U.S. Law Enforcement Operation in North Triangle against Transnational Organized Crime Nets 700 Arrests

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Friday, December 11, 2020

Author:

Bruce Zagaris

Volume:

36

Issue:

12

Abstract:

On November 27, 2020, senior law enforcement officials from the United States, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras announced the filing of criminal charges against 700 members of transnational criminal organizations (TOC), mainly MS-13 and 18^th Street gangs. The charges came from a one-week coordinated law enforcement action under Operation Regional Shield (ORS).[1]

[1] U.S. Department of Justice, More than 700 Members of Transnational Organized Crime Groups Arrested in Central America in U.S. Assisted Operation, Press. Rel. 1291, Nov. 27, 2020.