High-Level Cartel Members Arrested in South Carolina Following DEA Investigation – Knowhere News
- Federal and local law enforcement raided The Alamo, a cartel-operated underground nightclub in Summerville, South Carolina, on early Sunday 2025.
- The raid followed a months-long investigation called Operation Last Stand, triggered by noise complaints and tips revealing drug, weapon, and human trafficking at the club.
- The operation involved 14 agencies with roughly 200 personnel, resulting in 80 arrests, including two high-level cartel members and a Honduran fugitive wanted for homicide.
- Officials recovered firearms, narcotics, bulk cash, seven trafficking victims, and a missing juvenile while Benjamin Reyna-Flores, suspected Los Zetas member, faced state and federal charges.
- Authorities hailed the operation as an important milestone in weakening cartel networks and anticipate that ongoing investigations and arrests will help curb drug-related violence in the area.
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High-Level Cartel Members Arrested in South Carolina Following DEA Investigation – Knowhere News
A breakthrough has come out of South Carolina, where several high-ranking members of a drug cartel were arrested in a large-scale operation carried out by federal and local law enforcement. Authorities have described the suspects as “high-level” players within the cartel, pointing to their leadership roles in a sophisticated drug trafficking operation that has impacted multiple states. According to reports, the arrests were made during a planned…
ICE storms cartel-run nightclub, arrests 72 migrants including murder suspect
Federal immigration agents raided a cartel-operated nightclub in South Carolina early Sunday, arresting more than 70 illegal migrants, including a Honduran fugitive wanted for homicide, according to the Department of Homeland Security.
On May 3, 72 undocumented migrants were reported arrested; authorities of the U.S. Department of National Security (DHS) reported that the detainees had links to organized crime in Mexico. The arrest occurred in Charleston, South Carolina. U.S. security elements broke into the El Alamo bar, where ICE agents were previously notified that weapons and narcotics were being trafficked on the site, just as money was being washed. YOU MAY BE INTERESTED…
ICE Operation Results in More Than 70 Illegal Alien Arrests at Cartel-Run Night Club near Charleston
DHS released the following statement after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 72 illegal aliens at a nightclub run by a suspected member of the Los Zetas Cartel during an operation in the Charleston, South Carolina area over the weekend.
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