Source: United States Department of Justice (video statements)
🚨OPERATION DEAD HORSE: Yesterday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California announced the arrests of 12 members and associates of the 18th Street Gang – L.A.’s largest street gang – on charges alleging murder, extortion, and drug trafficking tied to the MacArthur Park Area.
“For far too long, 18th Street and other criminals have been allowed to turn one of the city’s most beautiful public spaces into a crime-infested pit. That ends today,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “We are committed to eliminating violent organized crime and open-air drug markets from Los Angeles.”
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