EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: DHS nabs numerous suspects in dramatic sting of rival LA gangs

In a sweeping, pre-dawn raid successful Los Angeles connected Tuesday, 12 wanted criminals were arrested successful a melodramatic seven-agency sting led by the Department of Homeland Security.

The bust was the culmination of a nearly two-year probe dubbed "Operation Supper’s Ready," that targeted dueling transnational gangs that U.S. officials accidental are exploiting and terrorizing the United States.    

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Some of the suspects are charged with attempted murder, kidnapping and fraud. One strategy unsocial stole $83 cardinal successful Amazon goods, according to tribunal documents.

The bust was the culmination of a nearly two-year probe dubbed "Operation Supper’s Ready." (Fox News)

"What you're seeing present is portion of the (Trump) Administration's priorities. We're going aft transnational transgression organizations, convulsive and organized crime, going retired into the assemblage and getting the astir unsafe folks retired of here," said Bill Essayli, the L.A.-based United States Attorney for the Central District of California.

The gangs that were targeted are Armenian-led, but they’re yet transnational with members calved successful assorted countries, including Iran and Azerbaijan. The organized transgression syndicates besides person ties to the Mexican mafia and, successful 1 instance, hired an assassin from the Sureño gang, who changeable 2 radical successful a murder-for-hire plot, sidesplitting 1 of them.

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"This has been going connected for years, "Essayli said. "This peculiar gang, these Armenian gangs here, person been terrorizing the community."

Fox News got exclusive entree with DHS arsenic it carried retired a afloat armored search-and-arrest of 1 of the suspects astatine his location earlier sunrise successful an upscale L.A. country neighborhood. Luxury SUVs were parked retired front.

Areg Bezik is charged with mounting up fake transportation companies that picked up tens of millions of dollars successful Amazon goods similar appliances and quality products and past delivered them to his ain warehouse to beryllium stored oregon re-sold.  

"It's a privilege to beryllium present connected a visa oregon different impermanent presumption wrong our country," said Bill Essayli, the L.A.-based United States Attorney for the Central District of California. (Fox News)

"This peculiar idiosyncratic is present connected a Visa. He's engaged successful a tremendous magnitude of amerciable enactment arsenic we laic retired successful our complaint. If he's convicted, helium volition beryllium removed from the country," Essayli said.

Among those arrested were the alleged leaders of 2 competing gangs, identified arsenic the "Amiryan Organized Crime Group" and "Artuni Enterprise." Officials accidental they were successful a powerfulness conflict crossed Los Angeles and successful Florida, wherever determination was besides an cognition Tuesday that netted 1 arrest.

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The competing gangs are accused of terrorizing their American neighborhoods, shooting astatine each different and successful 1 lawsuit kidnapping and torturing different member, capturing the unit connected video.

The hostility betwixt the 2 was evident astatine the bid halfway connected Tuesday wherever they were being collectively gathered and processed. At constituent there, portion 2 of the men were handcuffed and chained astatine the feet, 1 of them slammed his assemblage into another, starring to a shouting lucifer and instrumentality enforcement separating the two.

"This is purely an cognition that makes the assemblage overmuch safer," said  HSI Los Angeles Acting Deputy Special Agent successful Charge Dwayne Angebrandt.

DHS and the U.S. Attorney successful Los Angeles told Fox connected tract that the quality to marque arrests astatine location and transportation retired these types of stings has go overmuch easier nether the Trump administration.

"We've been capable to spell aft these criminals overmuch much robustly and capable to onslaught them wherever they live," Angebrandt said.

Fox News got exclusive entree with DHS arsenic it carried retired a afloat armored search-and-arrest of 1 of the suspects astatine his location earlier sunrise successful an upscale L.A. country neighborhood. (Fox News)

The U.S. Attorney’s Office says astir $100,000 successful cash, 3 armored vehicles, and 14 firearms were recovered during the bust and 1 fishy remains astatine large.

If convicted, the defendants could look betwixt 10 years and beingness successful national prison, arsenic good arsenic deportation.

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"It's a privilege to beryllium present connected a visa oregon different impermanent presumption wrong our country. So they are visitors, they interruption our laws, and they'll beryllium prosecuted, hopefully convicted, and past removed," said Essayli.

Law enforcement tells Fox the sting got its sanction "Operation Supper's Ready" based disconnected a representation depicting immoderate of the suspects enjoying a "mob-style" dinner.