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Two weeks after Chicago's rampant gun violence shot back into the national spotlight with a bloody Fourth of July weekend, federal authorities are scheduled to announce Thursday that seven new ATF agents are being deployed to the city to try to help stem the violence.
By year end, the move will boost to 52 the number of agents in the Chicago office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which traditionally has worked closely with Chicago police on tracing the flow of guns into the city and tracking guns used in crimes.
In a separate action, the FBI recently reassigned 20 more agents for the summer to its violent crime unit in Chicago, putting about 120 FBI agents in all on the frontline of the high-profile fight against gangs and guns.
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