KRQE News 13 - Southwest New Mexico

Woman in gun raid seeks release

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:48:03 GMT

A Deming woman accused of selling Mexico-bound guns to stand-in buyers pledged $2 million in assets to guarantee her appearance at trial, in exchange for her release from jail.

Police search for missing T or C man

Deanna Sauceda — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:24:51 GMT

State police need help finding a missing man they say could be in danger.

Occupy Las Cruces to leave city park

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:46:39 GMT

Occupy Las Cruces protesters say they plan to take down their tents near City Hall Saturday and begin what they call a new phase across town.

Chile crop up after nearly 40-year low

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:39:09 GMT

Experts say the size of New Mexico's chile crop increased in 2011 after dwindling to nearly 40-year low the year before.

Man dies after shots fired and crash

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:51 GMT

Las Cruces police say a man is dead after a rollover accident that may be connected to gunshots that were reported in the area just before the crash.

Ghost town to reopen, murder unsolved

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 23:33:58 GMT

Seven months after 68-year-old Larry Link was gunned down in the dusty expanse of the ghost town he owned and where he once hosted tourists, his murder remains unsolved.

Giant water-pumping plan gets hearing

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:25:37 GMT

A hearing is scheduled next week in Socorro on a proposal to pump what would amount to billions of gallons of water from the San Augustin Plains in central New Mexico.

NM town accused of racial profiling

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:14:34 GMT

The New Mexico League of United Latin American Citizens is accusing the Mesilla Marshal's Department of conducting racial profiling in order to enforce U.S. immigration laws.

Former corrections officer arrested

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:11:34 GMT

A former Luna County Detention Center officer charged with molesting a family member has been taken into custody by the Luna County Sheriff's Office.

Wolf population shows promising rebound

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:00:35 GMT

Federal officials said Friday there are more Mexican gray wolves in the wild in the Southwest than there have been in each of the past five years, giving a glimmer of hope to a program that has been struggling to return the endangered animals to their historic range.

Police investigate remains found

Deanna Sauceda — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:12:16 GMT

Authorities in Grant County are trying to solve a mystery after human remains were found in the area over the past few weeks.

Missing man found dead in Ruidoso

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:46:07 GMT

An elderly man who went missing near Ruidoso was found dead over the weekend.

Jailed gun store owner won't eat

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:28:33 GMT

A jailed New Mexico gun store owner accused of selling weapons that made it into the hands of Mexican cartels says he is on a hunger strike.

LC Sun-News razes burned building

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:50:29 GMT

A building occupied by the Las Cruces Sun-News for decades has been demolished.

Feds: Pecan farm fronted drug ring

Bill Diven — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:54:45 GMT

Four members of a pecan-growing family are among those charged with operating a ring peddling cocaine and heroin from their southern New Mexico orchard, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Co. defends lockup after $22M award

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:04:52 GMT

Dona Ana County officials are defending how they run their jail following a huge monetary verdict in favor of a former inmate.

Southern officials warn of fire danger

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:39:17 GMT

Despite recent rain and snow in southwest New Mexico, officials are still concerned about dangerous wildfires.

Protection bill builds for Spaceport

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:02:25 GMT

Dona Ana County Commissioners have unanimously signed off on a state bill that would restrict space travelers' right to sue certain contractors in most cases of injury or death.

Ex-NM warden faces criminal complaint

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:07:35 GMT

Luna County's former detention center warden is facing several charges after he allegedly allowed prisoners to leave the facility he managed from Oct. 2009 through May 2011.

Plea entered in elder abuse death case

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:49:13 GMT

Two New Mexico women charged with neglecting a family member found bed bound, wearing a diaper and missing toes that had been bitten off by animals, entered not guilty pleas in court.

Sheriff's patrol may be permanent

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:58:15 GMT

A sheriff's department assigned to patrol a small New Mexico town that disbanded its police department following a gun smuggling ring involving the mayor and police chief said the town will likely be a permanent part of its patrol, while some residents said they'd like to have their police department back.

Feds pick site for N.M. border outpost

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:01:00 GMT

The U.S. Border Patrol Friday announced it is building an outpost in New Mexico's Bootheel, one of the last unguarded regions between the United States and Mexico.

Cop killer now convicted in 2nd death

Nancy Laflin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:44:39 GMT

Convicted cop killer Michael Astorga was found guilty of a second murder Wednesday. Prosecutors say this murder was the reason he killed a Bernalillo County sheriff's deputy.

Cop killer guilty in earlier murder

Magdalena Sharpe — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:37:08 GMT

Micael Astorga, already facing a possible death sentence for killing a deputy sheriff, now has been convicted of an earlier murder that likely played a role in the officers death.

Jury out in Astorga murder case

Hawa Konte — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:37:54 GMT

The jury is out in the second murder trial of cop killer Michael Astorga.

Cops: NM mom made teen take wheel

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:40:53 GMT

A New Mexico woman has been indicted after police said she made her daughter with special needs pretend to drive while she was being stopped on suspicion of drunken driving.

Astorga case goes to jury

Hawa Konte — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:45:19 GMT

The latest murder trial of convicted cop killer Michael Astorga has gone to the jury in Las Cruces.

Murder suspect surrenders after SWAT

Hawa Konte — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:34:34 GMT

A murder suspect surrendered Monday night after an eight hour standoff with police in T or C.

Police investigate stabbing after SWAT

Hawa Konte — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:43:00 GMT

Truth or Consequences police, state police and a Las Cruces SWAT team surrounded a home Monday after they say a man barricaded himself inside with a dead body.

Autistic teen rescued at White Sands

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:22:21 GMT

An autistic teenager who wandered away from his family during an outing at White Sands National Monument and spent the night among the sand dunes has been found.