After Democrat governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that he was sending the National Guard to Albukerke to turn to a spike in minor crime and fentanyl, the state’s go said that this move was not sufficient.
Grisham signed an enforcement order on April 8, which authorized the deployment of 60-70 National Guard officials in New Mexico in Albukerke until mid-May, citing the fentanyl epidemic and an increase in crime for minors as “critical issues requiring immediate intervention”.
However, the National Guard will not help directly cope with the crisis with fentanyl or the crime for minors. Instead, they will be used for stage security and movement control, help to transport prisoners and other roles that do not include arrests. A press release from Grisham’s Cabinet said the National Guard will release the Albukerke police station resources.
The CEO of the Republican Party in New Mexico Leticia Munos told Fox News Digital that the deployment of the National Guard is not approaching the problem. She said that more substantial measures are needed such as the guarantee reform and more ranked penalties.
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Police chief at Albukerke Harold Medina
“No, this is definitely not enough. It is that you can see bad management, obviously the mayor. And, you know, as much as we appreciate all the work that the law enforcement agencies do here in Albukerke, we know that their hands are bound,” said Munyos. “We know that there must be reform and reform of the guarantee as to the deterrent to keep people in prison for a long time.”
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She said that the Democrats seem to be trying to “encode minors”, citing a proposed pilot program in a country that would provide up to $ 2000 housing assistance for suspects in minors after they were released from detention if they were well held.
“This in itself simply shows you the encoding mentality that Democrats have for all kinds of minors and crimes here in the state,” she said of the proposal.
From 2019 to 2024, police in Albukerke either arrested or cited 2,600 minors who were 11 to 17 years old, according to KRQE.
In March, police at Albukerke arrested a 13-year-old boy after being claimed to have been behind the wheel of a stolen car and hit 63-year-old Scott Dwight Habermel, riding a bicycle to work in May 2024.
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Police arrested two other minors, aged 11 and 15, who were inside the car with the 13-year-old at the time Habermel was hit.
They are all accused of first -degree murder, leaving the accident, including major bodily harm or death, a conspiracy for murder and illegal possession of a gun by a person under 19.
The 13-year-old who was allegedly driving the car was also suspected of a series of thefts in June 2024.
Minor crime is not the only question that prompts the National Guard to be located in Albukerke. The sheriff of Bernalalali County John Allen told KOB4 that after the Route 66 surgery was established, about 2,700 pills of fentanyl were removed from the streets and almost 400 arrests were made.
“I will accept and collaborate with anyone who helps in a crime, a period. But our MPs and the State Police in New Mexico, Probation and Conditional Release, Yes, we had nearly 400 arrests and we get fentanyl from the streets. I know we make a difference in the community,” Alan said.
Alan said the operating route 66 was one of the reasons Grisham sends the National Guard.
The Ministry of Health in New Mexico said in January that Fentanyl participated in 65% of the death of an overdose in the country in 2023, which is the most nation for which data was made.
Fox News Digital has addressed the National Guard, the Albukerke Police Department and the Grisham office for comment.
Original article source: The national gwart