(NewsNation) — Federal agents over the weekend arrested 70 migrants during a raid at a South Carolina nightclub authorities allege is run by a suspected member of a Mexican cartel.
The 3 a.m. operation, dubbed “Operation Last Stand,” took place Sunday at the Alamo, which is described as an underground, illegally run nightclub in Summerville. Summerville is located about 25 miles outside of Charleston.
ABC News 4 reported that around 200 federal, state and local agents descended on the club and arrested 80 people, the vast majority of them in the U.S. illegally. Authorities also recovered drugs, guns and cash from the premises.
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