EXCLUSIVE — A joint federal law enforcement operation across Washington, D.C., led to the arrests of 15 suspected Tren de Aragua and MS-13 gang members as part of an immigration enforcement operation aimed at getting the most dangerous illegal immigrants off the streets.

Alleged violent criminal offenders from two of the world’s most brutal gangs were arrested in a two-week operation that swept the Washington metropolitan region, U.S. Customs and Border Protection shared with the Washington Examiner.