National Guard Troops Deployed To Crime-Plagued Albuquerque Are Unarmed And Not In Military Uniforms

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

June 20, 2025

Albuquerque, New Mexico — Outside his motorcycle shop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, James Grice every day clears trash before he can open his doors to customers.

"All around the building, it's just a daily thing," said Grice, owner of J&L Motorsports, who added that he also sometimes has to clear away unhoused people. "Yeah... I got someone sleeping right there right now."

There are bullet holes in his shop's windows, and Grice and officers with the Albuquerque Police Department told CBS News they have a name for this part of the city, known as the Central Avenue Corridor: the "war zone."

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