Authorities close ‘crime-infested’ Aurora apartment complex after more suspected Tren de Aragua violence

A judge in Aurora, Colorado granted the city’s petition to shut down an apartment complex after it rose to national prominence for being impacted by a violent gang. 

The Edge at Lowry will close in February due to “an immediate threat to public safety and welfare if allowed to remain open,” according to the judge’s orders last Friday. The announcement brings an end to the complex’s yearslong saga with Tren de Aragua, the notorious Venezuelan criminal ring whose activity in the apartment buildings captured the country’s attention over the summer and spurred heated debate over the extent of the gang’s presence in the city.

“This place is basically a cancer to the community. And we as a group of stakeholders, as community members, as law

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