{"id":138748,"date":"2024-12-19T10:56:28","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T03:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138748"},"modified":"2024-12-19T10:56:28","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T03:56:28","slug":"gang-related-kidnapping-at-aurora-apartment-leads-to-19-arrests-police-say-the-victims-and-suspects-are-likely-venezuelan-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=138748","title":{"rendered":"Gang-related kidnapping at Aurora apartment leads to 19 arrests, police say. The victims and suspects are likely Venezuelan migrants"},"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 data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u6l4g6008c25qb55xj1zhu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The city of Aurora, Colorado, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/11\/politics\/colorado-apartment-complex-battleground-immigration\/index.html\">reentered the national debate on immigration<\/a> after a man and woman were dragged from a unit in an apartment complex Monday night and bound, beaten and pistol-whipped, police say.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4unurg300073b6mv5ojpnih@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police Chief Todd Chamberlain described the incident at The Edge on Lowry apartments as \u201cwithout question a gang incident,\u201d noting that both the perpetrators and victims are likely Venezuelan immigrants, some of whom may be undocumented.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4unngd900023b6myannp20e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nineteen suspects were detained, but three were later released,<strong> <\/strong>Aurora police spokesperson Joe Moylan said.<strong> <\/strong>The remaining 16 suspects are in custody of federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u93ez0000y3b6jih31ddq7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police are working with federal authorities to determine what gang affiliation, if any, the suspects have, Chamberlain said during a briefing Tuesday. That includes probing whether they may be connected to the notorious Venezuelan gang <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/06\/09\/us\/tren-de-aragua-venezuela-gang\/index.html\">Tren de Aragua<\/a>, whose members have previously been identified in the city. Chamberlain said Tuesday there was a \u201chigh assumption\u201d the gang was involved.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uem52r000d3b6mg4phddnd@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            No charges have been filed, and the suspects\u2019 names have not been released.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u9602g00133b6j7p25rtx6@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The victims reported the attack to police and were being treated at a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries, the police chief said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u94ko400103b6j6xby0ki4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The attack has brought renewed attention to the nondescript row of brick apartment buildings and the city of Aurora, which just months ago <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/09\/11\/politics\/colorado-apartment-complex-battleground-immigration\/index.html\">became a flashpoint <\/a>in the national conflict over immigration.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u7g9x6000d3b6jpbq8zc3g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly compared the Denver suburb to a \u201cwar zone\u201d while on the campaign trail, echoing unsubstantiated rumors that Venezuelan gangs were violently assuming control over parts of the city amid an influx of migrants into the Aurora and Denver areas.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ub6srw001n3b6jbmn5jm5t@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But local officials argue that while organized criminal activity is present in Aurora, the issue has become grossly exaggerated and is limited to a handful of apartment buildings in a city of more than 400,000 residents.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uc0mu100293b6j9c5c9jf4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Chamberlain said The Edge has become a focus of his police department, which has been \u201cproactively\u201d working to address crime at the property and does \u201cnonstop\u201d patrols in the area.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u7q42v000g3b6jzjo8mhlz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt is an incredibly crime-riddled complex \u2026 the attention (on it) will not stop until every individual that victimizes somebody else will be held accountable or be removed from that complex.\u201d<strong> <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4upcj9j00043b6mtquw72la@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n             But the problem extends beyond that property, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ub110l001b3b6jcyi8jcxe@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe have a gang problem in Aurora without question,\u201d Chamberlain said. \u201cWe have 25-some gangs like every major city does. We have a number of gang members and it\u2019s not just up in that area. It\u2019s not just in that complex. It\u2019s throughout the entire city of Aurora.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ub35ge001e3b6jv0nl7qoz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman echoed the police chief\u2019s concerns in a statement Wednesday but insisted the city should not be defined by its recent criminal woes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ub3liv001h3b6jrgalgxvp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cAurora, like every other major city across the country, must tackle crime \u2013 especially concentrated pockets of crime \u2013 aggressively. But as I have said repeatedly, specific bad actors and problematic properties do not reflect on this city as a whole,\u201d Coffman said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4unxif5000b3b6mnxn91ybb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Local officials also pointed out the longstanding concern that immigrants are disproportionately targeted as victims of crime.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uo649b000m3b6mi7w3ltv4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt\u2019s imperative that our public safety policies prioritize protecting every resident of Aurora, regardless of their immigration status,\u201d Alison Coombs, Aurora City Council member at large said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4u9atlb00163b6j7g23f9g4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Investigators say the home invasion began around 8:45 p.m. in an apartment unit in The Edge at Lowry. The male and female victims were accosted by more than a dozen armed people and taken against their will to another unit inside the same complex, Chamberlain said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4ua4dly00003b6jxz4nc179@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The victims were bound and \u201cterrorized\u201d as some of the suspects returned to their apartment, ransacked and stole their belongings, the police chief said. The man was stabbed and both were bound and pistol-whipped, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uabsn700043b6jq8cfzmvt@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Just before 2 a.m., the victims pleaded for their release, telling their alleged kidnappers they would not report the attack to the police, Chamberlain said. The pair was released and drove to a friend\u2019s house, where they immediately called the police.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm4uc8am600033b6mmyth80ne@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"still_21207938_1350137.826_still.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5625\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"1920\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21207938-1350137-826-still.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21207938-1350137-826-still.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21207938-1350137-826-still.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21207938-1350137-826-still.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21207938-1350137-826-still.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/still-21207938-1350137-826-still.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain speaks at a press conference Tuesday.\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1080\" width=\"1920\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uadrcy00073b6j1tbaetf1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Officers responded to the apartment complex and locked down the property, where they found about 15 people in one apartment, many of whom are suspects in the attack, Chamberlain said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uanqmu000g3b6jaymi6i1j@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMost of them are without question or most likely \u2026 undocumented or immigrants to the city of Aurora,\u201d Chamberlain said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uah0oc000a3b6jfuxjgqgk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Police are seeking search warrants for several locations believed to be related to the kidnapping, he said.<strong> <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uamkdx000d3b6jboh6go69@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The US Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Homeland Security Investigations are assisting in the case. CNN has sought comment from the agencies.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uaqdsh000j3b6j13lg5t68@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The victims of Monday\u2019s attack are believed to be Venezuelan migrants, and Chamberlain applauded their \u201cincredible amount of courage\u201d reporting the crime, despite fears that their immigration status may lead to repercussions against them.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uarak1000r3b6jabx77w1g@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Chamberlain said the suspects likely targeted the victims because they believed they would not report the crime to police.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uavtwa000w3b6jj1z6b2s5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThese individuals, like many gangs and many individuals involved in this type of activity, they victimize their own race and their own ethnicity,\u201d the police chief said. \u201cThe reason they do that is because they are easy victims because they know because of their status they will not come forward to the police.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uaxj6d000z3b6jbx7bwmux@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Chamberlain encouraged anyone \u2013 regardless of their immigration status \u2013 to feel comfortable contacting Aurora police if they have been the victim of a crime.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uaxp7500123b6jo2eqy0dw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThere is no place in this country, there is no place in this city where somebody should be victimized or mistreated based upon their documentation status,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph paragraph_contributors inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_contributors\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm4uazkv800153b6jexbrq3t0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN\u2019s Lucy Kafanov and Hanna Park contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<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<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/12\/18\/us\/aurora-colorado-apartment-kidnapping-immigration-gang-arrests\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN \u00a0\u2014\u00a0 The city of Aurora, Colorado, has reentered the national debate on immigration after a man and woman were dragged from a unit in an apartment complex Monday night &hellip; 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