
FBI to increase personnel in field offices to address violent crimes in Native American communities
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The Trump administration will surge FBI resources to address unsolved violent crimes in Native American lands, the Justice Department said.
The additional personnel will support FBI field offices in Albuquerque; Denver; Detroit; Jackson, Miss.; Minneapolis; Oklahoma City; Phoenix; Portland, Oreg.; Seattle; and Salt Lake City. Louis Casiano is a reporter for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to louis.casiano@fox.com.
The announcement came a day after the FBI field office in Albuquerque said a man admitted to killing an Indigenous artist following a November 2021 argument. DeAnna Autumn Leaf Suazo, a talented artist and the daughter of Native American artists Geraldine Tso, a Navajo artist, and David Gary Suazo, a Taos Pueblo painter, was killed by her boyfriend, Santiago Martinez, the FBI said.