“Operation Community Shield” operations carried out in South Texas resulted in the arrest of 20 gang members after a two-day multi-agency effort to arrest gang’s members for various violations including robbery, aggravated assault, a felon possessing firearms, and drugs in the Corpus Christi area. “Operation Community Shield,” is a national initiative of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations. OCS targets “significant public safety threats posed by transnational street gangs and foreign born gang members”.
The 20 gang members and associates arrested during this operation include the following street gang affiliations:AD MOB, (1); Aryan Brotherhood, (2); Chula Vista, (1); Little Mobster, (1); Mexican Mafia, (2); Suicide Barrio, (2); Surenos Trece (SUR-13), (1); Raza Unida, (3); and Texas Syndicate, (7). All were U.S. citizens arrested on outstanding State of Texas arrest warrants, and turned over to local law enforcement.
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