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Aurora Police deny Tren de Aragua gang has ‘taken over’ the city in presser: ‘Not an immigration issue’ [Video]

The Aurora Police Department hosted a press conference on Friday after surveillance footage showing a group of armed men in an apartment building garnered national attention last month.

In the presser, APD Chief Todd Chamberlain shared that three of the armed suspected Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang members in the video have been served arrest warrants on charges of first-degree burglary and menacing with a firearm. Three more from the video have not been identifiable.

Aurora Police is still actively searching for Andersen Zambrano-Pacheco, 25, and Niefred Serpa-Acosta, 20. Naudi Lopez-Fernandez, 21, is in custody.

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Chief Chamberlain said it was a “challenge” to verify gang affiliation with suspected Tren de Aragua members. Tren de Aragua, a transnational prison gang based in Venezuela, has approximately 5,000 members.

“Many of these individuals that we are talking about come from …

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