1,300 federal agents arrive in Washington at the behest of Trump

1,300 federal agents arrive in Washington at the behest of Trump


The national guard will fight crime in the American capital

The city of Washington, in the United States, began to receive the first troops of the National Guard Tuesday afternoon, which were summoned by the President of the United States Donald Trump, to fight crime and violence in the federal capital, which said: “It made the city uninhabitable”.

800 soldiers and 500 federal agents landed yesterday in the municipality, although Monday (11), at least 850 police officers were mobilized for the mission by the Republican government, causing dozens of local arrests.

However, the Department of Justice reported in January that violence in Washington has reached its lowest level in the last 30 years. For the mayor of the city, the democrat Muriel Bowser, sending federal forces is an “authoritarian initiative”.

“Due to easy access to weapons in the United States, the number of crimes can still be different in the country than in other parts of the world”, to AFP Brianne Nadeau, member of the Washington municipal council.

“But we did substantial progress here,” he added, defining Trump’s attitude a “political blow”.

The annual number of murders in Washington reached the peak of 274 in 2023, before falling to 187 last year. Despite the decline, it is still one of the highest capita murderer rates in the United States. .

Source: Terra

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