Aurora Sentinel: It’s time for straight answers about controversies in Aurora swirling around tens of thousands of Venezuelan immigrants, and if the city won’t provide details, state and federal officials need to step in.

Aurora residents are being told a catalog of conflicting stories about whether some Venezuelan immigrants are victims of crimes, perpetrators of crimes, or both.

The story actually started several years ago, before political and living conditions in Venezuela became so dire that more than a third of the country fled.

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