Aurora police have identified the Tren de Aragua gangsters arrested in connection to their reported violent takeover of several apartment complexes in the city.

The Aurora Police department had previously denied that the criminal group from Venezuela was operating in properties in the Denver suburb, even after shocking security footage showed armed men breaking into the units of one complex.

Many of the arrests stem from violent activity at the properties, particularly the Whispering Pines apartments, whose landlord has claimed the gang overtook the property late last year and began charging 'rent' from tenants.