New Mexico

A 17-year-old suspect was arrested Wednesday night in connection with Monday’s shooting death of a letter carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, according to authorities in New Mexico.

A New Mexico man belonging to a militia group accused of detaining migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border at gunpoint was arrested Saturday on charges of firearms possession by a felon, authorities said.

An armed right-wing militia group operating along the U.S.-Mexico border posted several videos to social media this week, including one in which they held about 200 asylum-seeking migrants at gunpoint near Sunland Park, NM until U.S. Border Patrol agents arrived, according to a report.

A New Mexico woman was arrested Saturday after allegedly stealing an ambulance and driving it around in circles to look for heroin before crashing it, police said.

A New Mexico man faces multiple charges after police found over four dozen diamonds in a bag inside his anal cavity that he allegedly planned on trading for drugs, KOB 4 reported.

Former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Friday he does not support the idea of a third summit with North Korea but instead backs the idea of a series of smaller deals with Pyongyang over its nuclear intentions. 

A high-speed chase in southern New Mexico ended in a crash that left 2 illegal immigrants dead on Saturday, officials said.

Valerie Plame, the former CIA operative who was at the center of an intelligence leak when her identity was publically revealed during the George W. Bush administration, plans to run for a U.S. Senate seat in New Mexico as a Democrat, according to reports.

The Kirtland Air Force Base said airmen were involved in a possible street racing crash in Albuquerque, N.M., Saturday that left a female pedestrian dead.

Sen. Tom Udall, D-N.M., announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2020 – vacating a seat he’s held since 2009 and ending a career in Washington that spans decades.