teams from homeland security and immigration and customs enforcement stormed properties associated with 239 crime syndicates following a six-week operation known as project wildfire .
officials from 215 local , state and federal law-enforcement agencies seized hoards of weapons , drugs and cash at the addresses and at least 913 have already been charged with a range of crimes including rape , murder and sexual assault .
as they were booked into jail , some of the suspects were forced to take off their ink - many of which are believed to be tied to gangs .