A hotel in downtown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/texas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">El Paso</a> that is allegedly occupied by a Venezuelan gang was ordered temporarily shut down by a state judge on Monday.
The judge&#8217;s order came after the Gateway Hotel and its owner <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-pasos-gateway-hotel-faces-legal-action-over-alleged-gang-activity-safety-violations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">received</a> a temporary injunction and restraining order from the El Paso County attorney on Monday over suspicions that the Venezuelan &#8220;Tren De Aragua&#8221; gang was engaging in criminal activity inside the hotel.
Tren de Aragua made national headlines a few weeks ago after gang members allegedly commandeered an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado. Police there have <a href="https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/nation/2024/09/03/aurora-colorado-apartment-gang-police/75013215007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> the gang controls the complex.
Court documents say that police reports show the Gateway Hotel in El Paso has regular criminal activity, and members of Tren De Aragua have been allowed to operate inside, according to sworn testimony from El Paso police officers.
One officer said police witnessed several Venezuelan men with tattoos associated with the gang walking around the hotel. Hotel management was not attempting to control the conduct of guests, the officer said.
At least 693 calls to police have been made about the hotel over the last two years, including for drugs, thefts, burglaries, and fights.
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The court documents also accuse the hotel of operating for the past six years without a valid certificate of occupancy and in violation of city requirements, as well as failing at least three inspections by the El Paso Fire Department since July.
Security videos and pictures from the court documents also show people &#8220;partying&#8221; on the third floor, drinking, smoking, dancing provocatively, and one woman even apparently vomiting in a hallway with children around.
One video also shows a gun being shot, a person threatening someone with another gun, men holding knives, and a man with a hatchet assaulting people in front of a security guard.
One police officer said he suspected prostitution in the hotel. Police also described trash and fire hazards as well and said the general reputation of the hotel was for &#8220;allowing illegal activity (consuming drugs, gang activity, illegal dumping).&#8221;
A hearing is scheduled for December 9 to determine if hotel owner Howard Yun allowed criminal activity on the property.
The county attorney&#8217;s office sued the hotel last month and is seeking a permanent injunction to stop the hotel from operating until long-term solutions are in place.
The Gateway Hotel has been in downtown El Paso since the 1920s, although it has changed ownership.
The occupants of the hotel have until 10 a.m. on Thursday to vacate the building. It is unclear whether law enforcement will be required to evict those living in the hotel.

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Texas Hotel With Alleged Venezuelan Gang Activity Ordered Temporarily Shut Down

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Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro ordered the arrest of presidential opponent Edmundo González on Monday as the country looks to quell dissent over the results of its recent election that Maduro claims without evidence that he won.
Venezuelan prosecutors sought an arrest warrant for Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia on Monday for claiming that Maduro stole the election.
Maduro asked for the arrest of Gonzalez Urrutia, a retired diplomat who went into hiding shortly after the election.
Prosecutors have charged him with &#8220;&#8216;usurpation&#8217; of public functions, &#8216;forgery&#8217; of a public document, incitement to disobedience, sabotage, and &#8216;association&#8217; with organized crime and financiers of &#8216;terrorism,'&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.barrons.com/news/venezuelan-prosecutors-seek-arrest-of-opposition-presidential-candidate-official-ee005e09">AFP</a>.
A Venezuelan court authorized the arrest warrant on Monday evening.
The U.S., European Union, and multiple Latin American countries have not recognized the results of the recent election, casting doubts on its legitimacy as there is no proof that Maduro won. To the contrary, data published by the opposition indicates that Maduro may have lost by a significant margin.
Maduro&#8217;s government has killed dozens of people who have protested the results of the election in an attempt to silence dissent.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said that the arrest warrant proves &#8220;Maduro has lost all touch with reality.&#8221;
&#8220;The arrest warrant issued by the regime to threaten President-Elect Edmundo Gonzalez crosses a new line that only strengthens the resolve of our movement,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Venezuelans and democracies around the world are more united than ever in our quest for freedom.&#8221;
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Maduro has lost all touch with reality. 
The arrest warrant issued by the regime to threaten President-Elect Edmundo Gonzalez crosses a new line that only strengthens the resolve of our movement.
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— María Corina Machado (@MariaCorinaYA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaCorinaYA/status/1830752875279954271?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 2, 2024</a></blockquote>

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The U.S. Department of Justice seized the plane of socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro on Monday after determining that it was illegally obtained.
U.S. officials seized the aircraft in the Dominican Republic and transferred it to the Southern District of Florida due to violations of U.S. export control and sanctions laws, the DOJ <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/united-states-seizes-aircraft-used-nicolas-maduro-moros-violation-us-export-control-and">said</a> in a statement.
Maduro&#8217;s Dassault Falcon 900EX aircraft, purchased for roughly $13 million, was illegally purchased sometime between late 2022 and early 2023 by Maduro&#8217;s associates from a company in Florida.
The aircraft was illegally exported out of the U.S. and since then has &#8220;flown almost exclusively to and from a military base in Venezuela and has been used for the benefit of Maduro and his representatives, including to transport Maduro on visits to other countries.&#8221;
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The DOJ noted that sanctions signed by former President Donald Trump &#8220;prohibits U.S. persons from engaging in transactions with persons who have acted or purported to act directly or indirectly for or on behalf of, the Government of Venezuela, including as a member of the Maduro regime.&#8221;
CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/02/politics/us-seizes-venezuela-president-maduros-airplane/index.html">noted</a> that the plane, which has been described as &#8220;Venezuela’s equivalent to Air Force One,&#8221; was undergoing maintenance in the Dominican Republic when it was seized.
“This sends a message all the way up to the top,” a U.S. official told CNN. “Seizing the foreign head of state’s plane is unheard-of for criminal matters. We’re sending a clear message here that no one is above the law, no one is above the reach of US sanctions.”
U.S. Attorney Markenzy Lapointe for the Southern District of Florida said the seizure illustrated &#8220;our unrelenting commitment to enforcing U.S. export control laws and imposing U.S. sanctions for any violations.&#8221;
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&#8220;This successful seizure was the result of planning, coordination, and execution by the United States government, with invaluable assistance by the authorities in the Dominican Republic,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Our office, along with our law enforcement partners, will continue to work to forfeit this plane and all other assets that circumvent the law.&#8221;

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Former President Donald Trump addressed a violent Venezuelan gang allegedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking over apartment buildings</a> in Aurora, Colorado, blasting &#8220;stupid&#8221; leaders who have allowed dangerous criminals to illegally enter the U.S.
Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky sounded the alarm earlier this week on Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, saying the group was taking control of apartment complexes in the city, which is just east of Denver. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Video footage</a> reported by Fox News on Thursday showed armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn.
Trump commented on the issue during his rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, on Friday and warned that if illegal immigration is not addressed, what&#8217;s happening in Aurora will only be &#8220;the beginning.&#8221;
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&#8220;You see what&#8217;s happening in Aurora, Colorado, today. Did you see this?&#8221; Trump asked his supporters. &#8220;Venezuelan gang members have taken over parts of the city. They&#8217;ve taken over apartment houses because these stupid people we have leading our country are allowing these people, these criminals to come into our country.&#8221;
&#8220;And we&#8217;re going to get them the hell out of here,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;And this is just the beginning. Wait until you see what happens. Wait until you see what they&#8217;re doing.&#8221;
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President Trump on the armed Tren de Aragua SAVAGES taking over apartment buildings in Colorado: &#8220;These STUPID people we have leading our country are allowing these criminals to come into our country. We&#8217;re going to get them the HELL out of here.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/1yRHb6CX3B">pic.twitter.com/1yRHb6CX3B</a>
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1829642036011811090?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Local leaders, such as Jurinksy and Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-dem-governor-says-alleged-migrant-gang-takeover-of-apartments-is-imagination" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blamed</a> federal immigration policies and Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies for the migrant gang problem in Aurora. Around 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in Denver since December of 2022 thanks to the city&#8217;s policies and handouts.
“You’ve had these massive waves of migrants coming across the border that many of them crossed the border illegally, were arrested, asked for political asylum, were not adequately vetted, were released into the country, [into] the city of Aurora,” Coffman said. “We did everything we could to, quite frankly, keep them … out of the city because it’s not our problem. This is a federal problem.”
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Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis&#8217; office said the alleged gang takeover of Aurora apartments is &#8220;largely a feature of [Aurora City Councilwoman] Jurinsky’s imagination.&#8221; A spokeswoman for Polis said that &#8220;it’s illegal to take over buildings in Colorado,&#8221; adding that if Jurinsky has “knowledge” of such crimes taking place, Polis’ office is “ready to assist” police “in taking [the apartment buildings] back.”

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Trump Rips 'Stupid People' Allowing Gangs To Take Over Colorado Apartments

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Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis&#8217; office dismissed warnings of a violent gang taking over apartment buildings in Aurora, Colorado, telling <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/29/us-news/colorado-gov-jared-polis-dismisses-migrant-gang-takeover-of-aurora-apartments-as-imagination/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Post</a> that the &#8220;purported invasion is largely a feature of [Aurora City Councilwoman] Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.”
Jurinsky <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sounded the alarm</a> earlier this week on Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, claiming the group was taking control of apartment complexes in Aurora, a suburb of Denver. Fox News reported video footage on Thursday <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/video-shows-armed-men-walking-through-co-apt-building-after-official-warned-of-venezuelan-gang-takeover" target="_blank" rel="noopener">showing</a> armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn.
&#8220;The Governor has already let the Mayor know that the State is ready to support the local police department with assistance from state troopers and the Colorado Bureau of Investigation if needed,&#8221; a spokeswoman for Polis told the Post. &#8220;But, according to police intelligence this purported invasion is largely a feature of Danielle Jurinsky’s imagination.&#8221;
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The spokeswoman added that “it’s illegal to take over buildings in Colorado” and said that if Jurinsky has &#8220;knowledge&#8221; of such crimes taking place, Polis&#8217; office is “ready to assist” police “in taking [the apartment buildings] back.” She then cited statistics showing that &#8220;violent crime dropped in Aurora between 2022 and 2023.”
As Polis&#8217; office downplays concerns about the alleged gang takeover of Aurora apartments, Aurora Republican Mayor Mike Coffman <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-mayor-speaks-out-after-video-armed-venezuelan-gang-apartment-goes-viral" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Fox News on Thursday that Venezuelan gangs are controlling at least two apartment buildings in the city.
&#8220;This is an organized criminal effort. Whether it&#8217;s trend, a drug war, that remains to be seen,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;Somebody put them there and somebody funded it, whether it&#8217;s federal government or not, we&#8217;re trying to find out who, these gangs apparently, or attracted to where there&#8217;s a concentration of, of, Venezuelan migrants. And so, they&#8217;ve, in fact, have kind of pushed out the property management through intimidation and then, collected the rents,&#8221; the mayor added.
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NEW VIDEO armed group at troubled <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aurora?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aurora</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/colorado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#colorado</a> apartment complex now home to many migrants. Councilmember <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniJurinsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaniJurinsky</a> says gangs have taken over the complex <a href="https://twitter.com/KDVR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KDVR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AuroraPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuroraPD</a> <a href="https://t.co/J1uie8Y2M6">pic.twitter.com/J1uie8Y2M6</a>
— Vicente Arenas (@vicentearenastv) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicentearenastv/status/1828912965023568356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A resident at one Aurora apartment complex also backed up Jurinsky&#8217;s claims, telling Fox News, “This is organized. They patrol the property with guns visibly, like they’re not trying to hide them. There’s no repercussion. These are ghosts.” The resident, who reportedly moved out on Wednesday due to the gang activity, added that gang members are dealing drugs in the building.
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Coffman blamed federal immigration policy and Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies for the increased presence of migrant gangs in Aurora.
&#8220;You&#8217;ve had these massive waves of migrants coming across the border that many of them crossed the border illegally, were arrested, asked for political asylum, were not adequately vetted, were released into the country, [into] the city of Aurora,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We did everything we could to, quite frankly, keep them &#8230; out of the city because it&#8217;s not our problem. This is a federal problem.&#8221;

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CO Dem Governor Says Alleged Migrant Gang Takeover Of Apartments Is ‘Imagination’

CO Dem Governor Says Alleged Migrant Gang Takeover Of Apartments Is 'Imagination'

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New video footage taken inside an Aurora, Colorado, apartment building appears to validate warnings from Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinsky, who said earlier this week that the complex is being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">overtaken by a violent Venezuelan gang</a>.
The video footage reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/video-shows-armed-gang-troubled-colorado-apartment-building-believed-have-been-taken-over-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a> on Thursday shows multiple armed men walking through an Aurora apartment building and entering an apartment after knocking on the door with guns drawn. Jurinsky told Fox News earlier this week that the Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua (TdA), has taken control of apartment complexes in the city.
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NEW VIDEO armed group at troubled <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/aurora?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#aurora</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/colorado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#colorado</a> apartment complex now home to many migrants. Councilmember <a href="https://twitter.com/DaniJurinsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DaniJurinsky</a> says gangs have taken over the complex <a href="https://twitter.com/KDVR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KDVR</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AuroraPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AuroraPD</a> <a href="https://t.co/J1uie8Y2M6">pic.twitter.com/J1uie8Y2M6</a>
— Vicente Arenas (@vicentearenastv) <a href="https://twitter.com/vicentearenastv/status/1828912965023568356?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2024</a></blockquote>
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A resident who moved out of the apartment building on Wednesday because of the gang activity told Fox News on the condition of anonymity, &#8220;This is organized. They patrol the property with guns visibly, like they&#8217;re not trying to hide them. There&#8217;s no repercussion. These are ghosts.&#8221; The resident added that gang members are dealing drugs in the building.
Jurinsky <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/co-city-official-sounds-alarm-on-venezuelan-gang-takeover-entire-complexes-under-gang-control" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> earlier this week that staff at some apartment complexes &#8220;have been beaten up, they’ve been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property. These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang.&#8221;
“They start brokering apartments themselves when someone leaves out of fear or whatever. They go in and take pictures of the apartment themselves,” she added. “Then, I’ve been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in.”
The Aurora Police Department <a href="https://x.com/AuroraPD/status/1828943029882716310?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1828943029882716310%7Ctwgr%5Edb9d8ea09cd53843877b95316cb1b3b75ae971c4%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fus%2Fvideo-shows-armed-gang-troubled-colorado-apartment-building-believed-have-been-taken-over-migrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> on Wednesday that it is &#8220;aware that components of TdA are operating in Aurora.&#8221;
&#8220;APD has been increasingly collecting evidence to show the gang is connected to crimes in the area. However, as we have said previously and as the DEA similarly stated, it would be improper at this time for the city and APD to make any conclusory statements about specific incidents or provide details about law enforcement strategy and operations,&#8221; the police department stated. &#8220;Based on our initial investigative work, we believe reports of TdA influence in Aurora are isolated.&#8221;
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TdA members have been known to work throughout the U.S., and one member of the gang, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jose Ibarra</a>, was arrested and charged earlier this year for the murder of Georgia nursing student Laken Riley.
Aurora, which is a suburb of Denver, has been affected by the migrant crisis in Colorado&#8217;s capital. Since December 2022, more than 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in Denver, and city officials have cut police, sheriff, and fire department funding to deal with the crisis.

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Video Shows Armed Men Walking Through CO Apt Building After Official Warned Of Venezuelan Gang Takeover

Video Shows Armed Men Walking Through CO Apartment Building After Official Warned Of Venezuelan Gang Takeover

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Parts of Aurora, Colorado, a suburb just nine miles east of Denver, are being overtaken by a violent Venezuelan gang, a city official told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/sanctuary-citys-policies-push-violent-migrant-gang-suburbs-nationwide-problem" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News</a>.
Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies are being blamed for the migrant crisis spilling over into the suburbs and bringing with it a rise in violent crimes and sex trafficking. The Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, has even taken control of apartment complexes in the city, according to Aurora City Council Member Danielle Jurinsky.
&#8220;We currently have entire complexes under gang control — complexes where staff have been beaten up, they&#8217;ve been threatened, their families have been threatened [and] complexes where there are no staff left on the property. These complexes are being run by this Tren de Aragua gang,&#8221; said Jurinsky.
&#8220;They start brokering apartments themselves when someone leaves out of fear or whatever. They go in and take pictures of the apartment themselves,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;Then, I&#8217;ve been told, within hours, a Venezuelan family moves in.&#8221;
Jurinksy added, &#8220;Parts of [Aurora] are under this gang control.&#8221;
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&#8220;The local media is downplaying this,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I believe politics is being played with people&#8217;s lives. &#8230; Nothing is being done to help the American citizens that are being trapped under this gang&#8217;s control.&#8221;
The Tren de Aragua gang has members across the country and is known for its brutality. One of its members, Jose Ibarra, was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigrant-charged-with-laken-rileys-murder-is-active-gang-member-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">charged</a> with murdering Georgia nursing student Laken Riley. Another Tren de Aragua gang member, Jhonardy Jose Pacheco-Chirino, was arrested after beating a man at an Aurora apartment complex, according to police. He was arrested again after a shooting that injured two men, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/us-news/denver-tren-de-aragua-gang-violence-spills-over-into-aurora-colorado/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
Aurora has <a href="https://archive.ph/3T3SQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sought</a> to stop illegal immigrants from getting bused to the &#8220;non-sanctuary city,&#8221; and the city council passed a resolution pledging that there would be no handouts for migrants in the city. The Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/08/25/us-news/denver-tren-de-aragua-gang-violence-spills-over-into-aurora-colorado/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Denver leads the country in new migrant arrivals per capita. Since December 2022, more than 40,000 illegal immigrants have arrived in the Mile High City.
Abe Laydon, a county commissioner in Douglas County — just south of Denver — said that Denver&#8217;s sanctuary city policies still affect the suburbs.
&#8220;Not too long ago, we saw this influx of 40,000 migrants [to Denver],&#8221; Laydon said. &#8220;Douglas County rang the bell and said, &#8216;Look, from a common sense perspective, it&#8217;s impossible that wouldn&#8217;t have a huge impact on resources in the Denver metro area – and it did.&#8221;
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Laydon said that Douglas County outlawed unscheduled bus stops and prohibited buses from San Antonio from dropping off migrants in the area. A Colorado state law passed in 2019, however, cripples local officials by preventing them from working directly with Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
&#8220;Our local law enforcement would like the ability to communicate with local immigration officials,&#8221; Laydon said. &#8220;We have been apprised that there has absolutely been an increase in property crimes, assault and trafficking, and it&#8217;s specific issues with the cartels coming out of Venezuela.&#8221;
In April, Denver city officials cut police, sheriff, and fire department spending to allocate more funding for the illegal immigrants who have arrived there. To pay for the &#8220;Newcomer Program Strategy,&#8221; Denver Democratic Mayor Mike Johnston announced cuts to police spending by $8.4 million and fire department spending by $2.5 million.

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CO City Official Sounds Alarm On Venezuelan Gang Takeover: 'Entire Complexes Under Gang Control'

The United States government said in a statement on Thursday that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuelan</a> opposition leader Edmundo González Urrutia beat socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro during the country&#8217;s recent presidential election.
The announcement comes after at least 17 protesters have been killed and hundreds more arrested so far in riots that have broken out over the country&#8217;s sham election.
More than 12 million Venezuelans voted during the election, which is run by the Maduro-controlled National Electoral Council (CNE).
&#8220;The CNE’s rapid declaration of Nicolás Maduro as the winner of the presidential election came with no supporting evidence,&#8221; the U.S. State Department said in a statement. &#8220;The CNE still has not published disaggregated data or any of the vote tally sheets, despite repeated calls from Venezuelans and the international community to do so.&#8221;
Independent watchdogs have said that the CNE&#8217;s refusal to provide precinct-level official results, in addition to other serious voting irregularities, have destroyed the CNE&#8217;s credibility.
&#8220;Meanwhile, the democratic opposition has published more than 80 percent of the tally sheets received directly from polling stations throughout Venezuela,&#8221; said Secretary of State Antony Blinken. &#8220;Those tally sheets indicate that Edmundo González Urrutia received the most votes in this election by an insurmountable margin.&#8221;
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&#8220;Independent observers have corroborated these facts, and this outcome was also supported by election day exit polls and quick counts,&#8221; he added. &#8220;In the days since the election, we have consulted widely with partners and allies around the world, and while countries have taken different approaches in responding, none have concluded that Nicolás Maduro received the most votes this election.&#8221;
Blinken said that there was &#8220;overwhelming evidence&#8221; that Maduro lost the election and urged Venezuelan parties &#8220;to begin discussions on a respectful, peaceful transition in accordance with Venezuelan electoral law and the wishes of the Venezuelan people.&#8221;
&#8220;We fully support the process of re-establishing democratic norms in Venezuela and stand ready to consider ways to bolster it jointly with our international partners,&#8221; he added.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced concern over the authenticity of Venezuela’s presidential election after the country’s electoral commission declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner.
Speaking Monday in Tokyo at a meeting of Indo-Pacific nations, Blinken expressed skepticism about the reliability of the official results out of Venezuela shortly after the commission proclaimed Maduro had won.
“We’ve seen the announcement just a short while ago by the Venezuelan electoral commission. We have serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people,” Blinken said.
“It’s critical that every vote be counted fairly and transparently, that election officials immediately share information with the opposition and electoral observers without delay, and that the electoral authorities publish detailed tabulation of votes,” he added. “The international community is watching this very closely and will respond accordingly.”
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Venezuela’s National Electoral Council, controlled by the socialist Maduro regime, announced after hours of delay early Monday morning that Maduro had won the national election with 51.2 percent of the vote. Maduro’s chief opposition, Edmundo González, had lost with 44.2 percent.
The commission refused to release tallies from polling booths, and the announcement brought widespread skepticism from opposition parties in Venezuela and leaders around the world. The election was plagued with irregularities and widespread potential violations of law, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/world/americas/venezuela-election-results.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The New York Times</a>.
Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado, who was blocked from running in the election, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/28/world/americas/venezuela-election-results.html">called</a> the official election results “impossible.” She <a href="https://apnews.com/article/us-venezuela-blinken-dd01f952543c1b6ba9d243393202682f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that voting tallies obtained from about 40 percent of polling places across the country showed an “overwhelming” amount of support for González, whose campaign was run by Machado.
Maduro celebrated the electoral commission&#8217;s announcement, declaring victory amid questions surrounding the election’s results.
“In this new term that you have given me, I pledge that I will put my life on the line to transform Venezuela and lead us toward a prosperous future of economic growth, peace and social happiness,” Maduro told reporters at the Miraflores presidential palace, according to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/07/29/nx-s1-5055582/maduro-declared-winner-venezuela-presidential-election" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NPR</a>.
The 61-year-old Maduro, whose presidency began in 2013, has served two terms in the high office and looks to serve another. He is facing mounting pushback from around the world, however, as Latin American leaders line up against him. The presidents of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil have called for him to step down in the wake of the election.

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Police in Denver are searching for eight <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Latino</a> males who were caught on video violently robbing a family-owned and operated jewelry store that has been in business for decades.
The criminals robbed Joyeria El Ruby on Monday afternoon, said shop owner Lidia Tena.
One of the men entered the store first and pretended to be shopping while three more men came in and waited in a cage — which was built with the intent to stop this type of situation from happening.
They were asked to take off their hats and sunglasses before entering the store, but once the cage was opened they pulled guns and stormed the counter. Fox 31 Denver said that customers were held at gunpoint as the criminals stole nearly all of the jewelry.
Several of the employees escaped to the back room where they tried to barricade themselves and hit a panic button, but the thugs broke in and held them at gunpoint and threatened to kill them if they again attempted to hit the panic button. The men repeatedly hit the women.
“I thought they would kill me after hitting me three times and they told me they would kill me and my niece if I moved towards the panic button,” Tena said.
Four more armed men then entered the building with hats and glasses and wearing gloves so that no fingerprints would be left behind which points strongly to these individuals being professional criminals who are linked to organized crime or a drug cartel.
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The women who were working in the store said that the Spanish-speaking criminals clearly had Venezuelan accents.
Colorado has become a hotbed for illegal alien crime thanks to Democrat Governor Jared Polis and the Democrat-controlled state legislature, which has turned the state into a <a href="https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/colorados-sanctuary-policies-violate-public-trust-and-the-constitution" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sanctuary</a> for those illegally in the country. Colorado is now ranked as the <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/10-most-dangerous-states-in-america?slide=9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">3rd most dangerous state</a> in the country.
Federal law enforcement officials have launched well over 100 criminal investigations into Venezuelan criminal gangs that have invaded the United States under President Joe Biden, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/tren-de-aragua-venezuelan-gang-members-slip-into-us-rcna156290" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The Biden administration releases the violent criminals into the U.S. when no criminal history comes up in any databases when they are apprehended at the border. No criminal history is available on them because Venezuelan intentionally will not share that information, the report said.
Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro’s socialist regime seems intent on unleashing violent crime and chaos on the streets of America as it <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/venezuela-halts-flights-of-deported-migrants-from-u-s-and-mexico-962f6149" target="_blank" rel="noopener">refuses</a> to allow the U.S. to deport the criminals back Venezuela.
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8 Armed Men With ‘Venezuelan Accents’ Violently Rob Denver Jewelry Store

The Biden administration, intent on preventing gas prices from rising and jeopardizing President Joe Biden’s re-election chances, is reportedly going soft on its enemies, including Russia and Iran, in order to keep the oil flowing.
“The president has wanted to do everything that he could to make sure that American consumers have the lowest price possible at the pump, as it affects families’ daily lives,” a senior administration official told the <a href="https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/biden-us-gas-prices-iran-russia-oil-4f9a1cf9?mod=hp_lead_pos1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wall Street Journal</a>.
The outlet reported that the &#8220;Biden administration wants to keep gas prices stable ahead of the election,&#8221; leading &#8220;to softer-than-expected sanctions on major oil producers,&#8221; citing multiple sources.
“Nothing terrifies an American president more than a gasoline pump price spike,” Bob McNally, president of consulting firm Rapidan Energy Group, stated. “They will go to great lengths to prevent this, especially in an election year.”
On Tuesday, the Biden administration’s Treasury Department implemented sanctions targeting a “shadow banking” network “used by Iran’s Ministry of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL) and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to gain illicit access to the international financial system implanted new sanctions on Iran,” the Treasury Department <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2431" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a>, adding:
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The MODAFL Supply Division uses exchange houses in Iran that manage numerous cover companies registered in permissive jurisdictions such as Hong Kong or the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to launder the revenue generated through foreign commercial activity, including oil sales conducted by U.S.-designated MODAFL affiliate Shara Thunder, into clean foreign currency. 
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“The United States is taking action against a vast shadow banking system used by Iran’s military to launder billions of dollars of oil proceeds and other illicit revenue,” Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Wally Adeyemo stated. “We have sanctioned hundreds of targets involved in Iran’s illicit oil and petrochemical-related activity since President Biden took office, and we will continue to pursue those who seek to finance Iran’s destabilizing terrorist activities. We continue to work with allies and partners, as well as the global financial industry, to increase vigilance against the movement of funds supporting terrorism.”
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But Homayoun Falakshahi, an oil analyst at Kpler, asserted that the sanctions would not have any significant impact on oil markets, saying, “It will be limited and temporary. It’s a question of forming new shell companies and rearranging the supply chain.”
Vis-à-vis Russia, the Journal pointed out, “When the Treasury department hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions on June 12 over the Ukraine war, it targeted banks but left the country’s oil industry largely untouched.”
The Journal noted that when the Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Russia’s state tanker owner, Sovcomflot, it exempted 77 of Sovcomflot’s 91 ships, according to Kpler. “When the Treasury department hit Moscow with a wave of sanctions on June 12 over the Ukraine war, it targeted banks but left the country’s oil industry largely untouched,” the Journal noted.
U.S. officials have communicated with commodity traders “to apply for special licenses to ship Venezuelan oil and approved individual applications, according to administration officials,” the Journal reported.

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Former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> ripped into President Joe Biden on Monday over his handling of illegal immigration after an illegal immigrant from Venezuela <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/suspect-in-shooting-of-2-nypd-officers-is-an-illegal-immigrant-from-venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegedly shot</a> two New York cops. 
Trump said that Biden had enabled a wave of crime from illegal immigrants that was endangering the public. His comments came after police said that 19-year-old Bernardo Raul Castro-Mata shot officers Christopher Abreu, and Richard Yarusso after they attempted to question him about a robbery. 
“Biden Migrant Crime is out of control and is ravaging America! Last night, two brave NYPD officers doing their job were shot by a Monster Illegal Immigrant who came here illegally from Venezuela last year and was living in a tax-payer funded migrant shelter,” Trump posted on <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112553579754674188">Truth Social.</a> “Crooked Joe Biden has trafficked in the worst people from around the world, many with heinous criminal records, and unleashed them into our communities.” 
The former president then pivoted to saying the border needed to be secured and a border wall built. 
“Soros-funded DA Alvin Bragg should focus on keeping the streets of New York safe, but has instead wasted time and money engaging in a ridiculous political witch-hunt against yours truly,” he said. “We must focus on finishing the wall, securing our border, and keeping our streets safe. MAGA 2024!”
According to investigators, police attempted to stop Castro-Mata on Monday after they saw him driving a moped down the wrong side of the street as they investigated a robbery in Queens at 1:40 a.m. 
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After police attempted to speak with him, Castro-Mata ran away on foot and fired “multiple times” at the officers, hitting one in his bulletproof vest and the other in the leg, according to New York City Police Commissioner Eddie Caban. The officers responded, shooting Castro-Mata in the ankle. 
The <a href="https://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/two-nypd-cops-shot-in-queens-by-19-year-old/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officers</a> were taken to a nearby hospital where they were in stable condition. Castro-Mata was also expected to survive after having surgery on his foot.
According to NYPD Detective Joseph Kenny, Castro-Mata illegally crossed into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-authorities-lock-down-eagle-pass-but-border-crossings-persist-in-surrounding-areas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eagle Pass</a>, Texas, in July 2023. Kenny added that Castro-Mata’s current address was at a hotel that had been turned into housing for migrants.

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