Overview
- Agents executed 25 arrest warrants Wednesday around MacArthur Park, making 18 arrests while seven suspects remain at large.
- Prosecutors said they seized about 40 pounds of fentanyl at a Calabasas home connected to the case.
- An affidavit names Mallaly Moreno-Lopez and Jackson Tarfur as key suppliers to the park for the 18th Street gang, and both are in custody facing potential 10-to-life sentences if convicted.
- The DEA led more than 200 personnel with LAPD support in a HIDTA task force that also searched nearby businesses used to stash drugs for street dealers.
- Officials say the network taps gang crews and Sinaloa Cartel supply lines, with initial court appearances set for Thursday and more enforcement actions expected.