Brutal Venezuelan gang violence spills into quiet suburb from the sanctuary city next door - despite efforts to keep migrants out | 25 Aug 2024 | Denver's decision to welcome migrants with open arms is bringing bloodshed to the suburbs next door. A notorious Venezuelan prison gang has set up shop in Aurora, Colorado — even though the town wanted no part of the influx of asylum seekers in the first place. Aurora -- a quiet bedroom community with a population of 390,000 directly east of the Mile-High City -- has become a base of operations for the brutal Tren de Aragua gang, which has seized multiple apartment complexes and set off a wave of violent crime... In February, Aurora City Council passed a resolution 7-3 emphatically stating that it will not provide resources and support to migrants or others brought into the community from neighboring cities. But Denver's largesse has become Aurora's problem anyway -- forcing the community to grapple with increasing gang violence as Tren de Aragua has moved into town, taking whatever they can get their hands on, according to police, officials and law enforcement sources.