Las Cruces, NM (KKOB) – Three inmates at the Doña Ana County Detention Center in Las Cruces, are accused of violently attacking a correction officer who was assisting the U.S. Marshals Service at the jail. The three inmates have been charged federally after the officer was beaten unconscious and tased during the assault.

According to court documents, on May 11, 2026, the unidentified officer, was assisting the U.S. Marshal Service when he walked up the stairs to the top level to monitor six inmates who were supposed to be locked in their cells, including one federal inmate whom the officer was required to observe and monitor on behalf of the U.S. Marshal Service.  At the top of the stairs, he was met by inmates identified as Juan Gabriel Torres, Sergio Seanez, and Titus Josiah McGaw Bulger, who were not allowed to be in that location.  When the officer reached the top of the stairs, reports state that Torres lunged at him and tried to punch him, but was able to evade the strike.  and Bulger then attacked him by punching and bringing him to the ground.  Seanez held him down while Torres and Bulger punched, kicked and stomped on his body, head and neck, causing him to lose consciousness.  The reports say that the three inmates then continued to beat the officer despite being unconscious and no longer responding and in one instance, Torres unholstered John Doe’s taser and tased his unconscious body. Additional guards entered the housing pod in response to the assault and took the inmates into custody. The officer was transported to the hospital and survived the attack.

Torres, Seanez and Bulger are charged with assault involving a dangerous weapon and other charges they will remain in federal custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled. If convicted, all three men face up to 20 years in prison.