California DOJ assisted with investigation
“This type of operation not only sends a message to criminals, but it works to make communities safer. We commend the law enforcement officers who put the safety of others before their own and executed search warrants, making arrests of suspected dangerous individuals.”
– CSLEA President Alan Barcelona
FRESNO COUNTY – On June 26, 2025, more than 550 federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel executed 54 search warrants in the Fresno County city of Huron, and surrounding communities. Throughout the investigation, law enforcement seized firearms, ammunition, methamphetamine, heroin, and cocaine. Eighty-nine criminal street gang members and associates were arrested and charged with crimes in federal and state court.
The complaint, unsealed on June 27th, charges 38 members and associates of the Huron Dog Life, Coalinga Dog Life, and San Joaquin Ruthless Perro cliques of the Bulldog street gang with various drug and firearms trafficking offenses.
Four suspects remain wanted.
Fresno County Sheriff John Zanoni said, “The collective work done by all law enforcement agencies in this operation will undoubtedly improve the safety and overall quality of life for residents in Fresno County, particularly those living in our smaller rural communities.”
“This operation is a powerful example of what can be achieved when law enforcement agencies at every level work together with a shared mission: to protect our communities from violent criminal street gangs,” said Fresno County District Attorney Lisa Smittcamp.
According to the criminal complaint, in February 2024, investigators began an investigation into the Bulldog criminal street gang operating in Fresno County with a specific focus on the ongoing criminal activities of Bulldog cliques in Huron, Coalinga, and San Joaquin. The complaint alleges an extensive criminal conspiracy in which Bulldog members and associates — some of whom were inmates in California prisons and the Fresno County Jail — orchestrated various crimes, including drug and firearms trafficking. On several occasions, members of the drug trafficking conspiracy attempted to smuggle drugs hidden inside their bodies into jails or through holes they punctured in the walls. They used contraband phones to coordinate these smuggling attempts with other gang members and associates.
This case is the product of an investigation led by the
- FBI,
- Fresno County Multi-Agency Gang Enforcement Consortium (MAGEC),
- California Department of Justice Special Operations Unit,
- Fresno County Sheriff’s Office,
- California Highway Patrol,
- and the Fresno County District Attorney’s Office,
with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, the U.S. Marshals Service, the Police Departments of Fresno, Kingsburg, Coalinga, Kerman, Firebaugh, Lemoore, Parlier, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and the Kings County Sheriff’s Office.
If convicted, the defendants face a range of sentences from 10 years to life in prison.
