Operation Devil Horns

The Takedown of MS-13 in San Francisco

By: Michael Santini, Ray Bolger

Narrated by: John McLain

In a bid to take down MS-13's criminal network in the Mission District of San Francisco, Michael Santini, a special agent with Homeland Security Investigations, recruits a pair of hardened gang members and convinces them to risk their lives as criminal informants. Set in a city with one of the strictest sanctuary policies protecting illegal immigrants in America, Operation Devil Horns illustrates how politically correct ideology impacts life-or-death crime fighting on the streets.

Through the informants' eyes, Operation Devil Horns offers a rare glimpse into the pervasive criminal subculture of MS-13, a gang of Spanish-speaking immigrants that still terrorizes pockets of American society today - including their own compatriots. The case begins with a focus on the gang in San Francisco, eventually widening to include a network that reaches across borders. Santini tracks down the gang's leadership from the Bay Area to the prison cells of corrupt Central American regimes. Eventually, it takes the cold-blooded murder of three family members in San Francisco to shake the American public out of complacency and focus sober attention on a growing and violent threat.

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Just WOW

An amazing account of how the detail went down. Great work to everyone involved in the operation. The retelling was great. Never a dull moment. Didn't want to stop listening!

Great book but the reader had goofy pronunciations

Dude it's pronounced "click". For the love of god you almost ruined a great book. please don't over analyze the English language and pronounce words in a goofy ways

awesome

loved it, felt like I was in a episode of gang life, great book !!

Good story, annoying narrator

Decent book but hard to get through because of performance/delivery. The story was literally 1/2 over before I could settle in.

Narrator (John McLain) sounds like SNL's Adam Samberg's impersonation of Nicholas Cage. Yes, funny because it's overwrought but also totally distracting for the length of an audiobook. Why should the listener have to work so hard? And why do publishing houses employ narration with oratorical peculiarities? In the audiobook realm, a narrator can make or break an otherwise good title.
Story itself was good. Unexpected side note: The story reveals some not-so-nice things about certain left-leaning California politicians, some of whom you'll know, choosing identity politics & party affiliation/career over public safety. Yikes. For shame.
-a former Democrat

The best excuse we got to build the wall

Excellent book.
The story as told by the people that were there.

As an immigrant to this country that came here looking for a better life and freedom from oppression I say this much.

This book is the best reason we got to build the wall and control who come into the country and who doesn’t.

Good story

Enjoyed it. Started off good, then went shallow for about a chapter, then was pretty intense for the rest of the book.

Excellent operation Details. Needs to be a movie!!

Disappointed that blue party does not agree in the need of security measures for our nation/ borders. If amazing how the D.A. Did a horrible job and now she is a candidate for VP. Thank you to all the agent that risk their life to take down this type of trash.

Brutal.

Great listen. I started with The Black hand. 2 thumbs up! What should I read next?

Loved it

Tells the inside story of what it takes to keep case control at a federal. Loved it! Thank you

A perfect telling of government corruption and the failure of sanctuary cities to protect legal, law abiding citizens

This is a great telling of how corrupt certain government bodies are; the failure of sanitary cities and how absolutely terrible and far reaching the MS 13 gang is.