FBI busts Latin Kings gang nationwide, nearly 50 arrested in sweeping crackdown

The FBI announced Friday astir 50 members and associates of the convulsive Latin Kings thoroughfare pack person been arrested pursuing a sweeping, multi-state crackdown aimed astatine gang-related activity, cause trafficking and threats against instrumentality enforcement.

Dubbed "Operation Broken Crown," the three-month inaugural progressive much than a twelve FBI tract offices moving with federal, state, section and tribal partners to curb the Latin Kings’ nationwide transgression operations, arsenic the Trump medication continues its crackdown connected convulsive gangs.

Since the cognition began past October, much than a twelve firearms person been seized, on with astir $200,000 successful illicit funds and much than 10 kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl and different narcotics, according to the FBI.

"Under President Trump’s and Attorney General Bondi’s leadership, this FBI is dismantling convulsive pack networks successful America astatine a grounds clip — breaking their operations and redeeming lives successful the process," FBI Director Kash Patel said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

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FBI Director Kash Patel said the bureau has been conducting an cognition targeting the Latin Kings pack crossed the country. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty)

"In 2025 we saw a 210% summation successful pack takedowns from MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, and present conscionable weeks successful to 2026, we’re announcing different 3 period takedown operation," helium continued.

Patel added that the FBI "will proceed moving 24/7 to crush convulsive transgression and destruct networks facilitating harm connected the American people."

The FBI said a subordinate of the Latin Kings thoroughfare pack explicitly threatened a instrumentality enforcement serviceman successful October 2025 and was aboriginal arrested.

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The FBI announced a nationwide crackdown connected the Latin Kings thoroughfare gang, resulting successful astir 50 arrests and the seizure of firearms, drugs and illicit cash. (Amy Taxin/AP Photo)

Another alleged subordinate of the Latin Kings was charged successful national tribunal successful the District of Minnesota this period with being a felon successful possession of a firearm and theft of authorities spot aft breaking into an FBI conveyance and stealing a rifle.

An probe by FBI Indianapolis besides led to an alleged Latin Kings subordinate being sentenced to 21 years successful national situation this period aft pleading blameworthy to organisation of methamphetamine.

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Federal authorities accidental a multi-state FBI cognition disrupted the Latin Kings gang’s transgression web crossed the U.S. (Fox News)

In a abstracted January operation, the FBI Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force executed 5 residential hunt warrants and arrested 4 Latin Kings members for cause trafficking and firearm possession charges, portion seizing 10 firearms and much than $120,000 successful illicit funds.

FBI Milwaukee aboriginal arrested 2 further pack members tied to the lawsuit and recovered a firearm with a instrumentality weapon conversion instrumentality and a pistol.