CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — The Department of Justice announced Wednesday that the U.S. Attorney's Office has charged 18 individuals in separate criminal cases as part of the nationwide initiative, Operation Take Back America.

Operation Take Back America was established to repel illegal immigration, eliminate the presence of cartels and transnational criminal organizations and protect communities from perpetrators of violent crime. The operations streamline efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forecast and Project Safe Neighborhood.

The 18 people were charged last week, and the alleged offenses include:

Walter Adonai Rivera Chinchilla, 24, of Charlotte and Fausto Odalis Reyes Guevara, 27, of Honduras, were charged via a superseding in

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