Aurora officials on Wednesday admitted they had been arresting people suspected — though not yet confirmed at the time of their apprehensions — of being members of a Venezuelan gang operating in the metro Denver long before the media spotlight on the city.
The gang’s activities also “significantly affected” apartment complexes in the city, officials acknowledged.
To date, authorities have linked 10 people to the gang and arrested eight, the city said in a news release sent a day after the gang situation in Aurora took center stage at last night’s first presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.