Immigration raids target violent gang - Crimes spur sweep in three cities - Massachusetts

“Federal agents and local police swept into Chelsea, Somerville, and East Boston yesterday in an attempt to arrest dozens of suspects, some believed to be members of a violent Salvadoran gang, on outstanding warrants.

The sweep, dubbed Operation 13, had been in the planning stages for weeks in response to crimes perpetrated by the MS-13 gang, said Chelsea police Captain Brian Kyes. He said the operation targeted up to 50 people and was headed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and included officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Middlesex Sheriff’s Department; police from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; and local police departments.”

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