FBI Dallas agents and their law enforcement partners arrested 186 individuals and identified or located 49 child victims during a nationwide initiative targeting violent crime.
According to a Tuesday announcement, the arrests were part of Operation Summer Heat 2.0, a four-month effort involving federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
Between June 1 and September 20, FBI Dallas worked with North Texas law enforcement agencies to generate federal warrants against violent criminals and fugitives, identify child victims, and seize illegal firearms and narcotics associated with gangs and transnational criminal organizations.
The operation resulted in the seizure of 121 illegal firearms, 1.2 kilograms of fentanyl, and 33 kilograms of cocaine.
During the same period, North Texas law enforcement officials obtained 169 indictments and secured 71 convictions involving violent crime subjects.
“At the core of the FBI’s violent crime strategy are the partnerships we maintain with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies,” said FBI Dallas Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock. “By leveraging these relationships, we made significant progress on reducing violent crime in North Texas.”
Nationwide, Operation Summer Heat 2.0 resulted in 8,927 arrests and the recovery of 5,013 illegally possessed firearms. Law enforcement agencies also seized 27,512 kilograms of cocaine and 687 kilograms of fentanyl, which the FBI estimated was equivalent to 52 million lethal doses.
Federal agents and intelligence professionals investigating violent crimes against children identified or located 1,410 child victims nationwide.
The FBI first launched Operation Summer Heat in 2025 as a three-month initiative aimed at reducing violent crime through coordinated law enforcement efforts.
Compared to the previous year’s operation, the 2026 initiative resulted in a 120 percent increase in illegal weapons recovered, a 63 percent increase in fentanyl seized, and a 34 percent increase in children identified or located.
The FBI’s announcement follows the release of its 2025 Uniform Crime Reporting summary, which documented declines in reported crime nationwide.
