Federal agents gather evidence from a business as they launched a series of raids in the downtown Los Angeles fashion district. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Federal agents work to access a storefront in the 700 block of East Pico Boulevard as they launched a series of raids in the downtown Los Angeles fashion district. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Officers guard a storefront in the 1000 block of Towne Avenue where the glass doors were smashed to gain entry as federal agents launched a series of raids in the downtown Los Angeles fashion district. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Business continued in the fashion district as federal agents gathered evidence at storefront on East Ducasse Alley near South San Pedro Street. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Law enforcement officers raided dozens of businesses in Los Angeles’ downtown fashion district early Wednesday. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
Streets were blocked off as hundreds of local police officers and federal agents conducted early-morning raids of businesses in Los Angeles’ downtown fashion district early Wednesday. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)
