Jeffrey Ramon Diaz, 43, pleaded guilty to federal charges and faces up to 10 years in prison

Organ Mountain News report

LAS CRUCES - A Roswell man has pleaded guilty to federal charges for making bomb threats to government offices in several states, including the Doña Ana County Magistrate Court.

According to court documents, on Feb. 14, 2025, Jeffrey Ramon Diaz, 43, made threatening calls to multiple agencies and offices. Targets included a U.S. senator’s office, the New Mexico Second Judicial District Court in Bernalillo County, the Doña Ana County Magistrate Court and the Pennsylvania governor’s office.

During the calls, Diaz identified himself by name and made explicit threats of violence and bombings. He told a congressional staffer he was threatening to bomb the senator’s office, left a voicemail for a New Mexico judge threatening to blow up the courthouse and harm the judge, and spoke directly to a receptionist at the Doña Ana County Magistrate Court declaring a bomb threat and threatening to set the building on fire. He also called the Pennsylvania governor’s office claiming he had placed a bomb in the governor’s home.

Prosecutors said Diaz knew he did not have bombs at any of the locations but made the threats intending to cause fear, panic and intimidation.

On Aug. 11, 2025, Diaz pleaded guilty to four counts of malicious threat to injure by fire or explosive. At sentencing, he faces up to 10 years in prison.

Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Brendan Iber, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ Phoenix Field Division, announced the plea.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case with assistance from the FBI’s Las Cruces office, the U.S. Marshals Service, Las Cruces police and the Chaves County Sheriff’s Office. Executive Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher McNair is prosecuting the case.