Overview

• The 12-count racketeering indictment filed in the Eastern District of Virginia charges nine members with murder in aid of racketeering, armed robbery, drug conspiracy and firearms offenses.
• Prosecutors allege the subunit carried out a June 2022 homicide in Alexandria, a July 2021 shooting in Washington, D.C., an August 2021 armed robbery in Florida and a January 2021 attempted murder in North Carolina.
• According to the indictment, the gang distributed multi-kilogram quantities of pressed fentanyl pills to finance its criminal operations.
• The indictment claims the organization recruited individuals under 18 to commit violent acts and traffic drugs on its behalf.
• If convicted, defendants face sentences ranging from 10 years to life in prison or the death penalty for certain murder and racketeering charges.