Feds announce drug and gun charges, then make gang claims they won’t have to prove

In federal court, officials didn’t charge this as a racketeering or organized crime gang case. In the actual counts charged, there is no mention of gang membership or activity, so the agents won’t have to prove those connections in court. The vast majority of the charges are alleged gun and drug crimes, including possession of firearms and ammunition by undocumented immigrants, along with trafficking methamphetamine, cocaine and Ecstasy.

There aren't racketeering or gang charges, but the feds still crow about how they've disrupted a criminal gang. What they are saying publicly and what they are saying to the court are different.