FBI Busts 50 ‘Latin Kings’ Members In Nationwide Crackdown

The FBI said Friday that nearly 50 members and associates of the violent Latin Kings street gang have been arrested in a sweeping, multistate crackdown targeting gang violence, drug trafficking, and threats against law enforcement.

The three-month effort, dubbed “Operation Broken Crown,” involved more than a dozen FBI field offices working alongside federal, state, local, and tribal partners to disrupt the Latin Kings’ nationwide criminal network. The operation unfolded as the Trump administration continues to ramp up enforcement against violent gangs.

Since the initiative launched in October, authorities have seized more than a dozen firearms, nearly $200,000 in illicit cash, and over 10 kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl, and other narcotics, the FBI said.

“Under President Trump’s and Attorney General Bondi’s leadership, this FBI is dismantling violent gang networks in America at a record clip — breaking their operations and saving lives in the process,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement to Fox News.

“In 2025 we saw a 210% increase in gang takedowns from MS-13 and Tren de Aragua, and now just weeks in to 2026, we’re announcing another 3 month takedown operation,” he continued.

Patel said the bureau “will continue working 24/7 to crush violent crime and eliminate networks facilitating harm on the American people.”

The FBI said one Latin Kings member explicitly threatened a law enforcement officer in October 2025 and was later arrested.

Another alleged gang member was charged this month in federal court in Minnesota with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after allegedly breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle.

In Indiana, an FBI investigation led to an alleged Latin Kings member being sentenced this month to 21 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to distributing methamphetamine.

In a separate January operation, the FBI’s Milwaukee Area Safe Streets Task Force executed five residential search warrants and arrested four Latin Kings members on drug trafficking and firearm charges. Agents seized 10 firearms and more than $120,000 in illicit funds.

FBI Milwaukee later arrested two additional gang members connected to the case and recovered a rifle outfitted with a machine gun conversion device, along with a pistol.

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