Overview

• Operation Last Stand on June 1 brought together ICE, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office and federal partners
• Authorities served 116 warrants and arrested 80 individuals with criminal or immigration records, including affiliates of the Los Zetas cartel and Tren de Aragua
• A Honduran fugitive wanted for homicide under an Interpol Red Notice was among those taken into custody
• Investigators seized firearms, narcotics and cash while uncovering underage drinking and rescuing multiple potential trafficking victims
• The Charleston raid is part of a broader ICE enforcement push that arrested 1,461 illegal migrants in Massachusetts during May’s Operation Patriot