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Salt Lake County now has extra jail beds to lock up suspects in mysterious ‘Operation Rio Grande’

Expected law-enforcement crackdown appears to be coming soon.<br>

(Al Hartmann  |  Tribune file photo  Salt Lake City Police check identifications and made arrests in a sweep of the Rio Grande neighborhood in downtown Salt Lake City last September as part of "Operation Diversion." A new crackdown, dubbed "Operation Rio Grande" is expected any day.

(Al Hartmann | Tribune file photo Salt Lake City Police check identifications and made arrests in a sweep of the Rio Grande neighborhood in downtown Salt Lake City last September as part of "Operation Diversion." A new crackdown, dubbed "Operation Rio Grande" is expected any day.