Colorado Airbnb host faces $16K in damages after suspected migrant gang members 'destroy' property

Cigarette butts, gum, cans, quiet bottles and bags of narcotics littered an Airbnb spot hidden distant successful nan Colorado mountains aft 1 guest's little enactment turned into a longstanding problem brought connected by suspected gang-related chaos, leaving big Karen Martiz facing thousands of dollars successful repairs while nan spot remains damaged and temporarily useless.  

"I person put each my power and emotion into this spot to make it beautiful for my guests. It's a beautiful place. Everybody loved it. We person been hosting for 2 years and this was nan first clip that I showed up present and my location was wholly destroyed. I couldn't judge it," Martiz told Fox News early Wednesday.

The spot located successful Evergreen, westbound of Denver, is marked arsenic a "no-smoking" property, but that didn't extremity nan impermanent who checked successful to enactment complete nan play – and nan group they brought on for a monolithic party. 

Its surviving abstraction was emptied, walls dirtied, carpets stained and marred by gum. Gum was moreover stuck connected nan walls and ceilings, Martiz told FOX31, an connection based successful Denver.

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Karen Martiz (center) was devastated aft an Airbnb impermanent and others allegedly trashed her rental. (Karen Martiz/Fox News)

"Disrespected" and "violated," she told nan outlet she's near pinch nary prime but to switch nan full carpet. Overall damages are estimated astatine $16,000.

"It was a horrible scene. When I walked into my house, I couldn't judge I was really surviving this. Because until you unrecorded it, you are like, ‘Is this moreover thing that could hap to people?’" she said.

Local authorities told FOX31 they fishy members of nan Venezuelan migrant pack Tren de Aragua were down nan destruction, but did not specify why.

Police told Martiz nan same. She additionally shared pinch Fox News that a neighbour coming adjacent erstwhile nan chaos occurred heard gunshots coming from nan property.

"It's very real, and this group of group [Tren de Aragua] are doing it to group for illustration me," she continued.

Police besides judge anyplace from 80 to 100 group were down nan damage. The full ordeal has sidelined Martiz for now, leaving her to wonderment really she will screen her existent expenses without raking successful income from nan property.

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This photograph Karen Martiz provided to Fox News shows surviving abstraction damages. (Karen Martiz)

"We're not going to beryllium capable to rent our spot for astir a period until we get everything fixed. That intends that we're not going to person guests successful our location and, definitely, this is thing that helps america salary our bills, our mortgage… keeps connected being capable to spend this beautiful location that is nan location that I scheme to discontinue on, truthful it's a very difficult business because it puts maine really successful a financial strain," she said.

She has reached retired to Airbnb, hoping to get reimbursed for nan damages, FOX31 additionally reported.

Former President Donald Trump and different salient Republicans person warned of migrant pack unit arsenic members of Tren de Aragua guidelines accused of unit and taking complete apartments successful nan Centennial State.

Fox News' Carley Shimkus asked Martiz if she believes nan communicative that nan erstwhile president is "exaggerating" erstwhile speaking retired connected nan issue.

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"Absolutely nary exaggeration astatine all," she replied. 

"This is very existent and this should beryllium taken very seriously. These group are not present to do good. They person thing to lose. They don't care. They're conscionable coming in, destroying properties, people's lives for illustration nothing. Something needs to happen… This needs to stop. 100%, arsenic soon arsenic possible."