Crime

Feds carry out largest-ever national gang raid

By Anna Giaritelli
Published May 11, 2017 9:24pm ET
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Feds carry out largest-ever national gang raid
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting Director Thomas Homan, left, and Homeland Security Investigations deputy executive associate director Derek Benner, right, arrive to speak at a news conference in Washington, Thursday, May 11, 2017, to announce the results of a national operation targeting gang members and associates. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

Federal agents arrested nearly 1,400 gang members in a six-week national sting, making it the largest-ever gang bust the Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations branch has conducted.

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