Latest Albuquerque News

Private investigator first to admit guilt in offering bribes to get intoxicated drivers off the hook

Jan. 25, 2025 18:41 PM EST

A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade was the first to plead guilty to a slew of federal charges that include racketeering and bribery, according to court records released Friday. Ricardo Mendez...

South Carolina man pleads guilty to the carjacking and killing of a New Mexico police officer

Jan. 17, 2025 19:39 PM EST

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A South Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday to charges that he gunned down a New Mexico state police officer who had stopped to help him, marking a turning point in a case that had been set for trial later this year. Jaremy Smith entered the new plea during...

Book Review: Kyle Paoletta’s ‘American Oasis’ offers lessons for a hotter, drier world

Jan. 14, 2025 10:54 AM EST

Albuquerque-born author Kyle Paoletta takes readers on a virtual road trip around his native region, transporting us across hundreds of years and thousands of miles in his new book “American Oasis: Finding the Future in the Cities of the Southwest.” As cities worldwide grapple...