AURORA, Colo. — Nine suspected members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua accused of a violent home invasion and kidnapping last month at the troubled Edge of Lowry apartment complex in Aurora have been formally charged in Arapahoe District Court.
A total of 16 people were taken into custody and were placed on federal immigration holds following the Dec. 17 armed home invasion and kidnapping of a Venezuelan couple who endured what the Aurora police chief could only describe as “torture.”
Scripps News Denver spoke exclusively with both victims after the suspected gang members were taken into custody. Hear them describe their ordeal in the video player below:
‘I thought I was going to die’: Victims recount violent kidnapping by alleged TdA members in Aurora
The remaining seven suspects remain under investigation for their alleged crimes, said Joe Moylan, an Aurora Police Department spokesperson…