Operation Falling Sun
Pacheco launched an 8-month investigation that resulted in 700 police officers from 35 different law enforcement agencies conducting the largest gang suppression operation in the history of Riverside County on March 27, 2009. The operation was conducted in conjunction with the service of two gang injunction lawsuits against two of the most violent Desert Hot Springs criminal street gangs.
Pacheco’s operation resulted in the arrest of 126 known gang members and other violent criminals, the removal of 50 firearms from the streets, and the seizure of drugs.
Pacheco told The Desert Sun regarding the Operation Falling Sun: “I want the gangs to feel like the sun has fallen on them.”
Three months after Operation Falling Sun, Pacheco announced along with Thomas P. O'Brien “Operation Falling Sun Phase II.” During an 11-month investigation, the preeminent drug distributors in Desert Hot Springs were uncovered and arrested and charged with federal drug charges.
The investigation uncovered the details of the drug dealers’ connection to the Mexican drug cartels. DEA Investigators, FBI agents, an ICE agent, and an IRS investigator have developed cases against the major distributors and followed the trail of ill-gained drug money.
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