The FBI arrested 28 alleged members and associates of a South Los Angeles street gang in a series of raids carried out by a multi-agency task force in Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
The arrests stem from six federal grand jury indictments alleging crimes including racketeering, extortion of local businesses, and drug and weapons trafficking.
Federal officials said the indictments and arrests were the result of a roughly four-year investigation -- dubbed Operation Down the Rabbit Hole -- by the FBI and the Los Angeles Metropolitan Task Force on Violent Gangs. The lead defendant in that indictment was identified as Eliseo Luna, 47, of South Los Angeles, who federal authorities described as a "shot caller" for the gang.
Another of the indictments named 17 defendants accused of taking part in a drug-trafficking conspiracy, including 31-year-old Elvis Arreguin of San Pedro, who allegedly operated a Long Beach lab that processed fentanyl and meth.
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