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Ripon Advance
September 26, 2017
... and they pointed to joint federal investigations like Operation Matador in New York as potential models for law enforcers going forward.
HuffPost
September 15, 2017
... Operation Ivy Serpent, Operation Ivy Cyclone, Operation Trailblazer, Operation Matador, Operation Thunder/Lightning were well-intentioned ...
Lompoc Record
September 8, 2017
Media will be allowed to cover the high-profile court case stemming from "Operation Matador," a 2016 sting in which alleged members of the ...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom
June 14, 2017
NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, along with ICE Enforcement ...
Santa Maria Sun
April 13, 2017
Journalists and the rest of the public waited more than two hours outside a second story courtroom on April 7 at the Santa Maria Courthouse to ...
Ripon Advance
September 26, 2017
... and they pointed to joint federal investigations like Operation Matador in New York as potential models for law enforcers going forward.
HuffPost
September 15, 2017
... Operation Ivy Serpent, Operation Ivy Cyclone, Operation Trailblazer, Operation Matador, Operation Thunder/Lightning were well-intentionedÃÂ ...
KSBY San Luis Obispo News
September 11, 2017
Santa Maria police say crime throughout the city has decreased over the past two years since Operation Matador when several suspectedÃÂ ...
Lompoc Record
September 8, 2017
Media will be allowed to cover the high-profile court case stemming from "Operation Matador," a 2016 sting in which alleged members of theÃÂ ...
Miami Herald
August 26, 2017
In June, ICE announced it had arrested 39 suspected MS-13 members in New York in “Operation Matador,” and detained or arrested a total ofÃÂ ...
The National Enquirer
August 22, 2017
The sweep comes on the heels of June's Operation Matador — a joint federal-state initiative — which nabbed a total of 45 gang-bangers inÃÂ ...
WNYC
August 7, 2017
Homeland Security launched “Operation Matador” this past May, after the murdered teens on Long Island were found hacked to death byÃÂ ...
The Guardian
July 28, 2017
... who did not want to be named or interviewed, picked up as part of Operation Matador, a gang and immigration enforcement effort headed byÃÂ ...
The White House (blog)
July 27, 2017
Operation Matador -- up in New York State: Since May 9th has netted over 100 gang members and affiliates, the vast majority of MS-13ÃÂ ...
Politico
July 27, 2017
"Recently, two MS-13 members who were juveniles arrested as part of operation matador have been implicated in the quadruple homicide ofÃÂ ...
NorthFulton.com
July 25, 2017
Insurgents surrounded his platoon during Operation Matador in mountainous territory. Ambushed, his unit came under heavy attack for six daysÃÂ ...
KEYT
July 18, 2017
Chief Hansen says he worked closely with the department on Operation Matador arresting alleged MS 13 gang members suspecting of killingÃÂ ...
The Maritime Executive
July 17, 2017
Operation Matador was now in play, but the media found out about the secret mission and the story became front-page news. The SovietÃÂ ...
Noozhawk
July 12, 2017
“Operation Matador would not have gone as planned if not for Measure U,” Haydon said, referring to the law enforcement effort to arrestÃÂ ...
Guns.com
June 16, 2017
The arrests were part of Operation Matador, a multi-agency initiative including ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, the TransnationalÃÂ ...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Newsroom
June 14, 2017
NEW YORK – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New York, along with ICE EnforcementÃÂ ...
WABC-TV
June 14, 2017
Operation Matador -- a collaboration involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations New York, ICEÃÂ ...
Santa Maria Sun
April 13, 2017
Journalists and the rest of the public waited more than two hours outside a second story courtroom on April 7 at the Santa Maria Courthouse toÃÂ ...
Lompoc Record
December 31, 1999
... ended with Operation Matador, an investigation and the subsequent arrests of more than a dozen members of the international criminal gangÃÂ ...
Santa Maria Sun
March 9, 2017
... the Sun would unearth a local example of fake news in early December of last year, but that's what happened when we discovered the Santa Maria Police Department and Chief Ralph Martin had issued a "ruse" press release as part of Operation Matador,ÃÂ ...
Noozhawk
February 15, 2017
Brice - an invaluable and dedicated member of the detective bureau, the chief said - wrote most of the search warrants for 178 telephone line records for Operation Matador. "His work ethic is inspiring as he devotes 100 percent to all his cases ...
KEYT
January 31, 2017
"Where we had four times as many homicides and all the suspects that we arrested in Operation Matador were in the country illegally," Martin said.
Santa Maria Sun
October 27, 2016
In July, a Santa Barbara County criminal grand jury indicted 17 suspected members of the notoriously violent MS-13 gang on more than 50 felony counts, including murder, witness intimidation, and conspiracy to commit murder.
Santa Maria Sun
October 6, 2016
In March, the SMPD led Operation Matador that nabbed 17 suspected members of MS-13, who were all indicted by a Santa Barbara County criminal grand jury last July.
Lompoc Record
October 4, 2016
Local law enforcement responded with Operation Matador, which rounded up dozens of gang members and suspects, including members of the notorious MS-13 gang.
Irish Independent
August 30, 2016
A major review of 'Operation Matador', the cross-border cattle movement shutdown because of BSE was under way this week 20 years ago.
Huffington Post
August 10, 2016
... he served two deployments with 3rd Battalion 2nd Marines in support of Operation IRAQI FREEDOM and was awarded the Silver Star, the nation's third highest award for valor, for his actions near the Al-Romana Bridge during Operation MATADOR in MayÃÂ ...
Lompoc Record
July 22, 2016
The defendants, among 16 people arrested in March during a sting dubbed Operation Matador, appeared at Santa Maria Superior Court Friday morning.
UFC
July 21, 2016
Brian Stann joins Jim and Matt to preview UFC on Fox: Holm vs. Shevchenko, and discuss Jon Jones, Brian's final fight against Wanderlei Silva, and his experiences during Operation Matador. Later, Women's Bantamweight Champion Amanda Nunes calls inÃÂ ...
Santa Maria Sun
July 14, 2016
The indictments cover the suspected MS-13 members and associates who were arrested during Operation Matador, the March 3 Santa Maria Police Department (SMPD) operation that served warrants at 12 locations spanning from Santa Maria to Columbus,ÃÂ ...
Santa Barbara Independent
July 12, 2016
It became the focus of a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) task force in 2004, according to that agency's website. Just four months ago, 15 alleged MS-13 gang members or associates were arrested in "Operation Matador," a federal and local ...
The San Luis Obispo Tribune
July 11, 2016
The indictments, handed down Friday, cover defendants arrested March 3 during Operation Matador, a multiagency effort that led to 16 people being taken into custody.
Lompoc Record
July 11, 2016
The July 8 indictment by the Santa Barbara criminal grand jury relates to March's Operation Matador, where 15 alleged MS-13 gang members or associates were arrested during a collaborative multi-agency effort that involved search warrants being servedÃÂ ...
KEYT
July 5, 2016
Police are investigating if this is gang related. "With Operation Matador if you look at the lull, we got the right people, as far as this, it doesn't sound like this has anything to do with this group" says Lt.
The Clermont Sun
June 9, 2016
Nick was killed on May 11, 2005 when his armored vehicle was hit by an IED during Operation Matador in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq.
Lompoc Record
May 2, 2016
Residents of the city saw the result of the police department's work earlier this year during Operation Matador, which resulted in multiple arrests of members of the gang MS-13 and ended a rash of gang-related homicides that plagued the city.
Lompoc Record
April 30, 2016
A court hearing to set a preliminary hearing date for 15 of the 16 people arrested during the Operation Matador sting was continued Friday to July 22 after one defendant refused to waive his right to a speedy preliminary hearing.
Noozhawk
April 29, 2016
The defendants were taken into custody as part of the Santa Maria Police Department-led Operation Matador on March 3, with arrests made in Santa Maria, Oxnard, Bakersfield and Ohio.
Noozhawk
April 29, 2016
The defendants were taken into custody as part of the Santa Maria Police Department-led Operation Matador on March 3, with arrests made in Santa Maria, Oxnard, Bakersfield and Ohio.
Lompoc Record
April 6, 2016
Gang violence issues have always been a high priority for the city of Santa Maria, but they have been of significant importance lately with the arrest of 16 people during Santa Maria Police Department's Operation Matador, which brought down members of ...
Lompoc Record
March 24, 2016
A preliminary hearing for 13 of the 16 people arrested during Operation Matador earlier this month was set Thursday for April 29.
KSBY San Luis Obispo News
March 24, 2016
Fifteen of the 16 suspected MS-13 gang members arrested in a raid dubbed "Operation Matador" were back in a Santa Maria courtroom on Thursday.
Lompoc Record
March 23, 2016
Santa Maria Police Chief Ralph Martin spoke of recent suppression activity in the city - including the results of the recent Operation Matador which netted more than a dozen arrests of MS-13 gang members - to start the meeting. But it was all aboutÃÂ ...
KSBY San Luis Obispo News
March 24, 2016
Fifteen of the 16 suspected MS-13 gang members arrested in a raid dubbed "Operation Matador" were back in a Santa Maria courtroom on Thursday.
Lompoc Record
March 23, 2016
Santa Maria Police Chief Ralph Martin spoke of recent suppression activity in the city - including the results of the recent Operation Matador which netted more than a dozen arrests of MS-13 gang members - to start the meeting. But it was all aboutÃÂ ...
