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-Lurid Crime Tales-

Dem state's [NM] biggest city calls in the National Guard to deal with surge in violent crime... and eerie camp called 'The War Zone'

2025-04-11

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A state of emergency has been declared in New Mexico's largest city, as the governor calls in the National Guard to help combat out of control crime.

Action by the Democratic governor clears the way for dozens of guard members to help the Albuquerque Police Department starting next month.

About 60 to 70 soldiers will be stationed in largest city, home to over a quarter of the state, for six months to a year, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham told reporters Tuesday.

Grisham pulled the trigger after the chief of police asked for assistance at the end of March, as the city of dealing with a fentanyl crisis, violent crime and growing homelessness problem.

Some of the troops will be assigned to Central Avenue, part of the historic Route 66.

The area is known as 'The War Zone' by locals, and is the site of homeless encampments and open-air drug use.

YouTuber Nick Johnson, who has over 1.1 million followers, visited Albuquerque earlier this year, calling it the 'most frightful neighborhood in America.'

National guard members will also free up local cops who normally provide security at the courthouse and airport so they can respond to crime. However, they will not be armed or in uniform, reported the Albuquerque Journal. Instead, the troops will be in polo shirts.

The city is hoping to increase its police force to 1,000 officer compared to its current size of 850.

Posted by:Skidmark

#6 When I was a kid, Boston used to have an area called the Combat Zone. Haven’t been back East in many years.

Posted by: Super Hose 2025-04-11 21:37

#5 It may, possibly not be as stupid as it sounds -- though I think the policy of using NG troops when you could deputize volunteers is questionable.

Anyway, the New Mexico Army National Guard has the 226th Military Police Battalion with the 126th and 919th MP companies. So it is not as silly as tasking a military bridging detachment to do police patrols.

Posted by: magpie 2025-04-11 20:12

#4 ^Free virtue police.

Posted by: Bobby 2025-04-11 14:40

#3 "...However, they will not be armed or in uniform, reported the Albuquerque Journal. Instead, the troops will be in polo shirts."

Classic dem idiocy...

Posted by: NoMoreBS 2025-04-11 14:34

#2 One of our states is missing.

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2025-04-11 08:06

#1 Underlying problem is that as a poor state, it ends up training officer who move on to better pay in AZ or CO.
It's compounded by being a Karenstan where no one wants to hold the vile utes accountable for the crime and violence they commit. Far more concern for 'reform' of the miscreants than justice for the victims. Add in that the DA plea bargains clear 1st Degree murder down to 2nd Degree from the start. Life is cheap. Welcome to the Wild West circa 2025.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-04-11 07:38

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