The Justice Department is sending 60 FBI agents to assist with investigations on tribal lands across the U.S., including in Arizona.
This is the third deployment of resources under Operation Not Forgotten. And, according to the DOJ, it’s the largest yet.
Over the next six months, the agents will rotate through field offices in 10 states to work alongside tribal law enforcement and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. They’ll assist with unsolved violent crimes, including those involving missing and murdered Indigenous people.
Specifically, officials say there are more than 4,300 open investigations that the additional agents will use the latest forensic tools to help advance. And so far, previous operations have resulted in arrests and the recovery of 10 children.
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