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Los Angeles – For decades, the infamous Figuera Street corridor in downtown Los Angeles has been a vague paradise for sex workers and human trafficking.
To remove a particularly outrageous gang, the federal government and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) have executed a pre-dawn bust targeting 11 suspects in order to remove a gender ring, allegedly held in the area. Allegedly taking drugsrape and sell women and children under the age of 14.
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Fox News was embedded only in the Wednesday morning operation to shoot down the Hoover Street gang. The Fed said members of the Hoover gang boldly posted pictures on social media with a bunch of cash, designer clothes and cars to attract vulnerable women to do sex work and promise a luxurious lifestyle.
Instead, the 150-page criminal complaint says that women end up being enslaved by the trafficking business where they were ruthlessly beaten, raped and sold.
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The partnership between the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the Los Angeles Police Department conducted Operation Broken Blade early Wednesday morning. (Fox News)
Operation Broken Blade successfully detained 10 of the 11 targets. A suspect, 31, has managed to escape and keep the entire suspect – but Isrel is regarded as a fugitive by the Justice Department, who is actively looking for him.
A woman, Ammaya Amstead, says federal investigators Human traffickers. Armsted’s nickname, Lady Duck, even tattooed on the bodies of at least four victims.
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Called “Lady Duck” on the street, Amaya Armstead was identified as the main target and prolific figure of human trafficking. (fox)
this Criminal Complaints A case of accusation: “Armstead posted a video of herself assaulting a woman in a convenience store, pressing her down with her hair, kicking and kneeling her… The woman shouted that she was pregnant, but the defendant Armstead continued to assault her.”
The federal government said the gang used to sell a downtown motel for women and minors, and federal agents surrounded one of the 11 suspects and detained him.
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The Hoover gang publicly show off a bunch of cash, luxury clothing and high-end cars on social media to give vulnerable women a promise of a charming lifestyle. (fox)
Police said they also rescued four victims, including minors, during the operation.

11 out of 11 people were arrested after an operation to remove the street gang in Hoover. (fox)
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The defendant is charged with various crimes, including sexual trafficking by minors, sexual trafficking by force, fraud or coercion; drug trafficking and Gun charges, According to criminal proceedings. If convicted, everyone is in prison for decades.

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