Posted on 07/17/2020 8:38:22 AM PDT by bitt
An investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Las Vegas resulted in the criminal arrest of 11 members and associates of MS-13 Tuesday in Las Vegas, Nevada, and Los Angeles, California. Another six MS-13 members and associates were also arrested on administrative charges, with criminal charges pending in five of the six cases, for a total of 17 MS-13 arrests made Tuesday in the two cities. HSI was greatly assisted by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). The indictment of 13 individuals was unsealed Wednesday in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada.
During the operation, HSI seized five pounds of methamphetamine, $28,000 in cash, 14 firearms (9 long arms and five handguns), and six suppressors.
President Donald J. Trump announced the results of this multiyear investigation in the Oval Office Wednesday with the heads of various law enforcement agencies, including ICE Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director Matthew Albence, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Chad Wolf.
The 21-count indictment charged the 13 leaders, members, and associates with violation of the federal "Kingpin" statute and multiple drugs and firearms offenses, including transporting bulk quantities of methamphetamine from Los Angeles to Las Vegas.
The indictment was returned under seal July 8, by a federal grand jury sitting in Las Vegas. Tuesday morning, 11 of the 13 defendants were taken into criminal custody: five defendants were arrested in the Los Angeles area, and five defendants were arrested in Las Vegas, and one transferred from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) custody to criminal custody in Tacoma, Washington.
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Nice!
They’re going to miss a few blackberry pickens.
This could have been handled by Social Workers.
Didn’t Giuliani make his bones going after Mafioso? Seems like he would be a great asset in this area.
For the ever-growing “Better Late Than Never, I Suppose” file.
17 arrests, thousands more to go!
17?
Did you see Barr stated that MS-13 is being hired in USA to do assassinations?
Where have we heard that before?
“17?”
Yeah. They could walk into any junior high here in northern Virginia and pick up a couple dozen MS-13 and 18th Street gangbangers. And arresting a few at the top won’t stop the crimes of those at the bottom.
You’ve got to start somewhere though, I guess.
The media will ignore this unless they can spin it to make Trump racist.
“his name was Seth Rich”
Yep, Roger Stone was a made-for-tv distraction from the known facts of the case. Even the way they arrested him was appropriate for the actual murderers.
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