New Mexico’s child welfare agency is more interested in hiding its failures than protecting children, the state Justice Department wrote.
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Read the New Mexico Department of Justice report on CYFD
Following a yearlong investigation, the New Mexico Department of Justice issued a 224-page report documenting the cases of at least 28 children involved with the state Children, Youth and Families Department, such as by being placed in foster homes and facilities or because their families were investigated amid allegations of brutal abuse or neglect. The […]
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Retired FBI agent on Epstein ‘truth commission’ hopes New Mexico can deliver closure for victims
New Mexico state Rep. Bill Hall has spent much of his life in the pursuit of justice. Now, the retired FBI agent is part his home state’s investigation into criminal acts of abuse that took place at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch south of Santa Fe.
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New Mexico radio host discusses anonymous email alleging buried bodies at Epstein’s Zorro Ranch
Eddy Aragon has spent several years looking into what went on at Jeffrey Epstein’s Zorro Ranch and has received calls from listeners who he says have provided insight about the workings of the property south of Santa Fe.
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ICE moving toward closing El Paso detention camp, report says
The Washington Post reported that a document was distributed to ICE staff indicating the agency was drafting a letter to potentially terminate the facility’s $1.2 billion contract.
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New case of measles crops up in Doña Ana County jail
All six confirmed cases this year have occurred in Southern New Mexico jails in Doña Ana, Hidalgo and Luna counties.
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More on measles with Dr. Chad Smelser
A federal inmate held at the Hidalgo County jail has tested positive for measles, the state’s first confirmed case in 2026.
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‘New Mexico was basically the worst,’ Epstein survivors told lawmaker of abuse at Zorro Ranch
Rep. Andrea Romero said she met around eight to 10 survivors when she was in Washington, and at least three had been to New Mexico.
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Democrats Decry Meager Medical Care for Detainees in Funding Fight
President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort has led to a record number of immigrants being held in federal detention centers, local jails, and private prisons.
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Wirth cosponsored a bill to add a new judge in Santa Fe. It could benefit his law practice.
SB 35 would ease judges’ caseloads amid spike in medical malpractice and other civil claims