Overview
- Federal officials said the Homeland Security Task Force investigations, announced Monday, led to charges against more than 25 people and to seizures of over 80 guns, about 18 kilograms of drugs, and more than $100,000.
- Prosecutors filed cases in six districts: Colorado, Southern Florida, Northern Indiana, Middle Tennessee, Western Tennessee, and Eastern Washington.
- The Justice Department said many defendants are foreign nationals in the U.S. illegally from Venezuela, Colombia, or Honduras.
- The operation ran through Joint Task Force Vulcan and the Homeland Security Task Force with support from the FBI, DEA, ATF, HSI, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Secret Service, and the U.S. Marshals Service.
- Since January 2025, DOJ reports more than 260 suspected members have been federally charged, with recent undercover cases involving guns with erased serial numbers and sales of “tusi,” a pink drug that often contains ketamine or MDMA.