More Migrants at the Border

ANOTHER HUGE INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS AT THE BORDER IN SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO. BORDER PATROL AGENTS ENCOUNTERED TWO GROUPS EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. MORE THAN 400 IMMIGRANTS CROSSED THE BORDER JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT AT SUNLAND PARK. THEN TWO HOURS LATER, 230 MORE WERE ARRESTED AT THE ANTELOPE WELLS PORT OF ENTRY. BOTH GROUPS WERE COMPRISED MOSTLY…MORE

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Man Killed in Valencia Co. Officer Involved Shooting Identified

A MAN SHOT AND KILLED BY VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 37 YEAR OLD ISAAC PINEDA. STATE POLICE, WHO ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT, SAY PINEDA WAS SHOT AFTER HE POINTED A RIFLE AT DEPUTIES AS THEY INVESTIGATED A REPORT OF A STOLEN FIREARM IN LOS LUNAS. HE WAS PRONOUNCED…MORE

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Former State Official Accuses NM Attorney General

A FORMER STATE OFFICIAL WHO FACES PUBLIC CORRUPTION CHARGES SAYS THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE VIOLATED HER DUE PROCESS RIGHTS. ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, FORMER TAXATION AND REVENUE DEPT SECRETARY DEMESIA PADILLA CLAIMS THE A-G’S OFFICE USED A RECORDING DEVICE, HIDDEN IN A COFFEE POT, TO RECORD A CONVERSATION SHE HAD WITH HER LAWYER. THE…MORE

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Officer Involved Shooting in Valencia County

MORE INFORMATION IS BEING RELEASED ABOUT AN OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTING IN MEADOWLAKE NEAR LOS LUNAS IN VALENCIA COUNTY. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT SHOOTING, WHICH CHANNEL 7 NEWS REPORTS TOOK PLACE ON MEADOW LAKE ROAD EARLY WEDNESDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION CONCERNING STOLEN FIREARMS. A MAN WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY FOUR VALENCIA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES…MORE

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UNM Faculty to Vote on Union

THE FACULTY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO’S MAIN CAMPUS SEEM TO WANT A UNION … AND THEY COULD GET IT. THE ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL REPORTS THEY MET ON TUESDAY IN POPEJOY HALL TO DISCUSS FORMING A UNION … AND MORE THAN 100 FACULTY ATTENDED THAT MEETING. SOME OF THE TEACHING STAFF FROM UNM’S BRANCH CAMPUSES…MORE

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Defense Attorney Charged With DWI

HIGH PROFILE DEFENSE LAWYER ROBERT GORENCE IS NOW CHARGED WITH DWI AND POSSESSION OF AN OPEN CONTAINER. THIS AFTER HE WAS PULLED OVER BY BERNALILLO COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ON I-25 IN ALBUQUERQUE ON APRIL 13TH. THE ENCOUNTER WITH POLICE WAS CAPTURED ON DASH CAM VIDEO, SHOWING GORENCE DRIVING 45 MILES PER HOUR ON I-25 AND…MORE

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Boy Shot After Banana Tossed

A BANANA IS THROWN AND A 15 YEAR OLD NEW MEXICO BOY IS SHOT. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN HOBBS LAST SUNDAY AND THE INTERIM CHIEF AT THE HOBBS POLICE DEPARTMENT TELLS KOB TV THE BOY WAS HIT THREE TIMES. HE’S NOW IN STABLE CONDITION AT A LUBBOCK TEXAS HOSPITAL AFTER BEING TREATED FIRST AT LEA…MORE

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Expo NM Opens to Migrants

YOU KNOW IT AS THE FAIRGROUNDS, BUT FOR MANY ASYLUM SEEKERS HEADING THROUGH ALBUQUERQUE, IT WILL BE HOME, AT LEAST FOR A FEW DAYS. CITY AND STATE OFFICIALS HAVE ANNOUNCED THAT EXPO NEW MEXICO WILL BE USED TO HOUSE SOME ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE HERE TEMPORARILY. EXPO NEW MEXICO GENERAL MANAGER DAN MOURNING SAYS THE…MORE

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Group Helps Assist Asylum Seekers

CATHOLIC CHARITIES IN ALBUQUERQUE IS ONE OF THE GROUPS PROVIDING AID TO ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE BEING HOUSED IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. C-E-O JIM GANNON SAYS HIS GROUP UNDERSTANDS THERE ARE A LOT OF OPINIONS OUT THERE ON THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE, BUT THERE IS ONE GUIDING PRINCIPAL IN PLAY HERE. HE SAYS THEY’RE STILL…MORE

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