Charges Coming Against Latin King Leaders

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Oct 1, 2009 7:00PM

The feds will announce shortly new charges against area leaders of the Latin Kings gang, including boss figure Augustin Zambrano. Sayeth the Trib: "The U.S. attorney's office has scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference to announce a racketeering indictment against the gang's hierarchy, mostly from Chicago's Little Village neighborhood. The group sought to enrich themselves through the drug trade and preserved their power through "acts of murder, attempted murder" and other crimes, according to a statement from federal prosecutors." The operation against the Latin Kings, headed up by the ATF, was referred to as "Operation Broken Crown."