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A New Mexico appeals court upheld former state police officer Ronald Jackson's child sexual assault conviction despite challenges to testimony and prosecutorial conduct.
Angela Gomez Luera, 26, was arrested Oct. 20 after her daughter reported being choked. Sheriff's investigators documented injuries and obtained an arrest warrant.
New Mexico's attorney general filed a federal lawsuit against two Epstein associates, seeking to halt estate payments and recover damages for trafficking survivors.
Former Camino Real Middle School teacher Wyatt Cornelius pleaded guilty to two felonies in a case involving Snapchat messages with a 14-year-old student.
A Doña Ana County jury convicted Eddie Joe Valdez of attempted first-degree murder and evidence tampering in a 2024 shooting near Peter Hurd Road.
The New Mexico Court of Appeals reversed two child sexual abuse convictions after finding a Doña Ana County judge improperly excluded a defense witness.
Nathan Rivas was sentenced to 90 years in prison for his role in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting, making him the final defendant sentenced in the case.
Josiah Ontiveros, the youngest defendant in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting case, was sentenced to 90 years in prison.
A Las Cruces woman was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to trafficking fentanyl while armed with a stolen handgun.
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