Who put a bee in los federales bonnets?
Federal agents and local police swept into Chelsea, Somerville, and East Boston yesterday in an attempt to arrest dozens of suspects, some believed to be members of a violent Salvadoran gang, on outstanding warrants.
The sweep, dubbed Operation 13, had been in the planning stages for weeks in response to crimes perpetrated by the MS-13 gang, said Chelsea police Captain Brian Kyes. He said the operation targeted up to 50 people and was headed by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency and included officials from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Middlesex Sheriff’s Department; police from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority; and local police departments.
Surely we will soon hear about how these raids are putting a "chill" on the relationship with minor law breakers and the police, because it will keep the illegals from narking out those who are bad criminals, like the members of MS-13. Oh, what a tangled web!
Nice to see los federales being allowed to do their jobs, though, eh?
