{"id":113273,"date":"2024-10-12T11:08:44","date_gmt":"2024-10-12T04:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113273"},"modified":"2024-10-12T11:08:44","modified_gmt":"2024-10-12T04:08:44","slug":"as-trump-puts-aurora-colorado-in-spotlight-mayor-calls-venezuelan-gang-claims-grossly-exaggerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=113273","title":{"rendered":"As Trump puts Aurora, Colorado, in spotlight, mayor calls Venezuelan gang claims &#8220;grossly exaggerated&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The Republican mayor of Aurora, Colorado, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraMayorMike\/posts\/pfbid0yumewofvaQuhcaVgxBEZcdev99Mmw17UrZckj2ZbuCUUQt9CWfE8TLKVnQ6DUdt9l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> former <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/donald-trump-operation-aurora-colorado-rally\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump&#8217;s rally<\/a><\/span> in the city Friday presented an opportunity &#8220;to show him and the nation&#8221; that Aurora is &#8220;not a city overrun by Venezuelan gangs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mayor <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/aurora-mayor-gang-activity-colorado-city-debate-mention\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Coffman<\/a><\/span> made the statement Tuesday after weeks of misleading claims by the former president that the city was a &#8220;war zone&#8221; overrun with members of a Venezuelan gang.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During last month&#8217;s <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/live-updates\/trump-harris-first-debate-2024\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">presidential debate<\/a><\/span> against Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump pointed to Aurora as evidence that immigrants are &#8220;violently&#8221; taking over the town. &#8220;You look at Aurora in Colorado. They are taking over the towns. They&#8217;re taking over buildings,&#8221; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/harris-trump-presidential-debate-transcript\/story?id=113560542\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter_signup \">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-newsletter-widget embed--float-none embed--size-large embed--type-iframe\" data-ads=\"{\" wordcount=\"\">\n<\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Coffman said concerns about gang activity have been &#8220;grossly exaggerated.&#8221; He said the &#8220;incidents were limited to several apartment complexes in this city of more than 400,000 residents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aurora Police Department Chief Todd Chamberlain said in a Sept. 20 press conference that the city is &#8220;not by any means overtaken by Venezuelan gangs.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Central to the gang takeover claims is a viral video showing armed men entering an apartment in Aurora on Aug. 18. The incident led to the fatal shooting of a 25-year-old man, police <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuroraPD\/status\/1837218031967293926\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A local councilwoman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DanielleForAurora\/posts\/pfbid02ZrhVCrayoy1QavtxSx2MNRPNogSY5daPxsS2bVT3Cr6Xv4CCqo8rvwMHFRaThnpql\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shared<\/a> the video on Facebook, claiming a gang took over &#8220;entire apartment complexes&#8221; in the city. Coffman shared a screenshot from the video and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraMayorMike\/posts\/pfbid0w6NXP12VEf8TPGXmyZFWr7rw3x57i4ZuY9pNnCnrxkQTmeRFzTzEZFz18urgntAsl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> the city is working to &#8220;request an emergency court order to clear the apartment buildings where Venezuelan gang activity has been occurring.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img alt=\"Former President Donald Trump holds a rally at Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, Oct. 11, 2024. \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/12\/4698bd75-2204-428f-aabb-11896d6c2dbb\/thumbnail\/620x413g1\/6d2fecb59ebeb2cdcf2393b9c3c1f142\/2024-10-11t205240z-1119066470-rc2kiaau4f63-rtrmadp-3-usa-election-trump.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/10\/12\/4698bd75-2204-428f-aabb-11896d6c2dbb\/thumbnail\/1240x826g1\/1191deb83888ef513b5a05745fdbc275\/2024-10-11t205240z-1119066470-rc2kiaau4f63-rtrmadp-3-usa-election-trump.jpg?v=29b5ccc4d237d9b284ce95a42effd073 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Former President Donald Trump holds a rally at Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center in Aurora, Colorado, Oct. 11, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reuters\/Isaiah J. Downing<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>However, after patrolling the complex, the police department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuroraPD\/status\/1829741323814883388\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> gang members had not taken over the building and residents were not paying rent to gangs. Coffman also visited the building and said tenants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraMayorMike\/posts\/pfbid031SD5DtuWnR1xjF49maj2DE3FXzvnuS9VTNm6ZejTd4zqWozmkZSfR6okSLfUxSSSl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">told him<\/a> they did not have safety concerns but were alarmed by garbage &#8220;piling up&#8221; and a &#8220;rodent infestation.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Coffman said tenants told him they had not been paying rent because &#8220;there was no longer an onsite property manager who had always collected the rent.&#8221; Coffman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AuroraMayorMike\/posts\/pfbid031SD5DtuWnR1xjF49maj2DE3FXzvnuS9VTNm6ZejTd4zqWozmkZSfR6okSLfUxSSSl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> initial reports of a gang takeover came from the property management company, CBZ Management. CBS News reached out to CBZ Management and has not heard back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The mayor and councilwoman released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.auroragov.org\/news\/whats_new\/mayor__council_member_address_gang_concerns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a> on Sept. 11 to &#8220;clear the record&#8221; and say gang members have not &#8220;taken over&#8221; the city.<\/p>\n<p>Police said as of Sept. 20, they do not have any information that leads them to believe the men in the video are in a gang.<\/p>\n<p>Chamberlain said Aurora, like any other city, does have crime and gang activity. The police department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuroraPD\/status\/1828943029882716310\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> it set up a special task force with local, state, and federal officials to address gang activity.<\/p>\n<p>The police department <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AuroraPD\/status\/1833933968900567063\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> it has linked 10 people to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua and eight of those people have been arrested as of Sept. 11. But Chamberlain <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IxOfDGOEmwM?si=ZzJcCHwG56QFux9e&amp;t=211\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a> there is &#8220;a lot of complexity&#8221; when identifying suspects as gang members, adding that it has been &#8220;a struggle.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The one thing I really want to make certain on in this whole discussion is that this is a focus on criminal behavior, this is not a focus on immigration status,&#8221; Chamberlain said.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<p>                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/feature\/election-2024\/?intcid=CNI-00-10aaa3a\" class=\"component__view-more component__view-more--sm\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\"><br \/>\n            More<br \/>\n            <svg viewbox=\"0 0 32 32\" class=\"icon__caret-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><use xlink:href=\"#icon-caret-down\"\/><\/svg><\/a><br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/layla-ferris\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Layla Ferris<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Layla Ferris is a verification producer with CBS News Confirmed. 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