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Ex-judge, wife in custody after claims of hosting Tren de Aragua member in Las Cruces
A spokesperson for ICE confirmed they were both taken into custody as part of an ongoing investigation led by Homeland ...
Migrant's alleged gang ties questioned in NM court amid unusual evidence
Lopez, accused of being linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, appeared in court where federal prosecutors presented ...
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Former Las Cruces judge and his wife released from jail with conditions
LAS CRUCES, N.M. – Former Las Cruces judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy, are free tonight. On Tuesday, a federal judge released the couple on bond. They had been in the Doña Ana County ...
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Ex-New Mexico judge, wife arrested for allegedly harboring illegal Tren de Aragua member in their home
On Feb. 28, Ortega-Lopez, 23, was apprehended during an ICE raid at the judge’s tony Las Cruces, NM, residence, where the suspected gangbanger lived in a guesthouse after first ingratiating ...
Dem judge in New Mexico steps down after man with alleged Tren de Aragua ties found in his home
A New Mexico judge tendered his resignation last month after immigration authorities detained a suspect with alleged ties to ...
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One taken into custody during raid at former judge’s house
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) -- According to the New Mexico ... One alleged gang member, Christian Ortega-Lopez, was arrested on Cano's property and is facing federal charges.