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   From: robberbaron@invalid.ut   
      
   useapen wrote:   
   > A Colorado management company has shared brutal surveillance footage   
   > and a photo of a bloodied employee to illustrate its ongoing problem   
   > with a violent Venezuelan migrant gang.   
   >   
   > Brooklyn-based CBZ Management, which operates 11 complexes in Colorado,   
   > has said that members of Tren de Aragua commandeered entire apartment   
   > buildings in Aurora by threatening its employees and tried to extort   
   > the company for a cut of rent money in exchange for their continued   
   > operation of the properties.   
   >   
   > One of the company's buildings made national headlines earlier this   
   > year after surveillance footage showed a heavily-armed group of men,   
   > allegedly members of the Venezuelan prison gang, making their way   
   > through The Edge at Lowry apartments and speaking in Spanish.   
   >   
   > The most recent footage shows one of CBZ's representatives being   
   > assaulted after he refused to accept a bribe at the Whispering Pines   
   > Complex at the end of 2023, the company told Fox 31.   
   >   
   > The company wrote on X that the employee found a group of male   
   > squatters in a recently vacated apartment and would not accept $500 to   
   > "overlook the situation."   
   >   
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   >   
   > The man was beaten so severely that he had to be treated at a hospital,   
   > the company said.   
   >   
   > "I think they were trying to kill me. I don’t know how I got out, but I   
   > got out," that representative, whose bloodied photograph was shown by   
   > the management company on X, told Fox 31.   
   >   
   > After the attack, the company said, the employee began to receive   
   > threats via text message that included his home address and spouse's   
   > name.   
   >   
   > A police report from the incident obtained from the 18th Judicial   
   > District Court by Denver 7 shows that one of the company's property   
   > managers was assaulted by documented Tren de Aragua member Yoendry   
   > Vilchez Medina-Jose in November 2023. It was not immediately clear if   
   > that was the same incident.   
   >   
   > Venezuelan Tren De Aragua Gang Recruiting Kids From Texas Middle   
   > Schools   
   >   
   > After the incident, the company said its representatives met with   
   > members of the FBI. The agency allegedly confirmed that members of Tren   
   > de Aragua were behind the text messages and the building takeovers but   
   > that the issue was a "blip on the radar" due to the Venezuelan gang's   
   > growing national presence.   
   >   
   > The FBI could not immediately be reached for comment.   
   >   
   > CBZ also said that the gangs took over a tenant's apartment while on   
   > vacation, forcing the tenant to find a new place to live when he   
   > returned home.   
   >   
   > "Gangs have taken control of several of our properties in Aurora,   
   > Colorado," the company wrote in a thread on X last week. "In an attempt   
   > to discredit this fact for political purposes and avoid governmental   
   > accountability, some have spread false information about our   
   > situation."   
   >   
   > The firm said that it has had to pull its workers back from its   
   > apartment complexes in Aurora.   
   >   
   > Tren De Aragua Gang Member, Illegal Venezuelan Migrant, Arrest In   
   > Houston   
   >   
   > "Despite clear evidence, many still deny the reality of the situation,   
   > sometimes using us as scapegoats. That’s why we are no longer staying   
   > silent," the company wrote. "We will continue to counter falsehoods   
   > with simple facts and evidence. Yes, gangs did take control of our   
   > apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did   
   > nothing. That is the real story."   
   >   
   > The Aurora Police Department told Denver 7 that it has "not yet   
   > obtained evidence of a gang takeover at any CBZ properties."   
   >   
   > "We’ve acknowledged it’s likely gang members have and/or are residing   
   > at CBZ properties, but as you know from experience you could say the   
   > same about a lot of different gangs and a lot of different properties   
   > throughout the metro area," a representative told the outlet.   
   >   
   > Likewise, a spokesperson for Aurora told the New York Post that the   
   > company's claims were "exaggerations."   
   >   
   > Young Migrants Tied To 'Shocking' Increase In Gang-led Crime In Nyc's   
   > Time Square, Says Nypd   
   >   
   > "These delinquent property owners, managers and/or ‘investors’   
   > conveniently fail to acknowledge that their own bank lenders took them   
   > to court in the last few weeks where a judge ordered some of their   
   > problematic properties into receivership," the spokesperson said. "That   
   > means a judge has given the legal authority to a third-party receiver   
   > to actually manage the properties, and who the property owners will be   
   > forced to compensate."   
   >   
   > Last Friday, former President Donald Trump visited Aurora and linked   
   > the alleged gang problems in the city to the Biden-Harris   
   > administration's border policies.   
   >   
   > According to Denver 7, CBZ Management has a history of citations dating   
   > back to 2020, with violations ranging from mice infestations to dozens   
   > of illegally parked cars to ceiling damage. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman   
   > characterized the management company as "slumlords," KDVR reported.   
   >   
   > "It’s a little late to play the Venezuelan gang card," Coffman said.   
   > "Certainly, there are other parts of the city that we’re looking at,   
   > that we’re concerned about that. But the problems in this building   
   > certainly precede any problems with Venezuelan gangs."   
   >   
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   >   
   > CBZ Management said that the city "drummed up 'code violations'" to   
   > cover up the presence of the foreign gang, according to its posts on X.   
   > The company said it "received a perfect inspection in 2022 and 2023,"   
   > and that any violations have been "dealt with."   
   >   
   > "The only violations that weren’t dealt with were when the gangs took   
   > over and we didn’t want our 6 on-site staff working there — for their   
   > safety," the company said.   
   >   
   > Media and government officials are downplaying the impact of Venezuelan   
   > gangs in Aurora, one woman who moved out of her apartment earlier this   
   > year due to increasing violence told Fox News Digital.   
   >   
   > "I feel like it's a slap in the face," Cindy Romero said. "How many   
   > gangs is OK to have in Aurora? How many properties is OK to take over?   
   > How many people, who are citizens paying their bills, is it OK to   
   > displace?"   
   >   
   > https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-video-shows-tren-de-aragua-gang-   
   > beating-apartment-complex-worker-extortion-bid-company-says   
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   Yet that Skeletor stand-in Martha Raddatz actually soft-pedaled it!   
      
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