Shocking doorbell footage revealed a group of heavily armed Venezuelan migrants attempting to break into an apartment in Colorado. The accused gang members have now taken the Aurora, Colorado, apartment complex, but one former tenant claims the takeover was “not an isolated occurrence.”
“Unfortunately, this is not an isolated case. Cindy Romero, a former Aurora apartment complex renter, said on “America Reports” Friday that she had months, about a year and a half’s worth of footage from six different cameras.
According to Romero, inhabitants of the apartment complex were on “high alert” after seeing several people carrying firearms into a neighboring building early one morning.
“I saw several people hauling assault weapons down to the next floor of the building next to mine. And I reported it to the police. So we were scared and on high alert throughout the day since they said they couldn’t do anything unless anything happened. And we’d been waiting all day for it to happen, and we knew it was coming,” she explained.
Romero stated that despite calling law enforcement early that morning, cops were unable to attend “unless something happened.”
“The explanation was that they did not want to interfere with an existing inquiry. I assume there was some form of surveillance going on. But they never showed up. And then, when the shooting started about 11:20 p.m., we called 911 again, pleading for help. We didn’t receive an answer for an hour and a half,” she explained.
Several males armed with handguns, one with a scoped rifle, were seen storming through the apartment complex’s entryway for unexplained reasons.
The group looks to be Tren de Aragua, or TdA, a global gang based in Venezuela. The gang, which is said to have 5,000 members, uses the motto “real until death,” or “real hasta la muerte.”
TdA is now linked to more than 100 crimes around the country, according to the New York Post.
“On this particular day, it was really bad,” Romero claimed, adding that she and her husband were home when the gang broke into the unit across the hall.
The building takeover resulted in guns fired and bullets flying onto automobiles.
“I have a bullet hole in my automobile. I only entered one half and exited the other. I hit around five things on the way through. “My husband also has bullet holes in his car,” she stated.
Since then, Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has acknowledged that Venezuelan gangs have taken over at least two apartment buildings within the city borders. Some tenants confirmed to Fox News Digital on Wednesday that Tren de Aragua members had collected rent from residents of at least one overcrowded complex.
Romero has since relocated with the assistance of Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky.
“My first conversation with her, she asked, ‘Do you still live there?'” And I said ‘yes.’ “And she said, ‘I’m going to get you out of there,'” Romero explained.
Jurinsky has faced criticism for her position on the apartment complex invasion, particularly from Colorado Governor Jared Polis.
“According to police intelligence, this purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination,” a Polis spokesperson told the New York Post on Thursday.
Romero responded to the Democratic governor, stating, “You can’t fake video, and Polis wouldn’t last five minutes on that property.”
“They don’t want to admit that they’re part of the problem,” Romero alleged. “We rely on the administration to define the regulations for us, to establish the parameters that we follow. I call 911. No one comes to aid me. No help. There are no large groups of police officers present to ensure our safety. Nobody showed up to help me.
“I didn’t own a bulletproof vest. I didn’t have five officers accompany me every time there was a problem. We were alone, and we were left to die.
Following the harrowing experience, Romero stated that she is “so grateful every day that I got out.”
