Feds arrest nearly 1,000 suspected gang members in nationwide sweep
Immigration officials announced 915 suspected gang members were jailed
Another 218 people were arrested for other criminal offences and immigration violations in the five-week operation, officials said
Most arrests were made in California, Puerto Rico, Georgia, and Texas
Of the 1,133 arrested, 894 were U.S. citizens
Majority were suspected members of MS-13, Sureños, Norteños, Eighteenth Street and Bloods gangs
By ANTON NILSSON
DAILYMAIL.COM
28 March 2016
Over 1,000 people were arrested in a nationwide operation targeting members of transnational gangs, U.S. immigration officials announced Monday.
The five-week operation, which was led by Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations division, concluded last Monday and netted 915 suspected gang members.
Most of the suspected gang members were affiliated with the gangs MS-13, Sureños, Norteños, Eighteenth Street and Bloods, ICE spokesperson Sarah Rodriguez told Daily Mail Online.
‘I would say this is on par with what we do in one of these gang surges,’ Rodriguez said.
‘We do gang enforcement all year round, but once or twice a year we do a surge, where officers drill down on gang leads that they have. It becomes the national focus for a couple of weeks,’ she said.
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