Police said around 13 to 15 armed people accosted the man and woman at their apartment in a complex, which was the scene of a viral video that showed Venezuelan gang members breaking into an apartment in Aurora.
In the latest incident, the male victim was also stabbed during a roughly five-hour ordeal that began Monday night but is expected to survive, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain said. He said all of the people involved are most likely from Venezuela and there is a “high assumption” that those responsible are affiliated with Tren de Aragua.
Based on how the home invasion unfolded, Chamberlain said, he was confident it was gang-related.
“Something is seriously wrong and we’re going to try to fix it as soon as we can, and we have been,” he said of crime at the complex, noting that police calls declined this month.
Chamberlain said the complex is in one of the pockets of the city that has crime problems.
