A judge has ordered the closure of an Aurora, Colorado, apartment complex where armed members of a Venezuelan gang were caught on video entering a unit last summer — footage that drew the attention of President-elect Donald Trump during the presidential campaign.
The emergency order beginning the closure process was issued ahead of a court hearing scheduled for Monday to discuss the complex's fate after the city claimed the crime situation had reached a “breaking point.” In a court filing supporting a closure, Aurora police chief Todd Chamberlain said the kidnapping and beating of two residents at the complex last month underscored the danger posed by letting the apartments remain open.
