Tag: Albuquerque
Jorge Pinon Armendariz, Laser Pointer Attack, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read Jorge Pinon Armendariz, 48, aimed a green laser pointer at a Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office helicopter over Albuquerque on October 7, 2025, striking the cockpit more than a dozen times and hitting the pilot in the eyes. The helicopter was flying over the city when the attack occurred. Armendariz continued to…
Brian Ramirez, Human Trafficking, New Mexico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Brian Ramirez, a 25-year-old Albuquerque man, is accused of running a smuggling operation that recruited drivers and used his residence as a stash house to move undocumented noncitizens through New Mexico. On May 7, 2026, Border Patrol agents caught two Mexican nationals, including a 17-year-old, attempting to evade a checkpoint near…
Kayla Marie Concho, Assault with a dangerous weapon, New Mexico 2026
⏱ 2 min read A brutal stabbing on the Zuni Pueblo left one victim fighting for their life after a night of drinking turned violent. On June 14, 2026, Zachary Booqua, 18, and his mother, Kayla Marie Concho, 36, allegedly assaulted two people, identified as Jane Doe and John Doe, at a residence on the…
Alejandro Moya, Interstate Threatening Communications, New Mexico 2026
⏱ 2 min read Alejandro Moya, a 36-year-old Albuquerque man, allegedly threatened to kill an FBI special agent during a phone call on July 14, 2026, over firearms seized during a 2020 federal search warrant. Moya demanded the return of his guns, telling the agent to return them or face death. The agent had contacted…
Evelyn Esmeralda Villalta-Marquez, Human Trafficking, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 2 min read A human smuggling operation turned deadly in the New Mexico desert when a 26-year-old woman, Evelyn Esmeralda Villalta-Marquez, was left behind and died from hyperthermia. The incident occurred on August 7, 2024, near New Mexico State Road 9, where 13 undocumented noncitizens were found hiding in the desert by United States…
Debbie Rojack, Involuntary Manslaughter, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 2 min read A drunk driver with a history of reckless behavior struck and killed a pedestrian on a dirt road in the Borrego Pass area of New Mexico. Debbie Rojack, 46, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, was behind the wheel of her gray 2019 Ford SUV on August 6, 2024, when…
Marcelo Alonso-Almaraz, Human Trafficking, New Mexico 2022
⏱ 2 min read Marcelo Alonso-Almaraz and his wife Eloisa Almaraz-Vasquez, two Mexican nationals living illegally in the US, were behind a horrific hostage-taking and human smuggling operation in Albuquerque, NM. On November 2, 2022, they demanded an additional $6,000 from a family who had already paid $30,000 to have their loved ones smuggled into…
Lucas Maldonado, Organized Crime, New Mexico 2026
⏱ 2 min read In a massive nationwide operation, the FBI-led Operation Spring Cleaning targeted gang-related threats and the illicit flow of firearms and narcotics in communities across the US, including New Mexico. From March 1 to May 31, the operation resulted in over 1100 arrests, with federal prosecutors in New Mexico charging several individuals,…
Tevin King, Fentanyl Trafficking, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 2 min read Tevin King, a 33-year-old Albuquerque man, was at the center of a high-speed pursuit through multiple New Mexico cities on August 19, 2024. The chase began when King, who was the subject of an active federal arrest warrant for a supervised release violation, fled from law enforcement in a black Malibu.…
Dominic James Isaac Sandoval Peralta, Assault on a Federal Officer, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 2 min read A Mescalero Apache Tribe member landed himself in hot water after a brutal takedown of a Bureau of Indian Affairs officer on the reservation. On May 29, 2025, Dominic James Isaac Sandoval Peralta, 24, got physical with a uniformed officer responding to a call at a Mescalero Apache Reservation residence. When…
