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MichMan

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Tue Dec 17, 2024, 06:07 PM Dec 17

Aurora police detain at least 15 people after gang-related kidnapping, torture at Edge of Lowry apartments [View all]

Aurora police detained 15 people early Tuesday and said they expected to take more into custody following a gang-related home invasion and violent kidnapping at the troubled and soon-to-close Edge of Lowry apartments.

Investigators believe all the people involved — including the two victims, one of whom was stabbed — are Venezuelan immigrants and most are undocumented, Aurora police Chief Todd Chamberlain said during a news briefing Tuesday morning. He said the victims were targeted because they’re undocumented.

The late-night home invasion was “100% gang activity,” Chamberlain said. “There is a high assumption” the suspects are affiliated with the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, which has been known to operate at Edge of Lowry, but that hasn’t been confirmed, he said.“This complex is an incredibly problematic complex,” Chamberlain said. “It is an incredibly crime-riddled complex.”

The 60-unit Edge of Lowry apartment complex, which gained international attention after a video clip of heavily armed men inside one of its five buildings went viral, is set to close in the coming months as part of a deal reached earlier this month between Aurora officials and the apartments’ owners.


https://www.denverpost.com/2024/12/17/aurora-edge-lowry-apartments-home-invasion-stabbing-kidnapping/
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