Summer crackdown on gangs leads to 1,759 arrests

By The Associated Press

In a four-month crackdown on illegal gang activity, local, state and federal law enforcement arrested 1,759 people in 28 states, from 33 countries.

The top 20 countries represented are:

Mexico — 1,096

United States — 392

El Salvador — 75

Honduras — 44

Guatemala — 32

Cambodia — 28

Cape Verde — 18

Dominican Republic — 12

Portugal — 10

Colombia — 9

Cuba — 5

Haiti — 5

Jamaica — 5

Nicaragua — 3

Brazil — 2

Chile — 2

Ecuador — 2

Laos — 2

Trinidad and Tobago — 2

Vietnam — 2