Eighteen U.S. representatives sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Jan. 20 urging him to take action on the recent train robberies occurring in downtown Los Angeles.
Los Angeles’s newest thefts, which went viral last week, have left Union Pacific train tracks in the area littered with opened boxes, scattered merchandise, and trash. Losses from the thefts have been so high that Union Pacific is considering diverting their railroad shipping routes away from the area.
