President Trump’s takeover of Washington, DC, has led to ICE agents picking up child sex offenders, a Tren de Aragua gangbangers and numerous other criminals who were previously free on the streets of the nation’s capital, The Post has learned.
“President Trump was clear: he will make D.C. safe and beautiful again,” a senior Department of Homeland Security official told The Post.
The official added: “ICE and CBP continue to arrest and remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens… We will support the re-establishment of law and order and public safety, so Americans can feel safe enjoying the beauty and history of our nation’s capital.”
Feds nabbed Mexican migrant David Perez-Teofani, who was previously charged with aggravated sexual battery of a child under the age of 13 and felony indecent liberties-proposed sex acts, according to DHS.
Salvadoran migrant Mario Marquez-Garcia had a rap sheet that included previous arrests for DUI, aggravated assault on a cop with a weapon, assault, robbery, failure to appear and violation of a court order. He also had eight previous encounters with the feds.
The nation’s capital saw an unprecedented 12-day streak without a murder Tuesday. And crime stats have been down since Trump stepped in.
In the last 14 days, total crime dropped 11% citywide, with sharp reductions across the board including robberies (-42%), assaults with a deadly weapon (-13%), carjacking (-85%), car theft (-24%), violent crime (-25%) and property crime (-10%), the DC Police Union said in an X post Monday.
The city’s Democratic mayor acknowledged the results on Wednesday.
“We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,” said DC Mayor Muriel Bowser in a Wednesday press conference.
“The difference between this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents a 87% reduction in carjackings,” Bowser noted, later posting the full stats on her X account.
“We know that when carjackings go down, when use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,” the mayor said.
Washington has long been one of America’s most violent major cities — with a murder rate that surpasses Chicago and is nearly seven times higher than New York City.
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