ALBUQUERQUE IS BEING SUED OVER ITS PROGRAM TO SEIZE THE VEHICLES OF SUSPECTED DRUNK DRIVERS. TWO STATE LAWMAKERS, ONE REPUBLICAN AND ONE DEMOCRAT, FILED SUIT…SAYING NEW MEXICO NOW HAS A LAW PROHIBITING CIVIL ASSET FORFEITURE, AND THE ALBUQUERQUE PROGRAM IS IN CONFLICT WITH IT.
SENATORS LISA TORRACO AND DANIEL IVEY-SOTO SAY NO ONE SHOULD HAVE THEIR PROPERTY TAKEN IF THEY’VE NOT BEEN CONVICTED OF A CRIME. THEY SAY ALBUQUERQUE IS DEFYING THE LAW THAT WAS SIGNED BY GOVERNOR MARTINEZ IN APRIL.
