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61 members of the Mongols Motorcycle gang, formed in Montebello, CA back in the early 1970's, were arrested by Local and Federal police agencies allowing a three year undercover investigation. Over 20 seized choppers, guns, and vest were on display for the media outside the LAPD headquarters...Authorities have filed papers seeking a court order to prevent Mongol gang members from using or displaying the gang's name and to allow law enforcement officers to stop anyone wearing a Mongols vest and to remove it...The multi-agency investigation included personnel from the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Montebello Police Department, Las Vegas Metro Police Department and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.. .The investigation involved four male ATF agents -- supported by four female ATF agents -- who infiltrated the gang and were involved in ``some of the most harrowing undercover work'' that U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien said he had seen.. .Agencies participating in the morning takedown included the California Highway Patrol; United States Marshals Service; Internal Revenue Service; Los Angeles , Whittier, West Covina, Glendale, Bell Gardens, Irwindale, Baldwin Park and Pomona police departments; Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; and the sheriff's departments of Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.
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Ted Soqui c 2008
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61 members of the Mongols Motorcycle gang, formed in Montebello, CA back in the early 1970's, were arrested by Local and Federal police agencies allowing a three year undercover investigation. Over 20 seized choppers, guns, and vest were on display for the media outside the LAPD headquarters...Authorities have filed papers seeking a court order to prevent Mongol gang members from using or displaying the gang's name and to allow law enforcement officers to stop anyone wearing a Mongols vest and to remove it...The multi-agency investigation included personnel from the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Montebello Police Department, Las Vegas Metro Police Department and federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.. .The investigation involved four male ATF agents -- supported by four female ATF agents -- who infiltrated the gang and were involved in ``some of the most harrowing undercover work'' that U.S. Attorney Thomas P. O'Brien said he had seen.. .Agencies participating in the morning takedown included the California Highway Patrol; United States Marshals Service; Internal Revenue Service; Los Angeles , Whittier, West Covina, Glendale, Bell Gardens, Irwindale, Baldwin Park and Pomona police departments; Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services; and the sheriff's departments of Riverside, San Bernardino and Ventura counties.