APD chief: some kidnapping suspects confirmed TdA members | Aurora [Video]

The home invasion, kidnapping and torture at a troubled apartment complex in Aurora — perpetuated, the local police chief said, by a Venezuelan gang at the center of a national firestorm over illegal immigration— began with a cellphone video showing two women fighting.

That video, the police later said, included “a number of other individuals in and around that apartment complex that were involved in criminal activity.”

The woman who took and shared the video was one of two victims of a kidnapping that happened on Monday night, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain revealed at a press conference on Friday.

The suspects wanted the phone so they could delete the video, Chamberlain said. 

In the process, the police chief said, the suspects robbed and assaulted the victims, entered their apartment and stole valuables. They also forced the victims to give them banking information and other financial details, he said.

“This …