Colorado law firm report claims Venezuelan gang has "Stranglehold" on apartments

WAITING FOR THE CORNERS OFFICE TO GET THAT INFORMATION. WE WILL UPDATE OUR REPORT WHEN WE LEARN MORE. >>> THIS HAS BECOME A NATIONAL STORY, THE SUPPOSED TAKEOVER OF SOME AURORA APARTMENT COMPLEXES BY A VIOLENT VENEZUELAN GANG. THIS IS NOW VIRAL VIDEO SHARED WITH US BY A FORMER RESIDENT OF THE APARTMENTS AT 12th AVENUE AND DALLAS STREET. IT SHOWS A GROUP OF ARMED MEN ENTERING HER NEIGHBORS HOME. THERE ARE UNVERIFIED CLAIMS THAT THE TDA GANG HAS TAKEN OVER SEVERAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS ON COLFAX UNKNOWN, THE EDGE ON 12th AND MARRIOTT DALLAS AND WHISPERING PINES NEAR COLFAX AND CHAMBERS. ALL OF THOSE COMPLEXES ARE RUN BY CDC MANAGEMENT, AN OUT-OF-STATE COMPANY FACING DOZENS OF CHARGES IN AURORA MUNICIPAL COURT. AURORA AND DENVER POLICE HAVE PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED THERE ARE TDA GANG MEMBERS IN THEIR CITY BUT THEY SAY THE NUMBERS ARE NOT LARGE BUT THE OPERATE IN ISOLATED AREAS. >> SOME BELIEVE THE STORIES ARE EXAGGERATED. OTHERS ACCUSE OFFICIALS OF DOWNPLAYING WHAT'S GOING ON. OFFICIALS OF CONTRADICTED EACH OTHER ON THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO IT AND WE HAVE BEEN WORKING TO GET ANSWERS FOR YOU SOMEHOW YOUR INVESTIGATOR HAS OBTAINED A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT INTO ONE OF THOSE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE REPORT SAYS A VENEZUELAN GANG BEGAN TAKING IT OVER IN 2023 AND HAS A STRANGE HOLD ON THAT COMPLEX. >> THIS IS THE NINE PAGE REPORT PUT TOGETHER BY A DENVER LAW FIRM. THEY SAY THEY WERE HIRED TO LOOK INTO THE WHISPERING PINES APARTMENTS BY THE BUILDINGS LENDERS. LAST MONTH THEY SENT THIS REPORT TO AURORA'S MAYOR, CITY MANAGER AND POLICE CHIEF. >> THEY'RE TRYING TO PUSH THE BLAME ON THE FAMILIES. >> AS RECENTLY AS TUESDAY, RESIDENTS AT THE EDGE APARTMENT COMPLEX IN AURORA PUSHED BACK ON REPORTS THAT A VENEZUELAN GANG HAD TAKEN OVER THE BUILDING. >> THE ONLY CRIMINAL HERE IS THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING. >> Reporter: 5 MILES AWAY AT THE WHISPERING PINES, A 54-UNIT APARTMENT BUILDING IN AURORA, THIS DETAILED LETTER ASKING FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT OF THE CONTENTS SHARED A DIFFERENT STORY. IT WAS SENT TO AURORA OFFICIALS ON AUGUST 9th WITH THE INVESTIGATOR SAYING THE EVIDENCE WE HAVE REVIEWED IN THE CASE THAT GANG MEMBERS ARE ENGAGING IN FLAGRANT TRESPASS VIOLATIONS, ASSAULT AND BATTERY, HUMAN TRAFFICKING, SEXUAL ABUSE OF MINORS, UNLAWFUL FIREARMS POSITION, EXTORTION AND OTHER CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES OFTEN TARGETING VULNERABLE VENEZUELAN AND OTHER IMMIGRANT POPULATIONS ACCORDING TO THE LAW FIRM'S REPORT, THE AS WELL AND GANG HAS THREATENED TO KILL AND IN CERTAIN INSTANCES HAS APPARENTLY ACTIVELY ATTEMPTED TO KILL MEMBERS OF WHISPERING PINES MANAGEMENT. THE REPORT SAID THEY CONSULTED -- THE CONSULTANT WAS SEVERELY BEATEN BY GANG MEMBERS AND WAS HOSPITALIZED, THE ALLEGED INCIDENT RECORDED BY BUILDING CAMERAS WITH SCREENSHOTS ATTACHED TO THE LETTER. THE REPORT RELIES ON A PROPERTY MANAGER WHO SAID THAT GANG MEMBERS ALLEGEDLY STABBED THE WHISPERING PINES RESIDENT FOR REFUSING TO PAY RENT TO THE GAME. HE ALSO TOLD THE INVESTIGATORS THE TAKEOVER BEGAN LAST NOVEMBER . THE REPORT RECOUNTS THAT THIS SUMMER, THE GANG APPROACHED THE PROPERTY MANAGER AND TOLD THEM HE WOULD HELP HIM OUT IN EXCHANGE FOR HALF OF ALL THE RENT HE COLLECTED. THE LAW FIRM THAT WROTE THE REPORT CALLED THAT AN ORGANIZED CRIME TACTIC. THE GANG MEMBERS THEN ALLEGEDLY TOOK OVER VACANT APARTMENTS . ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENT, MOVE FAMILIES INTO THOSE UNITS AND STARTED COLLECTING RENT. THE LAW FIRM SAYS THIS IS A PICTURE OF GANG MEMBERS BREAKING INTO A VACANT APARTMENT SO THEY COULD MOVE A VENEZUELAN FAMILY IN AND THEN COLLECT RENT. THIS IS OUR BUSINESS PLAN, ONE GANG MEMBER TOLD THE HOUSEKEEPER . IF HE, THE PROPERTY MANAGER , DOESN'T LIKE IT, WE WILL FILL HIM WITH BULLETS. THE REPORT AUTHORS CALLED THE GANG'S BEHAVIOR BRAZEN AND FURTHER EXHIBITS THE SUSPECTED GANG MEMBERS' SENSE OF COMFORT AND CONTROL CONSISTENT WITH HER TAKING OVER THE PROPERTY AND NOT VERY LAW ENFORCEMENT OR PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. THE DENVER LAW FIRM THAT WROTE THAT AUGUST REPORT DID NOT RESPOND TO REPEATED REQUESTS BY PHONE AND EMAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE REPORT IN LATE THIS AFTERNOON, THE CITY OF AURORA CONFIRMED GETTING THIS LETTER AND SAID IT IMMEDIATELY INCLUDED IT IN ITS ONGOING INVESTIGATIVE WORK OF POTENTIAL CRIMINAL ACTIVITY OF THOSE AURORA APARTMENT BUILDING SO VERY MUCH AN ONGOING SITUATION HERE . MORE WILL COME OUT BUT THIS LETTER IS CERTAINLY VERY INTERESTING AT THIS POINT. >> THANK