Albuquerque NM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An attempt at vigilante justice left one New Mexico man dead and sent another to prison. Last year, thieves stole a trailer and an excavator from 22-year-old Miguel Varela. Days later, Varela’s brother called police, saying that they had identified the thief and that the two brothers were...

A multi-agency task force is investigating the death of a man who suffered a medical episode while in Albuquerque police custody.

BERNALILLO — A Warrior Gas Station employee was charged with embezzling nearly $4,000. Silencio Chacon, 55, of Rio Rancho, has been summoned for embezzlement at Warrior II gas station in Bernalillo. Officers responded to an allegation of embezzlement involving a former employee, Chacon, according to a criminal...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Greater resources for police, expansion of mental health treatment, and reform to New Mexico’s child welfare system make up the core of the public safety plan released Thursday by Deb Haaland. Haaland (Laguna Pueblo), a Democratic Party candidate for governor in New Mexico, reached into...

A SWAT team has taken a man into custody after Albuquerque police say he stole a truck at gunpoint near San Mateo Boulevard and Central Avenue.

Police are looking for a truck believed to be involved in a shooting that left a man and a woman wounded Tuesday on Coors in Albuquerque.

The FBI is involved in the search for William Neil McCasland, a retired U.S. Air Force general who has been missing for several days. McCasland, 68, disappeared on Friday, February 27, when he was last seen in Sandia Heights, which is located in the Albuquerque, New Mexico, metropolitan area, according to the...

A judge has sentenced two men to 100-year prison terms each for the kidnapping and murder of three adults and a minor in 2024 in Juarez, Mexico.

BERNALILLO — After a jury deadlock in January, a man accused of murder will get a second trial, this time for second-degree murder. Adam Kruse, 60, of Rio Rancho, was arrested in 2024 for the first-degree murder of Josiah Yazzie In the 600 block of Clayton Meadows. He will...

Thursday’s Top Stories Thursday’s Five Facts [1] Video: San Juan County deputies question man accused of killing 11-month old son – In February, San Juan County Sheriff’s deputies investigated the death of the baby after he was reported missing by his mother. He had last been seen with his father, John Hannon. Amid...