HOUSTON — Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday announced a new state and local task force to target repeat violent criminals in Houston and Harris County.

The governor called it a "Texas-sized effort" that will include "swarming" some Houston-area neighborhoods with Texas DPS troopers, DPS special agents, DPS aircraft and Texas Rangers."

"Today, we are putting these criminals on notice: we are coming for you, we’ll target you, arrest and put you behind bars, which is where you belong," Abbott said during an Austin news conference.

Abbott called it in an "all-in" initiative, but the top two local law enforcement officials in Houston and Harris County -- Police Chief Noe Diaz and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez -- weren't at the news conference. Neither were Mayor John Whitmire or County Judge L

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