{"id":2334813,"date":"2024-08-31T13:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multi-agency-operation-nabs-33-violent-gang-members-in-border-town-of-uvalde-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-31T13:20:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T17:20:28","slug":"multi-agency-operation-nabs-33-violent-gang-members-in-border-town-of-uvalde-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/multi-agency-operation-nabs-33-violent-gang-members-in-border-town-of-uvalde-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-agency operation nabs 33 violent gang members in border town of Uvalde &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmulti-agency-operation-nabs-33-violent-gang-members-in-border-town-of-uvalde-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2334813&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/82-arrested-in-mo-human-trafficking-investigation\/\" title=\"82 arrested in Mo. human trafficking investigation\">multi-agency operation<\/a> in \u2062Uvalde, Texas, recently led to the arrest\u200b of 33 violent gang members\u200b as part of an\u200d initiative targeting transnational and\u200d organized crime. The operation, which commenced in September\u2063 2022 under Governor \u2062Greg Abbott\u2019s directive,\u2062 aimed to address\u2064 the\u200c growing issue of gang violence in \u2064the area. Participants in the investigation included the Texas Department \u2063of Public Safety (DPS), Uvalde law enforcement, and the U.S. Department of Homeland\u200d Security.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation primarily focused on narcotics trafficking, weapons distribution, extortion, and\u200b gang-related activities \u2064linked to Mexican cartels, especially targeting gangs such as the Latin Kings and various\u200c Tango-affiliated groups. \u2062The\u2062 Uvalde County Sheriff\u2019s Office reported that the operation resulted in numerous\u200b indictments,\u200c including 68 state indictments for drug trafficking and organized crime, alongside 17 federal indictments for racketeering and conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>The collaborative operation\u200c aims to combat the resurgence of gang activity, which has seen a troubling rise over the\u2062 past years,\u2062 involving even\u2063 the children of previously\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-and-calif-police-charge-nuestra-familia-gang\/\" title=\"FBI and Calif. police charge Nuestra Familia gang\">incarcerated gang members<\/a>. \u2064Officials, including District Attorney Christina \u2062Mitchell, emphasized\u200d their commitment to\u2062 eradicating this violence \u2063from the community and hinted\u2062 at more arrests and indictments to come.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Multi-agency operation nabs 33 violent gang members in border town of Uvalde<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1742772\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><strong>(The Center Square) &mdash;<\/strong> Thirty-three members of violent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gangs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>gangs<\/a> were arrested as part of a multi-agency operation targeting transnational and organized crime in the border town of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/uvalde-school-shooting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Uvalde<\/a>, Texas, and surrounding area in Uvalde County.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Gang violence has no place here in Texas, we will bring the full force of justice down on these famous criminals,&rdquo; Gov. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Greg-Abbott\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Greg Abbott<\/a> said when directing Texas Department of Public Safety to surge resources there to root out organized crime in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly two years ago, a multi-agency operation began, made possible through additional state funding and criminal investigative oversight from DPS targeting an extensive organized crime network operating at the Texas-Mexico border. The investigation focused on the selling and distribution of narcotics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/weapons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>weapons<\/a>, extortion, aggravated assaults and organized criminal activity of multiple gangs associated with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blackburn-cartels-traffickers-exploiting-unfinished-border-wall-construction\/\" title=\"Blackburn: Cartels, Traffickers Exploiting Unfinished Border Wall Construction\">transnational criminal organizations<\/a>, including Mexican cartels.<\/p>\n<p>DPS deployed special agents to target gang activity in the Uvalde area with a priority of focusing on Tango affiliated gangs and the Latin King gang, which are classified by DPS as Tier 1 and Tier 2 gangs, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>After an extensive investigation, 33 gang members were arrested, including from the Latin Kings, West Texas Tango, Tango Blast, Tango Orejon, Tango Aguilon, Texas Syndicate, Paisa, Texas Mexican Mafia, Maniac Latin Disciples, and San Antonio Walked Down Gang, according to a statement from the Uvalde County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office.<\/p>\n<p>The 38th Judicial District handed down 68 state indictments related to narcotics trafficking and engaging in organized <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>criminal<\/a> activity. The U.S. Western District, Del Rio Division, handed 17 federal indictments related to racketeering and conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>Texas DPS criminal investigators have identified gang activity &ldquo;as a growing and serious problem in Uvalde and the surrounding area.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Joining them in the investigation were investigators with the Uvalde County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office, Uvalde Police Department, and U.S. Department of Homeland Security Investigations. The 38th District Attorney&rsquo;s Border Prosecution Unit and the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s office are prosecuting the case.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation targeted the Uvalde area nearly 10 years after a joint operation in 2015 vanquished major gang operations there resulting in the Latin Kings being disbanded, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/law-enforcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>sheriff&rsquo;s office<\/a> said. Since that time, gang activity increased with the &ldquo;most recent gang activity involve[ing] some of the children of those former incarcerated gang members.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The investigation was a collaborative effort &ldquo;to identify and combat violent crime from the southern border of the United States,&rdquo; the sheriff said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will not tolerate this criminal activity in our community,&rdquo; District Attorney Christina Mitchell said. &ldquo;We will uncover anyone who participates, collaborates or permits this cancer in our town.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also said she anticipated more indictments and arrests coming from the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>The indictments and arrests were issued after 33 Latin King members and associates were convicted in October 2020 on federal racketeering charges.<\/p>\n<p>Formally known as the Almighty Latin King and Queen Nation, the Latin King gang has tens of thousands of members operating in chapters in different states, law enforcement officials have explained to the <em>Center Square<\/em>. In 2020, 33 members of the Austin, San Antonio and Uvalde chapters of the Latin King&rsquo;s Central Region of Texas, were sentenced to between 45 and 288 months in federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>prison<\/a>. They were convicted for their role in operating a criminal enterprise in Central Texas for ten years beginning in 2005, according to the U.S. Attorney&rsquo;s Office, Western District of Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Four leaders received the most prison time of between nearly 16 years and 22 years. They include the leader of the Texas-Central Region, &ldquo;Inca&rdquo; Pete Perez, in Austin; San Antonio&rsquo;s chapter leader, &ldquo;Inca&rdquo; Joe Pierce (&ldquo;Dro&rdquo;); Uvalde&rsquo;s chapter leader, &ldquo;Incas&rdquo; James Marty Long (&ldquo;Whiteboy&rdquo;) and Jacob Mariscal (&ldquo;Righteous&rdquo;).<\/p>\n<p>They were convicted and sentenced for conspiring &ldquo;to carry out unlawful acts including attempted murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, extortion, robbery, various <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/firearms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>firearms<\/a> offenses and drug distribution involving marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Violent gangs like the Latin Kings are made up of members who wake up each and everyday intent on committing violence, dealing drugs, breaking our laws and threatening our social fabric. Simply put, they cannot be allowed to run unchecked in our streets,&rdquo; stated U.S. Attorney Gregg Sofer said at the time.<\/p>\n<p>Acts of violence perpetrated by the gang members, according to court records, include: assaulting a rival gang member by beating &ldquo;his head, face and body with rocks, bats, and glass bottles;&rdquo; conspiring to shoot a rival gang member, and providing the gun to do so, in retaliation for a Latin King member being stabbed; driving a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/cars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>vehicle<\/a> into rival gang members; using women to lure rival gang members to a residence where &ldquo;they were stabbed, punched, kicked, and beaten with a baseball bat;&rdquo; among other acts of violence including shootings, stabbings and beatings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1742772\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1742772\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A multi-agency operation has led to the arrest of 33 gang members involved in violent activities in Uvalde, Texas, and its surrounding areas. This initiative aimed at combating transnational and organized crime was supported by Governor Greg Abbott, who emphasized the state&#8217;s commitment to addressing gang violence. The operation began nearly two years ago with increased funding and oversight from the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), focusing on a wide range of criminal activities including drug trafficking, weapon distribution, extortion, and assaults linked to various gangs associated with Mexican cartels.<\/p>\n<p>DPS deployed special agents to specifically target gang activity in Uvalde, prioritizing gangs affiliated with Tango groups and the Latin Kings. Following an extensive investigation, arrests were made involving members from several gangs such as the Latin Kings and Texas Syndicate. The 38th Judicial District issued numerous state indictments related to narcotics trafficking and organized crime while federal indictments were also handed down for racketeering.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation comes almost a decade after a previous operation dismantled major gang operations in Uvalde. Since then, there has been a resurgence of gang activity involving younger individuals related to former incarcerated members. Local authorities are determined not to tolerate this criminal behavior within their community.<\/p>\n<p>District Attorney Christina Mitchell expressed her commitment to uncovering anyone involved in these crimes while anticipating further indictments as part of ongoing efforts against violent crime along the southern border. In October 2020, several Latin King members had already been convicted on federal racketeering charges for their involvement in organized crime over many years across Central Texas.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Gregg Sofer highlighted that violent gangs like the Latin Kings pose significant threats through their daily criminal activities which disrupt community safety and order. Court records detail various acts of violence committed by these gang members against rivals including severe assaults using weapons like rocks and bats as well as orchestrating shootings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2334814,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/greg-abbott-border.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[16097,39814,39813,39812,10739],"class_list":["post-2334813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-law-enforcement","tag-border-town","tag-gang-members","tag-multi-agency-operation","tag-uvalde"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/greg-abbott-border.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2334813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2334813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2334814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2334813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2334813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2334813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}