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Aurora home invasion Police suspect Venezuelan TdA gang in kidnapping, torture, stabbing BY NICOLE C. BRAMBILA
The Denver Gazette
Two Venezuelans were kidnapped Monday night from their Aurora apartment and then bound, pistol-whipped and tortured for hours before being released, the Aurora police said on Tuesday. Police suspect the Venezuelan prison gang known as Tren de Aragua, or TdA, was involved in the armed invasion of a unit at The Edge at Lowry, one of three troubled apartment complexes that the owners have claimed were taken over by the gang. The incident — which involved a male and female victim — also included a stabbing. “It’s 100% gang related,” said Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain. Chamberlain added: “We’re not going to tolerate it.” Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, who attended the news conference Tuesday, said gang members had ripped out the woman’s fingernails. SEE TDA • PAGE 10
STEPHEN SWOFFORD, THE DENVER GAZETTE
Members of the Aurora Police Department’s gang unit in December investigate a home invasion the night before in which 14 people were detained.
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