(LOS ANGELES) -- About 1,000 law enforcement officers executed dozens of search warrants in the Los Angeles Fashion District on Wednesday, arresting nine people and seizing at least $65 million in cash from businesses linked to international drug cartels.
According to the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Central District of California, one of the indictments unsealed on Wednesday accused the Sinaloa Drug Cartel of using a business in the Fashion District to accept and launder ransom payments for the release of a U.S. citizen who had been kidnapped, held hostage and tortured in Mexico.
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