Former President Donald Trump this week said he will soon visit Aurora, a proposed campaign stop the city’s mayor welcomes as an opportunity to help dispel false claims the municipality has been taken over by a violent Venezuelan gang. Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman said he wants the city’s chief of police to have the opportunity to brief Trump on Aurora’s successful efforts to identify and arrest members of Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that has a presence in the metro area. RELATED: Long before claims of Aurora gang takeover, apartment owners came under fire from inspectors and residents “I’m very excited that the former president wants to visit our city to see for himself that the narrative that we are being overrun by TdA gang members is false,” Coffman said in an emailed statement to the Denver Post. Aurora police said they have identified 10 suspected TdA members and arrested nine of them. Trump announced plans to visit Aurora and Springfield, Ohio, “in the next two weeks” during a Wednesday night campaign speech in Uniondale, New York. “You may never see me again, but that’s OK,” Trump said to the crowd, implying that the two cities were dangerous.
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Lauren Penington, Denver Post: Politics
Thu, 09/19/2024 - 8:29am
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