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California Fights Back: Massive Sinaloa Cartel Drug Bust in Los Angeles

A two-month undercover Drug Enforcement Administration investigation exposed what federal authorities say is a Sinaloa Cartel–linked drug trafficking operation funneling fentanyl and methamphetamine into Los Angeles through MacArthur Park.

On Wednesday, federal and local law enforcement officers raided the South Los Angeles park as part of “Operation Free MacArthur Park,” arresting 18 individuals, executing multiple search warrants, and seizing roughly 40 pounds of fentanyl with an estimated value of $8 million to $10 million.

In contrast to the park’s description by the Los Angeles Conservancy as a “vibrant place of music, art, and community,” locals know Macarthur Park as a place filled with brazen drug use and homeless encampments.

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli shared with Fox News his plan for the area. 

“This park has been overtaken by gang members—by drug dealers, drug users. It’s zombieland, and we’re taking it back. So today we’re executing 25 arrest warrants, eight federal search warrants, and we’re hitting the businesses along Alvarado here that are used to stash the drugs.” 

Footage shared by Fox News showed federal agents........

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