LADSON — Nearly a week after federal, state and local law enforcement hauled off 80 people from a 24-hour nightclub in a large-scale sting , few records associated with the operation have been made public.

Most of those documents never will be, according to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) public affairs officer, Lindsay Williams.

“There’s mountains of paperwork,” Williams said. "You won't get it."

The majority of people rounded up around 3 a.m. on June 1 were detained for civil issues with their immigration status. But the bust also yielded a handful of criminal arrests, including at least two people accused of being "high-level" cartel members and one person allegedly wanted for an international murder.

Law enforcement has been tight-lipped about releasing the names of

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