New Mexico

A town in New Mexico was hit with devastating flash flooding on Tuesday, leading to homes and businesses being flooded and swept down river after heavy rainfall led to the Rio Ruidoso rising about 20 feet within an hour.

U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Gregory Wormuth of Las Cruces dismissed misdemeanor trespassing charges against nearly 100 illegal aliens arrested for crossing into a newly designated National Defense Area in New Mexico. On Wednesday, the federal judge ruled in favor of the illegal aliens, citing probable cause issues as the reason for the dismissals.

A disgraced New Mexico magistrate judge and his wife are under arrest after they allegedly harbored reported Tren de Aragua gang members. The judge resigned from his position last week after Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested a Venezuelan man said to be living on his property.

A newborn baby was found dead in a dumpster in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Tuesday morning, according to police. 

The suspect behind an arson attack on the headquarters building of the New Mexico Republican Party and the firebombing of a New Mexico Tesla dealership has been revealed to be an Antifa supporter.

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) transferred control and administrative jurisdiction of nearly 110,000 acres of federal land along the New Mexico-Mexico border to the Department of the Army. The move by the Interior Department is to comply with President Donald Trump’s order for the U.S. military to take control of federal land along our southern border.

Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed on Monday that an arrest has been made in connection to a firebombing of a New Mexico Tesla dealership and a subsequent attack on the New Mexico Republican Party headquarters.

A former University of New Mexico football player could be sentenced to life in prison after being convicted on federal drug charges.

El Paso Sector Border Patrol agents seized $175,000 in cash from a group of 21 Romanian nationals at an interior immigration checkpoint in New Mexico. The Romanians are linked to an organized crime network, a Border Patrol official stated.

The headquarters for the Republican Party of New Mexico was targeted Sunday in what is being called “a deliberate act of arson,” leaving the entryway to the building destroyed.

President Donald Trump’s border-state prosecutors charged more than 855 illegal aliens and U.S. citizens with violations of immigration laws last week. The federal criminal prosecutions illustrate new consequences for human smuggling, illegally crossing the border, or re-entering after removal.

A firefighter and his wife are now the proud, adoptive parents of a special infant whose life was saved thanks to a Safe Haven Baby Box in Belen, New Mexico.

An examination of the dog found dead along with actor Gene Hackman and his wife in their Santa Fe home shows dehydration and starvation were likely what led to the animal’s demise.

An alleged human smuggler now faces additional federal charges of attempting to bribe a U.S. Border Patrol agent. The alleged bribery happened after a Santa Teresa, New Mexico, Station agent arrested the Mexican national for illegally re-entering the United States after removal.

Authorities investigating the deaths of Oscar-winner Gene Hackman and his wife are waiting for the results of the autopsies, and carbon monoxide and toxicology testing to determine how they died.

Investigators in Santa Fe, New Mexico, seeking to determine the cause of death for actor Gene Hackman, 95, his wife, 64 and one of their pet dogs are releasing more details about the tragic event.

A detective believes the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa were “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation.”

A Good Samaritan in New Mexico took down a bank robber last month as the thief tried to run off with more than $2,000 in stolen cash.

An alleged intruder in Rio Rancho, New Mexico, died over the weekend after kicking in an armed homeowner’s door and being shot in the torso.

Dunkin’ stores in several states were doughnut-less on Thursday and Friday, leaving many a customer’s sweet tooth unsatisfied.

There is “a lot of momentum” for New Mexico to flip red, Nella Domenici, the state’s Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, said.

New Mexico’s border is wide open, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Nella Domenici said during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily.

New Mexico could very well be the dark horse this election cycle as trends seem to be favorable for former President Donald Trump.

The newly unsealed complaint of the lawsuit filed by the New Mexico Attorney General against Snap, the company behind the Snapchat social media platform, reveals that employees were well aware of the app’s dangers to children, including sextortion, illicit gun sales, and addictive features.

Former President Donald Trump is leading Vice President Kamala Harris in Nevada and is down in Minnesota and New Mexico by less than 10 points, according to a recent poll.

Two Honduran illegal migrants living in New Mexico have been charged for allegedly conspiring to kidnap other migrants to extort their families for ransom, the U.S. ​​Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California said Monday.

The New Mexico attorney general has filed a lawsuit against Snap, accusing the company of fostering an environment on its Snapchat app that enables the sexual exploitation and sextortion of children.

A conservative super PAC called Frontiers for Freedom Action launched an ad campaign Friday aimed at Hispanic voters in Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico highlighting Democrats’ anti-Catholic bigotry. All three southwestern states feature key Senate races in 2024.

A New Mexico man will now face up to 19 years in federal prison after shooting a Border Patrol agent twice during a failed human smuggling attempt. His protective body armor saved the agent’s life.

Republican Nella Domenici had the strongest fundraising quarter of any Senate candidate in New Mexico’s history, her campaign announced Friday.

An illegal alien is accused of killing 22-year-old Tiger Gutierrez in a drunk driving crash in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and leaving another person injured. 

Former President Donald Trump and Republican Senate candidate Nella Domenici are virtually tied with their Democrat opponents in New Mexico, according to an internal poll for Domenici’s campaign taken before President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance.

Defense attorneys for Alec Baldwin have asked Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer to scuttle the case against Baldwin ahead of what would be a high-profile trial starting in July.

The FBI is offering a monetary reward for information leading to those responsible for the pair of New Mexico wildfires that killed two people in the past week.

The Village of Ruidoso in New Mexico announced that residents were being ordered to immediately evacuate from the village due to the ongoing spread of the South Fork Fire.

Safe Haven Baby Boxes were created to deter parents from abandoning their newborns in unsafe circumstances, potentially leaving them to die.