Melkin Alvarado was wanted on a robbery warrant out of Douglas County, Georgia, and a Jefferson Parish warrant for domestic abuse battery.

Daughter of New Orleans carjacking victim says city doesn't take crime seriously as federal agents prepare 'Swamp Sweep' operation targeting criminals.

Federal agents fanned across New Orleans on Thursday for the second day of a massive U.S. Border Patrol operation, conducting scattered arrests as pounding rain cleared foot traffic in the kinds of public spaces agents swarmed in force a day prior.

The city of New Orleans has seen consecutive years of declining murders. One researcher says the city could reach a record low this year.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that National Guard troops will soon head to New Orleans and bring another federal surge to the city that is already awaiting a separate immigration crackdown dubbed "Swamp Sweep" that is expected to begin this week.

The Louisiana governor said the president told him National Guard troops would begin arriving in the city before Christmas.