New Mexico Crime Watch

Opioid Overdose Trends

• 🔥 Statewide Fatalities Climb: New Mexico recorded 900 opioid deaths in 2025, a 21% increase from the prior year with...

Southwest Albuquerque Shooting

• Deadly Shooting Investigation: Albuquerque Police are investigating a deadly shooting at 8th Street and Marquez...

New Mexico AG Raúl Torrez says the DOJ has ignored six requests for unredacted Epstein Zorro Ranch records since February 13, stalling his criminal...

Albuquerque police are investigating a deadly shooting Sunday night at 8th Street and Marquez Lane in the southwest. Officers cordoned off the area near Lewis Avenue with yellow crime tape, though no victim or suspect details have been released.

Public Safety Alerts

• ⚡ Rideshare Smuggling Warning: U.S. Border Patrol warns rideshare drivers in the El Paso sector including all of New Mexico...

The New Mexico Supreme Court unanimously upheld Dominic De La O's first-degree murder conviction and life sentence without parole for the 2023 killing...

New Mexico's full congressional delegation sent a letter to DEA Administrator Cole demanding answers after whistleblowers alleged agents let 1.8...

U.S. Border Patrol is warning rideshare drivers in the El Paso sector, covering all of New Mexico, about human smugglers using apps to organize...

New Mexico AG Raul Torrez is clashing with federal officials over delays in accessing unredacted Epstein files tied to Zorro Ranch.

• Torrez's June...

Drug Enforcement Scrutiny

• 🔥 DEA Fentanyl Questions: New Mexico lawmakers sent a letter to the DEA demanding written documentation and...

• Vasquez endorses Tyler’s Law to encourage faster hospital fentanyl testing during overdoses
• Sammy’s Law would equip parents with tools to spot...

Glendon Laate, 49, a Zuni Pueblo member, received a 78-month federal prison sentence for voluntary manslaughter after fatally shooting a man with a...

Juan Ortega, 40, died of an apparent overdose days after release from the hospital following the July 3 downtown Albuquerque shootout. Narcotics were...

New Mexico lawmakers are demanding DEA answers after a whistleblower alleged agents let nearly two million fentanyl pills remain on state streets to...

A BCSO deputy implicated in a long-running DWI corruption scheme was fired after 15 months on paid leave, yet the sheriff refuses to explain why. Deputy Jeffry Bartram, placed on the DA's Giglio list last year, has faced no criminal charges.

The New Mexico Supreme Court has upheld Dominic De La O's first-degree murder conviction and life sentence without parole for the 2023 shooting death...

Supreme Court Rulings

• 🔥 Out-of-State Evidence Exclusion: NM Supreme Court ruled that evidence seized in another state is inadmissible in NM...

Two recent rulings show the court tightening criminal standards and expanding defendant protections.

• First-degree murder now requires clear proof...

New Mexico's top law enforcement official accused the U.S. Department of Justice of hindering the state's investigation into a DEA fentanyl scandal. This marks a sharp escalation in the state-federal clash over the probe.

New Mexico State Police arrested a suspect in the stabbing homicide of Minerva Marquez Dominguez at a Santa Fe residence.