‘This was a takeover’: CBZ Management no longer silent on violent TdA activity in Aurora

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Jurinsky: ‘Police chief leadership and city management lied’

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice

A property management company, which has been vilified in Aurora as a slumlord, has begun to speak out through a new social media account.

They are providing, in the words of Paul Harvey, the rest of the story.

In 2019, CBZ Management was hired to manage Aurora apartment properties by the new owners. The properties were in poor condition and CBZ Management was assigned renovation to increase the rent value, the company’s first posting on Oct. 11 reads.

“We understood this project would take years to yield results and would be both time-consuming and costly, involving comprehensive upgrades to every unit and the overall structure,” the Twitter/X post from @CbzManagement reads. “To manage the project effectively, given our New York-based operations, our representative moved to Colorado with his family.”

The post included photos of renovated units with new paint and hardwood floors.

“Everything was progressing smoothly: property values were rising, and vacancy rates were dropping,” the post from CBZ Management reads. “It was a win-win for both the owners and the city of Aurora. Then, the gangs arrived…”

Slowly, CBZ Management notes it realized a rise in crime and tenant complaints. The company’s local representative was physically attacked at the end of 2023, CBZ Management alleges, providing a photo of the employee in a blood stained T-shirt.

“He had gone to inspect a recently vacated three-bedroom apartment (a rare occurrence for such a large unit) only to find a group of men already inside,” the next CBZ Management posting reads. “When he refused their $500 bribe to overlook the situation, they brutally attacked him.”

The employee was admitted to the hospital following the attack, with video from a security camera partially capturing the attack.

Photo and video evidence of the beating CBZ Management’s on-site manger took at the hands of Tren de Aragua gang members has recently been shared. (Photo: CBZ Management/Twitter)

That same employee began receiving threatening text messages, CBZ Management says, including evidence of racial slurs. The management company also noted persons illegally occupying vacant apartments during tours, attributed initially to squatting. In one such incident, CBZ Management cites a lawful tenant returning home from vacation to find strangers in his apartment and being forced to find a new place to live.

The illegal tenants were claiming to have paid rent, CBZ Management says, and they had, just not to the management company.

“We contacted every city official we could think of for help with the problem,” the following CBZ Management posting reads. “Unfortunately, none were willing to take meaningful action.”

The company’s employee continued to receive threatening communication, including references to his home address and spouse’s name. One text referred to him as a “kike”.

“Finally, the APD, FBI and Homeland Security informed us that those sending the messages and controlling our buildings were part of the notorious Tren De Aragua gang from Venezuela,” the CBZ Management posting reads. “They also mentioned that our situation was just ‘a blip on the radar,’ as this gang is causing significant problems nationwide.”

Two days after a company meeting with the FBI, CBZ Management reports the gang confronting the on-site manager, asserting control over all three properties. The offer, they say, was share rental income at a 50/50 split, or lose the buildings permanently.

“They also threatened to harm him and his family,” CBZ Management says, noting the manager was withdrawn from the properties in consideration of safety.

“We were left helpless, watching as violence, bullets and destruction overtook our buildings,” the successive Twitter/X post reads. “Several city officials refused to acknowledge the reality. Instead, they blamed us, citing ‘code violations’ as the reason for shutting down our property —- violations we couldn’t resolve for tenants who weren’t even ours.”

One city official, City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, responded, after one of the final tenants, Cindy Romero, reached out to Jurinsky, CBZ Management says.

“Despite clear evidence, many still deny the reality of the situation, sometimes using us as scapegoats. That’s why we are no longer staying silent. We will continue to counter falsehoods with simple facts and evidence,” CBZ Management wrote on Twitter/X. “Yes, gangs did take control of our apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. That is the real story.”

When former President Donald Trump referenced activity of Tren de Aragua in Aurora during a speech, it brought attention to the matter, and then he visited Aurora for a rally in which the gang activity was a focal point. Romero was invited on stage by Trump at the Aurora rally. He called her a “brave woman”.

Jurinsky helped relocate Romero, and then worked with her to publicly release video she had captured of gang activity in the building.

“Sadly, it’s everything I’ve known since starting to dig into this. People suffered. That’s the bottom line,” Jurinsky wrote recently on Twitter/X. “Aurora wasn’t taken over, but people suffered. Police chief leadership and city management lied. The reason this came to light is because police officers started coming to me themselves.”

“There are still local media outlets that say this was ‘Debunked.’ I communicated with CBZ and their team in August. I was aware of the videos and the picture of the landlord being beaten by TdA,” wrote John Fabbricatore, a candidate for the 6th District seat in the U.S. House and formerly a regional director of ICE. “This was a takeover. I don’t care what 9News, Channel 7, the governor, or Congressman Crow say – murder, assaults, extortion, prostitution, and illegal aliens running around with guns is a damn takeover. If you can’t see that, you are a failure as a leader and or a news organization. Pushing back because of the phrasing is ridiculous when people are being assaulted.”

With Fabbricatore, Jurinsky and CBZ Management sharing the evidence and with personas like Joe Rogan, Elon Musk and Trump giving it national exposure, TdA is no longer a “figment”, as Gov. Polis once said.