Colorado Apartment Residents Fight Anti-Immigrant Misinformation Amid Viral Video Of Armed Men
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As right-wing figures shared a video from an apartment complex in Aurora, rumors began to spread that the entire complex was overtaken by a Venezuelan gang.
Residents of an apartment complex in Aurora, Colorado, are speaking out after viral videos showing armed men entering one of the apartments have prompted anti-immigrant rhetoric, fearmongering and misinformation.
The videos were released by former residents at The Edge at Lowry Apartments and depicted several Spanish-speaking men with guns making their way up a set of stairs and into an apartment on Aug. 18.
Conservatives including former President Donald Trump began to spew unfounded claims that a Venezuelan gang known as Tren de Aragua was running the complex and taking advantage of residents.
Residents sought to set the record straight during a press conference on Tuesday to dispel rumors that the entire complex was taken over by a migrant gang. Many took the opportunity and also drew attention to the unsanitary living conditions inside the apartment complex, including mice, piles of trash that hadn’t been collected, faulty appliances, leaky pipes, and more, according to The Associated Press.
“The only criminal here is the owner of the building,” said a resident named Moises Didenot, who is from Venezuela, according to the AP. Didenot also displayed live mice on a trap that he had caught recently in his apartment.
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