Brownwood Gang members would travel from Texas to California to trade guns for drugs and then other gang members would illegally sell those guns and also narcotics throughout Southern California.
The FBI and several local police departments in Orange County announced a crackdown on a couple of gangs including the Brownwood Gang, which is largely based in Anaheim at a news conference on Wednesday.
Sixteen alleged members of the Brownwood street gang are facing charges including:
- Felon in Possession of Ammunition
- Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime
- Possession of Unregistered Firearms and a Destructive Device
- Possession of Firearms Not Identified by a Serial Number
- Transporting Unregistered Firearms and a Destructive Device in Interstate Commerce
Ten of those people were arrested and three of them including Jonathan Castaneda, Cassandra Camacho and Cristobal Flores are considered fugitives.
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