The governor of Missouri ordered the withdrawal of the National Guard

USA Jay Nixon's decision comes after a night of peaceful protest governor of Missouri ordered the withdrawal of National Guard Members of the National Guard in Ferguson. Members of the National Guard in Ferguson. EFE 

RUI special FERREIRAEnviado Ferguson, Missouri, USA Updated: 08/21/2014 21:05 pm 

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The Missouri National Guard has begun to slowly withdraw from the strategic places that had occupied in Ferguson, jog for more than 10 days of rioting following the death of African American teenager Michael Brown. 

The withdrawal was ordered on the morning of Thursday, August 21 by Governor Jay Nixon, and responds to safety signs and tranquility tried to print the Attorney General Eric Holder, on a visit to the city on Wednesday. 

"They are leaving, they're leaving," shouted a young man this afternoon down fully on the Avenida West Florissant, considered the center of the riots. The first convoy of three Humvee, the iconic SUV that became famous during the Gulf War, came out of a corner of the parking lot of a nearby shopping center, where it is the command of the police forces. 

Currently there are only two SUVs with a staff of 10 men to guard the compound where the huge omnibus relief agencies coexist with trucks parabolic broadcasters. 

The path of the Humvee was followed with a mixture of curiosity and amusement by dozens of people. Slowly, the vehicles were going up the mall towards an unknown direction. None of the soldiers answered questions about his fate. "We're going. Goodbye" replied one of the soldiers, identified as Jackson by the name on the uniform. 

"This is a good indication of tranquility., I think it will help to calm down the people," said the Rev. Daryl Wilson, who closely followed the start of the output of the troops called to intervene on August 16 passed by Governor Jay Nixon, when riots worsened. 

Nixon said in a statement that the return of troops to their barracks shall be staged for the local press but the total withdrawal is a matter of days. It is not clear how many soldiers were deployed. The governor appreciates the "successful men and women of the National Guard of Missouri had the specific and limited mission of protecting the command center, so that the law enforcement could focus on the important work of establishing ties communication with the community, restore confidence and protect people and their property, "the statement stressed. 

The withdrawal was closely followed in Washington and hailed by the federal Missouri Congressman William Lacy Clay. "It shows that things are reassuring and that the government is seriously taking the investigations," said the Democrat. 

Following the withdrawal of the troops, community leaders, mainly religious, made ​​a call to the people of Ferguson to not respond to provocations of extremists who have tried busting demonstrations and many consider the true responsible for the outbreak violence in recent days, local radio reported.