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Eight of those suspects were being held by the federal
Immigration, Customs and Enforcement agency after initially
being detained by police in Aurora and another three have yet to
be arrested. No charges have been filed yet.
Some of those facing charges have been identified as members of
Tren de Aragua, a gang that started in an infamously lawless
Venezuelan prison, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said
during a news conference providing an update on the case.
One of those facing charges is a man who was among six armed men
seen knocking on an apartment door at the complex in a viral
video in August, shortly before a fatal shooting outside,
Chamberlain said. Police believe the 20-year-old man wore a
woman’s wig and hat to avoid being found by police then,
Chamberlain said.
The man was already wanted by police on burglary and menacing
charges based on what was seen in the video. With his detention
in the latest incident, four of the six men from the August
video have now been taken into custody.
Chamberlain said this week's attack on a husband and wife
stemmed from a video the wife took last month of two women
fighting at the complex that also showed other people who were
engaged in criminal behavior. The video was posted online, he
said.
The armed group that accosted the couple took them to a vacant
apartment where the couple was bound and beaten and the husband
was stabbed, he said. The suspects took the wife's phone and
destroyed the images of the fight, Chamberlain said. Their
apartment also was burglarized, he said.
The couple also told police that the people who held them for
roughly five hours had been extorting $500 from them regularly,
Chamberlain said. Police are investigating whether other
residents were also being forced to pay the suspects, he said.
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