The Aurora Police Department detained 19 suspected illegal alien gang members from Venezuela on Tuesday following an incident that unfolded on Monday night.
Police said at a news conference that late Monday night, more than a dozen armed gang members accosted a male and female victim at the Edge at Lowry Apartments and forced them into a different unit at the complex.
The apartment complex has been at the center of gang activity involving Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan illegal alien gang that is accused of taking over apartment complexes and committing crimes against residents.
Aurora police chief Todd Chamberlain said that the individuals who were detained are Venezuelan and they all appear to be illegal aliens.
The victims were forced into the other unit against their will, bound, pistol-whipped, beaten, and stabbed.
They were later released after the victims promised they would not…
