We've told you about the armed, violent Venezuelan gangs that appear to be taking over the city of Aurora, CO. Colorado Governor Jared Polis first said this wasn't happening and called the video footage 'imaginary', but then he remembered it's an election year, and said he was taking the situation seriously.
This is a problem, and one directly rooted in the immigration policy failures of the Democratic Party -- from the White House to the Denver Mayor's office, because this is what happens when you have open borders and 'sanctuary cities'.
Rather than address the issues, however, authorities are going after the citizens who are reporting on the situation in Aurora (sounds so much like the UK, doesn't it?)
Here's the City of Aurora going all in and blaming landlords for the criminal activity:
There has been a lot of misleading information shared about what is happening in our city. Aurora is a safe community. Media have conflated and considerably exaggerated incidents that are isolated to a handful of problem properties alone.
— City of Aurora, CO (@AuroraGov) August 30, 2024
Yes, we are concerned that there is a… pic.twitter.com/lJngTBWJHC
The post reads after the cut off (emphasis added):
Yes, we are concerned that there is a small Tren de Aragua (TdA) presence in Aurora and we have been taking it seriously. We have responded. We have made arrests. We will continue to make arrests. We will continue to address the problems that the absentee, out-of-state owners of these properties have allowed to fester unchecked. Aurora will aggressively pursue all actions available under city code and criminal statute.
As @AuroraPD shared, we have received questions about Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino also known as “Cookie” or “Galleta.” We previously announced his arrest in connection to a July 28 shooting. We are able to confirm Pacheco-Chirino, 22, pictured here, is a documented member of Tren de Aragua (TdA). The department is not aware of his status within the gang. He is currently in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Local, regional and national media are leading the nation to believe that Aurora is wholly unsafe. That is simply not true. While these isolated situations are rightfully of great concern and warrant increased action and scrutiny, violent crime in the city is down in nearly all crime categories.
Going to grocery stores, parks, schools, banks, shopping centers, visiting with neighbors and other everyday activities remain unchanged.
The city and the Aurora Police Department (APD) will not make any conclusory statements about specific incidents or provide details about law enforcement strategy and operations. Doing so would be counterproductive to our public safety efforts.
Furthermore, as we have stated previously, the city and APD established a special task force in collaboration with other local, state and federal partners to specifically address concerns about TdA and other criminal activity affecting the metro community. We are grateful that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), a valuable federal partner, has acknowledged its ongoing work into TdA across the metro and appreciate the additional resources it provides to combat this issue.
We will continue to urge all community members to report crimes to local law enforcement.
Again, Aurora is a safe place to live, work and visit. It is tragic that select individuals and entities have mischaracterized our city based on isolated incidents. We encourage you to build up our community and not allow the hysteria of others to tear it down.
They're blaming the property owners.
Who are not law enforcement.
For failing to enforce laws.
blaming The Rich for owning vacation condos is truly extraordinary
— marmot (@MarmotRespecter) August 31, 2024
Truly extraordinary.
Kinda like how the Left blames Kia and Hyundai for vehicle thefts.
Autora is not safe. You have a major crime problem not a PR problem and you are gaslighting people about the situation. This goes far beyond the apartment buildings that until today you denied there was a crime issue. It is allowing shopping center to be over run by 4 thousand…
— Lady Hecate ⚫️ (@hecate40) August 31, 2024
All of this. They view the situation as a comms/PR problem and not a crime problem.
Your city is unsafe and overrun with migrants. This video is from may of this year showing gang activity.https://t.co/SdvF0S0xn6
— Paul (@WomanDefiner) September 1, 2024
It's on video. And they deny it.
Liberals eventually destroy every community while blaming the right.
— Ragnar Danneskjold (@FreeDanneskjold) August 31, 2024
Blaming the Right or corporations or business owners or landlords. Anyone and everyone except for themselves and their policies.
So being a sanctuary state is really working out well!
— Lady Maga USA 🇺🇸 (@LadyMagaUSA) August 31, 2024
It's going great!
- https://t.co/9JK2c1InqE pic.twitter.com/qhaGmnX8qO
— Prison Mitch (@MidnightMitch) September 1, 2024
Nailed it.
https://t.co/dCqVndK5jg pic.twitter.com/JInw1jVRNO
— Siraj Hashmi (@SirajAHashmi) August 31, 2024
Same vibes.
Did you just blame this on the landlords? https://t.co/eshmJ2kynk
— RBe (@RBPundit) September 1, 2024
They sure did.
hahahahah…the city is blaming the landlords…holy crap… https://t.co/5XSq33vlTE
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 31, 2024
And many people noticed this.
My sister used to live in one of those buildings. It wouldn’t take a lot of gang takeovers before it made me really concerned. I don’t think you’re going to be able to whitewash this away. https://t.co/vhNBLMvcwi
— (((Charlie Martin))) (@chasrmartin) August 31, 2024
They're gonna try, though.
"We will continue to address the problems that the absentee, out-of-state owners of these properties have allowed to fester unchecked."
— FilmLadd (@FilmLadd) August 31, 2024
Sooner or later you'll have to do your jobs and quit blaming other people. https://t.co/zYhOGulBUs
At some point, it'll be too late to remove these gangs. They'll run the city.
Setting aside local leaders are downplaying the threat, it ignores the fact Tren de Aragua SHOULD NOT be in the U.S. in the first place, period. But they are because the Biden-Harris admin opened the border and allowed this brutal gang easy access into the U.S.
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) August 31, 2024
This gang was… https://t.co/7IZA5qnYEH
All of this.
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