Austin Fisher

4 days ago | lcsun-news.com | Austin Fisher

This article was originally published by Source New Mexico. Read more at sourcenm.com. Local officials said Thursday they don’t know what will happen to a private prison in southeast New Mexico set to close this summer, but the company running it has expressed interest to the federal government in converting it into an immigration detention center.

6 days ago | washingtonstatestandard.com | Austin Fisher

The U.S. government this week announced drug trafficking and conspiracy charges against 17 people — at least six in New Mexico — in what U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi is calling the “largest fentanyl bust in our nation’s history.”At a news conference on Tuesday in Washington D.C., U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico Ryan Ellison said prosecutors have filed conspiracy, illicit fentanyl distribution, firearms and immigration charges as a result of the bust.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Austin Fisher

The U.S. Department of Justice said cash and drugs, pictured here, were seized in Santa Fe and Albuquerque New Mexico in the country’s largest ever fentanyl bust in April, 2025 (Photo courtesy U.S. District Attorney’s Office, District of New Mexico) The U.S. government this week announced drug trafficking and conspiracy charges against 17 people — at least six in New Mexico — in what U.S. Attorney General Pamela Bondi is calling the “largest fentanyl bust in our nation’s history.” At a news...

6 days ago | sourcenm.com | Austin Fisher

Three New Mexicans held at the maximum-security state prison in Santa Fe are challenging the New Mexico prison system’s use of solitary confinement, not just for them but for anyone else and those who might be subjected to it in the future. Through their attorneys, three men on Thursday filed a complaint for class relief against the prison itself, the New Mexico Corrections Department and so far unidentified defendants who will be named later.

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Austin Fisher

O'Shay Toney and GuJuan Fusilier, two of the three men held in the Penitentiary of New Mexico who are challenging the prison's use of solitary confinement. (Photos courtesy of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico)Three New Mexicans held at the maximum-security state prison in Santa Fe are challenging the New Mexico prison system’s use of solitary confinement, not just for them but for anyone else and those who might be subjected to it in the future.