Indian Country Justice

DOJ has charged three people in the 2020 killing of Zachariah Shorty on the Navajo Nation amid an FBI surge into Indian Country. Officials said this year’s Operation Not Forgotten — the longest and most intense FBI deployment to date, with teams from Albuquerque, Phoenix, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Detroit, Minneapolis and Jackson, Miss. — comes as the FBI’s Indian Country caseload stood at about 4,300 open investigations at the start of FY2025 (including 900+ deaths, 1,000 child abuse and 500 domestic violence/adult sexual abuse cases); Attorney General Pamela Bondi pledged continued pursuit of justice and FBI Director Kash Patel called the surge a "major step forward."