Authorities arrest 85 people, seize drugs in major Southern California gang crackdown aimed at disrupting Mexican Mafia
A major gang crackdown involving a variety of state and local agencies, and aimed at disrupting Mexican Mafia operations in Orange County, has yielded 85 arrests and taken “middle management†gang leaders off the streets, officials announced Wednesday.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said at a news conference in Santa Ana that the three-month investigation, dubbed “Operation Scarecrow,†was a joint effort that teamed up the state Department of Justice, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol.
The investigation focused on the Sureños street gang in Orange County and its criminal activities directed by the Mexican Mafia. In addition to the arrests, the operation netted 36 firearms, 14 pounds of methamphetamine and three pounds of heroin.
Read more at: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/05/03/authorities-arrest-85-people-seize-drugs-in-major-orange-county-gang-crackdown-aimed-at-disrupting-mexican-mafia/
As the article says, this is nothing but a "drop in the bucket".
