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| More Than 1,000 Fugitives Caught in Weeklong Nationwide Roundup |
| 2005-04-14 |
| More than 1,000 fugitives, many wanted for violent crimes, were rounded up over the past week in a coordinated nationwide effort led by U.S. marshals, officials said Thursday. Codenamed "Operation Falcon," the manhunt was the largest ever and involved local, state and federal authorities, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman David Turner said. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was to announce details of the roundup later Thursday. Congress gave the Marshals Service more money and authority to go after fugitives when it refocused the FBI's mission toward stopping terrorism in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, Turner said. The Marshals Service now has five permanent regional task forces to search for fugitives, he added. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #6 Some months ago NPR reported that 150,000 had been deported in the last year. So, 10,000 sounds like a large but believable number. Twentyfour hour rule in effect here, I think. A correction in either direction will have to be made, given the discrepency. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-04-14 10:55:16 PM |
| #5 Sounds like someone's rights are being oppressed. Uh oh. Human Rights Watch should be issuing a statement soon..... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-04-14 4:22:07 PM |
| #4 Sounds like someone's rights are being oppressed. Let's hear it for the 14 April Thousand. |
| Posted by: Highlander 2005-04-14 2:03:38 PM |
| #3 10,000 is the claim here http://www.fox41.com/news/news_detail.asp?id=22667§ion=2 |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-04-14 1:45:30 PM |
| #2 !0,000 is way out of line IMHO. |
| Posted by: sea cruise 2005-04-14 12:28:22 PM |
| #1 CNN is reporting the number as 10,000. |
| Posted by: BH 2005-04-14 12:18:47 PM |