More than 60 members of the Latin Kings are facing federal charges after the FBI and other agencies took part in a wide-spread bust on Thursday morning, according to officials. The bust, called "Operation Throne Down," was carried out after nearly four years of infiltration by law enforcement, who recorded high-level conversations through informants and social media posts that could implicate the members, according to Boston.com. MASTERMIND OF INFAMOUS GOFUNDME HOMELESS SCAM FACING 5-YEAR PRISON SENTENCEOver 650 law enforcement agents started making arrests around 4:00 a.m. on Thursday that saw 62 alleged gang members charged. Gang members were reportedly monitored on social media wearing colors of the Latin Kings, flashing gang signs and rapping about drugs or murder in a series of YouTube rap videos. MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR DEFENDS 'INTEGRITY' OF EBT SYSTEM FOLLOWING REPORT OF ABUSE“To get at gang leadership, you almost always need a highly placed cooperating source,” Massachusetts U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling said at a press conference.

Source: Fox News December 06, 2019 20:26 UTC