This comes from a hand-out reporter Emma Gallegos received this morning at the Montebello Police Department:

• The investigation was handled by the ATF the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the Montebello PD and the Las Vegas Metro PD.
• ATF agents, deputies and police officers obtained 160 search warrants and 110 arrest warrants for the sweep this morning.
• 1500 cops were involved in the various searches and arrests. Warrants were served in California, Nevada, Colorado, Oregon, Washington and Ohio.
• Mongols members are being charged with murder, attempted murder, assault, firearms violations, and narcotics violations. The prosecution will be a RICO case.
• The Mongols and their associates are a heavily armed and violent cang. There are approximately 600 members in the US and 400 of those memberrs are in California. The gang was recruiting street gang members.
• Among those arrested were former Mongols National President Rueben “Doc” Cavazos.
• The sweep is this second time since 2001 that the gang has been targeted by federal authorities.