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Operation Devil Horns delivers a high-impact, true insider account of one of the largest federal takedowns of a criminal gang in U.S. history. The story follows a four-year investigation that begins in San Francisco and grows to include criminal networks spanning three countries' borders. Politicians, cops, and criminals meet at center stage.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Acknowledgments
Prelude
PART I
Chapter 1: Operation Card Shark
Chapter 2: Diego Gets Arrested
Chapter 3: First Collaboration with SFPD
Chapter 4: Turning an Informant
Chapter 5: Clueless in San Francisco
Chapter 6: Informant 1301 Dives In
Chapter 7: Meetup at Tommy's Joynt
Chapter 8: Peloncito Threatens Tigre
Chapter 9: Hell in Honduras
Chapter 10: Casper Turns Ratta
Chapter 11: Making the Case in D.C.
Chapter 12: Cyco and Peloncito on the Rise
Chapter 13: The Cagey Coke King
Chapter 14: Tracking Guns in Reno
Chapter 15: Success
Chapter 16: Foiled Sting
Chapter 17: Growing Pressure
PART II
Chapter 18: A Proven Prosecutor
Chapter 19: Devil Horns Grows
Chapter 20: 20th Street Power Shift
Chapter 21: Outside the Lines in El Sal
Chapter 22: Diego Returns
Chapter 23: Norteño War Heats Up
Chapter 24: Drive-By Horror: The Final Straw
Chapter 25: Human Hunters Increase the Heat
Chapter 26: Sanctuary City in Panic
Chapter 27: Green-Light for Takedown
Chapter 28: Zero Hour
Epilogue
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Michael Santini is the penname of a career special agent with Homeland Security Investigations. He previously served as a border patrol agent in San Diego, California. For his work as lead case agent on Operation Devil Horns, Michael received a distinguished service medal from the U.S. Attorney General. He has a master's degree in criminal justice from John Jay College in New York.
Ray Bolger is a journalist with over twenty years of experience covering business, technology, finance, government, and crime. His published articles have appeared in many leading outlets including The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Hill, and Forbes magazine.
Zusammenfassung
Operation Devil Horns delivers a high-impact, true insider account of one of the largest federal takedowns of a criminal gang in U.S. history. The story follows a four-year investigation that begins in San Francisco and grows to include criminal networks spanning three countries’ borders. Politicians, cops, and criminals meet at center stage.
