The Aurora Police Department arrested Roiberth Daniel Mora-Marquez, 23, on Wednesday night. He was wanted on two outstanding warrants and is the latest in a string of gang-related arrests out of Aurora in the last several weeks, when viral videos and right-wing social media influencers helped stir online rumors that Venezuelan gangs had taken over buildings in the city.
Mora-Marquez is charged in Adams District Court with aggravated first-degree assault, second-degree kidnapping, third-degree assault and felony menacing. The charges that led to his arrest stem from a dispute and assault over unpaid rent money on April 4, police said.
Aurora police arrested Mora-Marquez on April 17 in connection with that investigation. He was released on a $20,000 bond for that case earlier this year.
A warrant for Mora-Marquez’s arrest was later issued when he failed to appear in court, according to Aurora police. Mora-Marquez also was arrested on an active warrant out of Arapahoe District Court on charges of felony menacing, illegal discharge of a firearm, harassment and reckless endangerment, charges stemming from a June 28 nonfatal shooting in the 400 block of Nile Street, Aurora police said.
Mora-Marquez is one of 10 gang members the Aurora Police Department released information about earlier this month. As of Thursday afternoon, Mora-Marquez was in custody at the Aurora Detention Center on a no-bond hold.
With Mora-Marquez’s arrest, the Aurora Police Department says there are now seven members of the Tren de Aragua gang in custody.
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