U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico
Recent News About U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico
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Antonio Chaco, who is currently serving a 17-year federal sentence for the 2020 murder of Thomas Brown, has received additional prison time following an assault on a detention officer.
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An Anthony, New Mexico resident has been sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison for drug trafficking and firearms offenses.
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A California woman, Lanette Bashore, has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for running an advance fee fraud scheme that lasted over two decades.
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A man from Mescalero was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for assaulting a woman and causing her serious injuries.
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An Arizona man has admitted to assaulting a federal officer after he rammed a U.S. Border Patrol vehicle while fleeing law enforcement in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
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A Las Cruces resident, Daniel Guereca, has pleaded guilty in federal court to robbing two banks in New Mexico in February 2025.
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A woman from Shiprock has pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the death of her daughter.
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In Albuquerque, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico released its weekly report on immigration enforcement activity.
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Five people connected to the Navarrette Drug Trafficking Organization in Hobbs, New Mexico, have been arrested on federal drug trafficking charges following an investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in the...
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A Shiprock resident has been charged in connection with a violent assault that left one person seriously injured, according to federal authorities.
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A man from Peñasco, New Mexico, has been sentenced to over 21 years in federal prison for the fatal stabbing of another man in December 2022.
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An Albuquerque man has been sentenced to nearly 10 months in federal prison for making violent threats against President-Elect Donald Trump through social media posts.
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Luis Carlos Cordova, the operator of Limitless Aesthetics and Healthcare in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, has reached a civil settlement with the United States government regarding alleged violations of federal controlled-substance recordkeeping...
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A former student doctor has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for producing and possessing child sexual abuse material, according to an announcement from Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Ryan G. McRae, Acting Special Agent in...
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An Arizona man has been sentenced to eight years in federal prison for assaulting a one-month-old child.
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A former Department of Energy (DOE) engineer has agreed to pay $165,000 to resolve allegations that he secretly held jobs with Air Force contractors while employed full-time at the DOE’s Sandia Field Office in Albuquerque.
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A man from Dulce, New Mexico, has been indicted on federal charges for allegedly assaulting a woman by strangulation and suffocation.
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Former Ohkay Owingeh Police Department officer Justin Aguino was taken back into custody after violating the terms of his pre-trial release.
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A man from Pojoaque has admitted guilt to sexually abusing a child over several months, according to an announcement made by Acting U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Albuquerque Field Office.
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A Dulce resident, Kayiliab Haines, was sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for assault by strangulation.