‘That’s a takeover’ Cindy Romero says in describing how she lived under Tren de Aragua rule
By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice
Cindy Romero was a legal tenant of an apartment complex in Aurora she says was taken over by the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, a takeover some say is just a figment of her imagination.
"I don't know what your definition of takeover is, but there's no managers on the ground, no maintenance workers allowed on the property, the housekeepers were getting harassed," Romero said.
And then members of the gang began changing the locks to the building, she says.
"If the owners aren't there, managers aren't there and they changed the locks on the outside of the building, that's a takeover," Romero said.
Romero shared her story of surviving the Tren de Aragua takeover of her apartment building Friday during a roundtable discussion...

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