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New Mexico Sheriff Stands By Refusal to Enforce Governor’s Ban on Weapons Carry
Bernalillo County Sheriff John Allen said he will uphold his decision not to enforce a public health order by New Mexico’s governor banning open carry firearms.
Synthia Varela-Casaus Gets 40 Years for Kicking 9-Year-Old Son to Death
Synthia Varela-Casaus, of Albuquerque, N.M., was sentenced on May 6 for brutally kicking her 9-year-old son to death in 2013.
1 of 2 Escaped New Mexico Inmates Apprehended, Marshals Say
With the headcount complete, the two guards pulled away from a state correctional center in a remote part of southeastern New Mexico with five prisoners and all of their belongings in tow for the last leg of what had already been a long journey.
Police: Man Admits to Road Rage Killing of New Mexico Girl
A man confessed to shooting and killing a 4-year-old girl while arguing with her father on an Albuquerque freeway.
