Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Oct. 29 that federal efforts in Memphis, Tennessee, over the past month have led to the rescue of about 80 missing children and the arrests of 1,700 people, including 126 gang members.
Last month, the federal government said it would send National Guard troops and federal agents to Memphis, which has long been ranked among U.S. cities as having the highest rates of violent crime and homicides.
Bondi confirmed the operation’s figures in a post on X, saying that “tolerating crime is a choice.”
“With 1700 arrests—including 126 gang members—in just one month, our Memphis surge is proving that it’s possible to make American cities safe again,” Bondi said.
The attorney general shared a Fox News article in the X post that contained a statement about the results.
In that statement, Bondi said that 293 firearms were seized in the operation. About seven dozen at-risk missing children were also located, she said, without providing an exact figure.