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US Department of Justice announced this Wednesday a “decisive blow” against the white supremacist gang. Peckerwoods by imputing the total amount 68 of its members for dozens of crimes, in particular drug trafficking, in a large-scale operation in Los Angeles as part of investigation of domestic terrorism.

Sixty-eight defendants have been indicted on charges related to dozens of members and associates of a California white supremacist gang.

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— US Department of Justice (@TheJusticeDept) October 2, 2024

US Attorney General, Merrick Garland indicated that this group “a violent gang of white supremacists who will be blamed for trafficking in deadly fentanyl and other drugs, commit robberies and commit financial fraud to finance both his criminal enterprise and the (prison gang) “Aryan Brotherhood”according to the statement.

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— Greg (@mistergeezy) October 3, 2024

“With today’s charges and arrests, the Department of Justice, along with our state, local and federal partners, targeted at the heart of this gang’s operations, and we will continue to focus on criminal enterprises that put our communities at risk,” he assured.

The authorities have 42 Peckerwoods members were arrested during the day, although they also confiscated “large quantities illegal firearms and a large number fentanyl, methamphetamine and heroinaccording to the indictment. If found guilty, the defendants face punishment maximum penalty is life imprisonment.

Meanwhile, Martin Estrada, The United States Attorney for the Central District of California stated:

The Peckerwoods’ violent white supremacist ideology and extensive criminal activity pose a serious threat to our community. (…) They represent a destructive force. By pursuing members of the Peckerwoods criminal organization, our department is fulfilling its mission to protect the public from the most dangerous threats.

This gang, whose members “They use tattoos and Nazi iconography demonstrate your extremist ideology brutal white supremacy uses social media to share its activities and rules, identify members in good standing, and find those who break group rules. Sometimes they receive orders from Aryan Brotherhood and maintain an alliance with Mexican mafia which controls the Hispanic gangs of California.

(Europe Press)