezuelan illegal gang, known as the Tren de Aragua
take over block by block,… photo.twitter.com/G9YasbEYWJ

— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) August 29, 2024

The Washington Examiner provides background information:

Who is Tren de Aragua, the Venezuelan gang running amok in Colorado?

Venezuela’s largest criminal gang, Tren de Aragua, is wreaking havoc in Colorado, drawing national attention.

The group revolutionized crime in Venezuela and throughout Latin America, in the words of author Ronna Risquez, by running the country from prisons and expanding its reach into the Western Hemisphere. In several areas, the gang has taken complete power and usurped government authority.

A unique feature of the group is its origins as a prison gang: the entire gang was expelled from the Tocoron prison, which, before it was stormed by the Venezuelan army in 2023, had been converted into a luxurious palace with swimming pools, a baseball field and a zoo. Before the raids, more than half of the country’s prisons were controlled by gangs, the New York Times reported.

Tren de Aragua leader Héctor “El Niño” Guerrero Flores escaped from prison before the storming and remains at large. The State Department and the Justice Department are offering up to $5 million for information on his whereabouts. He is believed to be somewhere in Colombia.

While in prison, Guerrero Flores expanded the gang’s reach across the continent, and recently expanded his operations to North America and the United States.

The New York Post reported that the gang has been linked to more than 100 crimes in the U.S. The list of crimes the gang has been known to commit includes human trafficking, sex trafficking, extortion, kidnapping, drug trafficking, murder, money laundering, contract killings, smuggling, and other forms of theft.

One of the group’s tentacles extended to Aurora, Colorado, where the gang makes itself known.