By Nico Brambilla and Carol McKinley | Denver Gazette
An Aurora landlord is blaming the city’s decision to shut down an apartment complex on a Venezuelan gang — a claim that city officials dismissed, calling it an “alternative narrative” to numerous code violations and the poor condition of the building.
The landlord said it could not resume normal operations at the site because of an immediate threat of danger from the gang that staffers and residents face.
City officials insisted that Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan prison gang known as TDA, was not responsible for issues that for months have plagued Aspen Grove Apartments at 1568 Nome St. and compelled Aurora to evict dozens of families.