US EditionFBI Nabs 50 Latin Kings in Operation Broken Crown After 3-Month Sweep
The FBI seized $200,000 in assets and 10 kilograms of narcotics amid violent threats against federal agents during the three-month operation targeting Latin Kings gang members.
- After a three-month operation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation arrested 50 alleged Latin Kings Gang members, seizing $200,000 in assets and ten kilograms of narcotics.
- Back in October, Juan Espinoza Martinez offered a $10,000 bounty to 'take him down,' prompting an FBI investigation and arrests of alleged Latin Kings members.
- The operation yielded both cash and illegal drugs, with Federal enforcement teams seizing $200,000 in assets and ten kilograms of illicit narcotics including cocaine and fentanyl.
- FBI Director Kash Patel celebrated Operation Broken Crown, involving 13 field offices and partners, writing it shows we’re breaking the violent gang network in America after a 210% increase in 2025 gang takedowns.
- Founded in Chicago, Illinois, the Latin Kings Gang is one of the largest Hispanic street gangs, and a few weeks ago an alleged member was federally charged for stealing a rifle in Minnesota.
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FBI Director Says 50 Alleged Latin Kings Gang Members Arrested in Nationwide Operation
FBI Director Kash Patel on Friday announced that the agency had made around 50 arrests of alleged Latin Kings gang members and seized hundreds of thousands of dollars in assets and drugs in a nationwide operation. In “Operation Broken Crown,” authorities engaged in a “sweeping violent gang takedown involving 13 field offices targeting” the street gang, Patel said, adding that its members had been threatening law enforcement officials. After thre…
FBI Busts 50 ‘Latin Kings’ Members In Nationwide Crackdown
The FBI said Friday that nearly 50 members and associates of the violent Latin Kings street gang have been arrested in a sweeping, multistate crackdown targeting gang violence, drug trafficking, and threats against law enforcement. The three-month effort, dubbed “Operation Broken Crown,” involved more than a dozen FBI field offices working alongside federal, state, local, […] The post FBI Busts 50 ‘Latin Kings’ Members In Nationwide Crackdown ap…
FBI Busts 50 'Latin Kings' Members In Nationwide Crackdown
The FBI said Friday that nearly 50 members and associates of the violent Latin Kings street gang have been arrested in a sweeping, multistate crackdown targeting gang violence, drug trafficking, and threats against law enforcement. The three-month effort, dubbed “Operation Broken Crown,” involved more than a dozen FBI field offices working alongside federal, state, local, and tribal partners to disrupt the Latin Kings’ nationwide criminal networ…
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FBI Nails Dozens of Latin Kings Gangsters in Nationwide Bust
A nationwide raid on the Latin Kings gang has resulted in about 50 arrests, FBI Director Kash Patel announced Friday. The three-month multi-state operation was named “Operation Broken Crown,” according […] The post FBI Nails Dozens of Latin Kings Gangsters in Nationwide Bust appeared first on The Western Journal.
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