The owner of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, is blaming the local police department for the city’s recent shutdown of the location, claiming that law enforcement officials allowed Tren de Aragua, a violent Venezuelan gang, to take over the area, the Sentinel Colorado reported.
All of the tenants at the Aspen Grove Apartments will be forced to vacate the property Tuesday after the city declared it uninhabitable.
'They can’t expect these issues to be resolved by landowners.'
The owner of the property told the Sentinel Colorado that the location was shut down because the Aurora Police Department failed to curb gang activity. However, city officials are denying the owner’s claims, instead contending that the complex’s property manager is facing court action over a number of health and safety code violations. According to the city, those violations date back to 2019, before TDA was active in the area.