ATLANTA, July 7 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Investigation Atlanta Field Office issued the following press release:

ATHENS, Ga. - U.S. Attorney William R. "Will" Keyes today announced that five people have been charged in a 23-count indictment in the Middle District of Georgia as members of an alleged firearms trafficking ring operating between Athens and Chicago providing weapons to gang members, with some of the guns linked to acts of violence-including a murder in Chicago committed by a juvenile-in this Homeland Security Task Force investigation led by ATF.

The federal indictment in Case No. 3:26-cr-00006, filed on April 15 and unsealed on June 23, charges the following individuals:

Anthony Edmond, aka "Chapo,...