{"id":12554,"date":"2026-06-04T22:36:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12554"},"modified":"2026-06-04T22:36:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T22:36:07","slug":"drug-users-swarmed-by-cops-in-sweeping-blitz-of-las-notorious-macarthur-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=12554","title":{"rendered":"Drug users swarmed by cops in sweeping blitz of LA&#8217;s notorious MacArthur Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; 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height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Police swarmed downtown Los Angeles\u2019s notorious MacArthur Park Thursday to bust addicts who flock to the open-air drug market to use in broad daylight.<\/p>\n<p>The California Post watched as dozens cops set upon the once-proud park\u2019s tragic turf, tackling cleanup of the eyesore that LA Mayor Karen Bass boasted about hosting viewing parties for the World Cup in just a few weeks.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Carlin Stiehl for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Carlin Stiehl for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Officers immediately targeted stupefied park-goers open smoking fentanyl near the litter strewn corner Alvarado and Seventh streets, placing several in handcuffs and hauling them away as others scurried from the scene.<\/p>\n<p>LA\u2019s top federal prosecutor, Bill Essayli, said the latest push is meant to target users themselves, after successful raids took out narco-gang leadership and major suppliers of fentanyl and methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cDrug use in the park is over,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Stella Magallanes, a homeless woman who spends her days in the park, said it\u2019s about time the authorities cracked down on drug use.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Carlin Stiehl for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Carlin Stiehl for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis whole park is out of control. This used to be my family\u2019s park but now people are blowing some of their poison drugs in my face,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there was a police presence here all the time it wouldn\u2019t be that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Once known as the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es\u00a0of Los Angeles, MacArthur Park dates back to the 1880s and is bisected by Wilshire Avenue. Featires include a lake, a bandshell and tennis courts.<\/p>\n<p>The park fell on hard times in the 1980s as drug dealers and gangs moved in, with as many as 30 murders occurring there in 1990. Today it\u2019s an epicenter for homelessness and drug use, with throngs of addicts buying fentanyl and meth there each day. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The LAPD\u2019s Gang and Narcotics Division put the park\u2019s dealers on notice in March, as officers arrested several leaders of the city\u2019s notorious 18th Street Gang, which controlled drugs sales on one side of the park. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Carlin Stiehl for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Pedro Colo for CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Among those arrested was suspected 18<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Street head of operations Keiko Gonzalez, better known as\u201cMoms,\u201d on racketeering and murder charges.<\/p>\n<p>During the monthlong investigation leading up to the dramatic bust, agents seized more than 175lbs of meth and fentanyl, $80,000 in cash and six firearms.<\/p>\n<p>The very next day, officers and FBI agents once again hit the park, this time searching storefronts on Alvardo Street that operated as drug dens for the 18th Street Gang\u2019s dealers.<\/p>\n<p>That night, officers recovered a garbage bag filled with cash and fentanyl from one of the drug hot spots there. <\/p>\n<p>In May, DEA agents led yet another raid of the park\u2019s deadly drug trade, with dozens of agents carrying out a series of arrests targeting the leadership of the prison-based Mexican Mafia, which supplied dope to the park\u2019s dealers via Mexico\u2019s Sinaloa cartel.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">CA Post<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"> <span class=\"credit\">Ringo Chiu<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wednesday\u2019s sweep heralded another chapter in the crackdown on the drug trade. Essayli said officers will now commence regular sweeps of the park to arrest addicts who until recently used drugs there with impunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re actually arresting people for using drugs in the park,\u201d said Essayli. \u201cThat\u2019s something that hasn\u2019t happened for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- \u603b\u5bb9\u5668\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u5bbd908px Grid\u7d27\u51d1\u5e03\u5c40 -->\r\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 728px 160px; gap:2px; width:908px; background:#eee; padding:2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u901a\u680f\u9876\u90e8\uff1a\u6700\u5927\u6a2a\u5e45 908x258 \u8de8\u6574\u884c -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; height:258px; background:#ff6b6b; display:grid; place-items:center;\">\r\n    <!-- JuicyAds v3.0 -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async src=\"https:\/\/poweredby.jads.co\/js\/jads.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins id=\"1114307\" data-width=\"908\" data-height=\"258\"><\/ins>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\" async>(adsbyjuicy = window.adsbyjuicy || []).push({'adzone':1114307});<\/script>\r\n<!--JuicyAds END-->\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u7b2c\u4e8c\u901a\u680f\uff1a728\u00d790 \u901a\u680f -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column:1\/-1; 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