Feds rescue 4 victims including minor in massive LA sex trafficking bust targeting gang

For decades, the infamous Figueora Street corridor in downtown Los Angeles has been a seedy haven for sex workers and human trafficking. 

Fox News was exclusively embedded during Wednesday's early-morning operation aimed at taking down the Hoover street gang. The feds say members of the Hoover gang brazenly posted pictures on social media with stacks of cash, designer clothes and cars to lure vulnerable women into sex work with the promise of a lavish lifestyle.

Instead, the 150-page criminal complaint says women ended up enslaved in a human trafficking enterprise in which they were mercilessly beaten, raped and sold for sex.

Operation Broken Blade successfully took into custody 10 out of 11 of its targets. One suspect, 31-year-old Bryan Isrel managed to flee and remains at large - but Isrel is considered a fugitive by the DOJ, which is actively searching for him.

At a downtown motel, which the Feds allege is a site that the gang uses to sell women and minors, federal agents surrounded one of their eleven suspects and took him into custody. 

Police say during the operation they also rescued four victims, including a minor.