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Federal law and order operation targets LA's largest street gang as authorities arrest alleged 18th Street members using homeless tents for drugs. Gang has emerged this Friday as one of the stories drawing attention in Ireland.

Key facts

• Federal law and order operation targets LA's largest street gang as authorities arrest alleged 18th Street members using homeless tents for drugs.
• Brief notes about the three stories that are featured in This Week in Gang land.
• The 66-year-old gangster confessed to outraged family and friends of the slain victims who opposed his early release from a life sentence that he "destroyed" their families and doesn't deserve forgiveness as he nears a likely parole from a 25-years-to-life state prison term.
• Get the latest gangs news, articles, videos and photos on the New York Post.
• Kayla Alvarenga, 23, was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday for ordering her Bay Shore-based gang, "Family Over Everything, Everybody Killed,” to kill Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29.

What we know

Going deeper, Brief notes about the three stories that are featured in This Week in Gang land.

On the substance, the 66-year-old gangster confessed to outraged family and friends of the slain victims who opposed his early release from a life sentence that he "destroyed" their families and doesn't deserve forgiveness as he nears a likely parole from a 25-years-to-life state prison term.

Beyond the headlines, Get the latest gangs news, articles, videos and photos on the New York Post.

More precisely, Kayla Alvarenga, 23, was sentenced to life without parole Tuesday for ordering her Bay Shore-based gang, "Family Over Everything, Everybody Killed,” to kill Linver Ortiz Ponce, 29.

It is worth noting that the teen who fled the country after allegedly gunning down a 15-year-old boy when a bitter gang-fueled brawl erupted at a Queens park has been arrested.

By the numbers

At this stage, NYPD identifies teen who allegedly gunned down boy, 15, when gang beef erupted at innocent water gun fight.

On a related note, Zahir Davis, 18 — reportedly a member of the emerging BG4 gang — has been confirmed as the gunman in the brazen caught-on-video shooting of Jaden Pierre inside Roy Wilkins...

Going deeper, Suspected Bloods, Crips, MS-13 gangbangers nabbed in Long Island crackdown: 'Safest county in America.

On the substance, 15-year-old dead, 2 injured in gang-related shooting at popular Long Island park.

What they're saying

“It is a very powerful position, and there are very few of them, but they exert in a tremendous amount of control.”

The wider context

On a related note, ICE agents shoot 18th Street Gang member who 'weaponized his vehicle' in California.

Going deeper, three alleged members of MS-13 hunted humans across California and Nevada during a murder spree to boost their standing in the gang, a court has heard.

On the substance, the male attacker stormed up to the unsuspecting teen around 7:35 p.m. as he walked on 34th Avenue near 82nd Street and asked him, “What set?”, referring to gangs, authorities...

Beyond the headlines, FBI raids took place in both Los Angeles and Orange counties in what federal officials called "Operation Gangsta's Paradise." Arrest warrants were served in Anaheim, Santa Ana and Lakewood, during which 25 alleged gang members were arrested.

More precisely, According to the DOJ, the indictment alleges that Luis Cardenas, 48, who was an inmate at Ironwood State Prison, oversaw gang operations in Orange County and at other prison facilities from June 2024 to April 2026.

The bottom line

• The 66-year-old gangster confessed to outraged family and friends of the slain victims who opposed his early release from a life sentence that he "destroyed" their families and doesn't deserve forgiveness as he nears a likely parole from a 25-years-to-life state prison term.
• The teen who fled the country after allegedly gunning down a 15-year-old boy when a bitter gang-fueled brawl erupted at a Queens park has been arrested.
• Three alleged members of MS-13 hunted humans across California and Nevada during a murder spree to boost their standing in the gang, a court has heard.