Pictured: Aurora apartment worker beaten to a pulp by Tren de Aragua — as owners say migrant gang took over and tried to extort them

The proof of Tren de Aragua’s violence in Aurora, Colo., is written in blood.

A fed-up landlord in the Denver suburb has shared a bloody photo of one of its workers after the man was allegedly beaten to a pulp by members of the brutal Venezuelan prison gang for refusing to let them stay in a vacant apartment they had taken over.

The Brooklyn-based company claimed that the gang effectively stole entire apartment complexes out from under it by threatening employees and tried to extort it for a cut of the rent in exchange for being allowed to keep operating the properties.

Local cops and the FBI were asked to help stop the extortion but refused to step in, CBZ Management said.

“Gangs have taken control of several of our properties in Aurora, Colorado,” the company wrote in a thread on X last week.

“In an attempt to discredit this fact for political purposes and avoid governmental accountability, some have spread false information about our situation.”

The company, which owns and had managed the properties, posted multiple surveillance videos from its apartment complexes — including the footage of the beating of the employee late last year — that it said prove the gang has a foothold in Aurora.

The firm said that as a result of the criminal behavior and threats, it has had no choice but to pull its workers back from its apartment complexes in the city of 390,000.

“Despite clear evidence, many still deny the reality of the situation, sometimes using us as scapegoats. That’s why we are no longer staying silent,” the company wrote.

“We will continue to counter falsehoods with simple facts and evidence. Yes, gangs did take control of our apartment complexes in Aurora, Colorado, and the government did nothing. That is the real story.”

The Post was the first to bring national attention to the issue of Tren de Aragua’s takeover of apartments and neighborhoods in Aurora. On Friday, former President Donald Trump visited the city and attempted to link the problems in Aurora to the Harris-Biden administration’s border policies.

Meanwhile, the issue also has a deeper local angle. CBZ Management has a history of citations dating back to 2020, before the gang’s arrival in Aurora. Violations span from mice infestations to ceiling damage to dozens of unlawful parked cars, according to Denver7.

Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman has labeled the company “slumlords” for failing to clean up the properties.

Zev Baumgarten, who is described as CBZ’s owner in court documents, agreed earlier this year to sell or otherwise give up control of one of the blighted apartment complexes after lengthy legal proceedings against him and his company, according to the Denver Gazette.

CBZ Management accused the city of covering up the presence of the foreign gang, saying it “instead drummed up ‘code violations’ ” to shift the blame.

The company claimed that it “received a perfect inspection in 2022 and 2023” and that any violations were “dealt with.

“The only violations that weren’t dealt with were when the gangs took over and we didn’t want our 6 on-site staff working there – for their safety,” the company said.

Despite the local dispute over the condition of the apartments, residents and local officials interviewed by The Post said Tren de Aragua’s presence in the buildings is clear.

According to CBZ, the company took ownership of the apartments in 2019, hoping to renovate the units over a few years. The company said it was able to renovate nearly every unit in the Edge at Lowry apartments, the site of recent viral footage taken of six armed gangbangers forcing their way into a unit.

CBZ also moved an employee from New York to help manage the ambitious project, according to the post on X.

But the company said it soon observed “a rise in crime and tenant complaints.”

That’s when the employee was attacked. He was inspecting a recently vacated unit, where he found a group of male squatters who tried to bribe him with $500 “to overlook the situation,” CBZ Management’s post said.

When the employee refused the bribe, the group beat him so brutally that he had to be treated at the hospital.

The problem didn’t stop there. The employee began receiving threats over text, which even revealed his home address and spouse’s name, according to CBZ.

The problem only continued to escalate. Squads of Tren de Aragua members continued to take over vacated units — including one belonging to a tenant who had only left for vacation, forcing him to find a new home when he returned, the company said.

The gang started moving migrants into the units. The new tenants claimed to have paid rent, but the company soon realized they had actually been paying the gang.

CBZ said company managers later met with the FBI. Agents said Tren de Aragua was behind the texts and building takeovers but that the issue was “a blip on the radar” because of the gang’s nationwide presence, according to the company.

The on-site manager of the apartment was then confronted by the gang, which threatened to seize control of the apartments if the company didn’t agree to split the rental profits, the firm said.

“For the safety of our management team and their families, we withdrew them from the properties and focused on seeking help from government agencies,” the company said.

A rep for Aurora did not respond to a Post request for comment Monday. The FBI also didn’t respond when reached for comment.

Mayor Coffman has previously dismissed the claims by the landlord that the company’s problems were due to Tren de Aragua — especially with regards to the building that the company agreed to give up.

“It’s a little late to play the Venezuelan gang card,” Coffman said at the time. “Certainly, there are other parts of the city that we’re looking at, that we’re concerned about that. But the problems in this building certainly precede any problems with Venezuelan gangs.”