The Brief
- The FBI’s nationwide Operation Summer Heat 2.0 resulted in more than 8,900 arrests, 5,000 firearms seized and hundreds of children recovered, including eight in the Chicago area.
- In Chicago, agents arrested 88 suspected violent offenders, recovered 47 firearms and made 40 major narcotics seizures while targeting gangs, child predators and other violent offenders.
- Three alleged Tren de Aragua members were federally charged in a South Side kidnapping and killing, while investigators also seized firearms and illegal “switches” that can convert pistols into automatic weapons.
CHICAGO – A nationwide FBI crackdown on violent crime has led to dozens of arrests in Chicago.
Operation Summer Heat 2.0
The backstory:
The investigations spanned the nation and the crimes ranged from drug trafficking and carjackings to kidnapping and murder.
It’s all part of a coordinated crackdown on violent crime. …