Trump pledges to launch federal task force to liberate Aurora from foreign gangs

LAS VEGAS – Former President Donald Trump announced Friday that if elected he will “liberate Aurora” by establishing a federal task force aimed at “crushing” foreign gangs. Tren de Aragua, a ruthless Venezuelan prison gang, has reportedly overrun several apartment buildings in the Colorado city since expanding its reach in the US amid the historic surge in illegal immigration under the Harris-Biden administration. “They’ve become real estate developers, like I used to be,” Trump said of the organized crime syndicate during a Las Vegas rally. “They’re dismembering rivals from Chile and from Colombia … How the hell did we allow this to happen to our country?” the former president noted, referring to a recent Wall Street Journal report on the gang. “In Colorado, the gang even got a green light to shoot the cops,” Trump said, referring to a July memo authored by the Homeland Security Investigations office in Chicago.“That’s not acceptable,” the GOP nominee argued, before laying out his plan to combat Tren de Aragua. “When I return to the White House I will launch a special task force of elite federal law enforcement and charge them with crushing and eliminating every foreign gang and organized crime network that is conquering our country,” Trump pledged.  “We will deploy ICE, DHS and other federal officials to go in and liberate Aurora,” he added.“Can you believe I have to say this? We are going to liberate parts of our country.” Cops in Aurora have arrested 10 confirmed members of Tren de Aragua in recent months.The gang members have been using blighted apartment complexes in the city of 390,000 as their home base, terrorizing residents there with gun crime, theft and drug dealing.Earlier this week Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman and Council Member and Public Safety Chairwoman Danielle Jurinsky confirmed that Tren de Aragua “issues” have “significantly affected” some properties in the city.  However, the offici...