Police were sweeping The Edge at Lowry apartments for suspects in the kidnapping and torturing of two residents in the Denver suburb early Dec. Serpa-Acosta first fled cops after a viral video circulated in August showing heavily armed gang members breaking into an apartment at The Edge at Lowry complex in Aurora. Just a few months before, in May, Serpa-Acosta was detained by ICE and admitted he was a member of the notorious Venezuelan gang and had the tattoos to show his affiliation, sources previously told The Post.
Serpa-Acosta then went on to allegedly carry out the kidnapping and brutal torturing of a migrant couple living at The Edge apartment complex earlier this month.
A group of migrant gang members abducted the couple from their home before forcing them into another apartment in the complex โ then tied them up, pistol-whipped and beat them, cops said. The victims were cut loose after lying to their captors and promising not to call the cops. Police received a call from the couple around a. When police swept the apartment complex and began questioning residents, they found Serpa-Acosta in the wig.
Police are now seeking charges against 16 gangbangers believed to have carried out the kidnapping, according to Denver news station KDVR. Acosta first entered the US at the El Paso, Texas border, where he was quickly deported to Mexico before he reentered the country at an unknown time as he sneaked past border agents, sources previously told The Post. This migrant gangbanger flipped his wig.
Photo of Niefred Jose Serpa-Acosta donning a wig. Obtained by NY Post. Serpa-Acosta tried to conceal his identity from cops by dressing in drag. Serpa-Acosta is accused of taking part in the gang's takeover of apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado. Edward Romero. Serpa-Acosta was previously deported from the US, but sneaked his way back in, per sources.
