Tag: Albuquerque
Crisantos Garcia, Federal Drug Trafficking and Firearms Offenses, New Mexico 2025
⏱ 3 min read An alleged jailbreak plot has landed a New Mexico felon in hot water. Crisantos ‘Ventex’ Garcia, a suspected West Side Locos gang member, was charged with federal drug trafficking and firearms offenses for allegedly helping inmate Dakota Briscoe escape from custody. On February 13, 2025, FBI agents executed search warrants at…
Alexander John Duran, Child Sex Abuse, New Mexico 2022
⏱ 2 min read A 31-year-old Pojoaque man is going down for 14 years after a sickening sex abuse case. Alexander John Duran, a member of the Pueblo of Pojoaque, pleaded guilty to abusing a child under 12 between December 2021 and February 2022. The feds say Duran engaged in a sexual act with the…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Human Smuggling, New Mexico 2023
⏱ 2 min read A stunning 293 individuals are facing federal charges in New Mexico for attempting to breach the state’s borders, with 106 slapped with re-entry charges and 8 accused of smuggling others across. The crackdown, part of the nationwide Operation Take Back America, targeted those trying to evade the law and enter the…
Jeremy Blueeyes, Abusive Sexual Contact of a Minor, New Mexico 2019
⏱ 2 min read A Phoenix man has been sentenced to 108 months in federal prison for sexually abusing a minor in New Mexico. Jeremy Blueeyes, 26, an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, engaged in sexual contact with a child under the age of 12 in 2019. Blueeyes subsequently pled guilty to abusive sexual…
Justin Aguino, Obstruction of Justice, New Mexico 2020
⏱ 2 min read A former Ohkay Owingeh police officer, Justin Aguino, 31, has pleaded guilty to using his position to disclose sensitive information about a federal investigation in New Mexico. On February 26, 2020, Aguino made a phone call to an individual, revealing that a person they knew was cooperating with federal authorities. This…
Juan Carlos Hernandez, Re-Entering US After Deportation, New Mexico 2023
⏱ 3 min read Seventy individuals were charged with re-entering the US after deportation in New Mexico, according to a recent report from the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The charges were brought in partnership with the El Paso Sector of the U.S. Border Patrol and Homeland Security Investigations El Paso. Of those charged, 70 were accused…
Jose Ramirez, Kidnapping for Ransom, New Mexico 2018
⏱ 2 min read Jose Ramirez, a 47-year-old Albuquerque man, engineered a violent kidnapping-for-ransom scheme targeting his former employer, a 68-year-old business owner, in July 2018. The scheme began just weeks after Ramirez’s release from prison for a felony firearm conviction. Ramirez and his co-defendants ambushed the victim at his Placitas residence, restrained him, and…
Karl Devain Escobar, Brutal Sex Assault, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 2 min read A 33-year-old man from the Zuni Pueblo is facing federal charges for allegedly using force and without consent in a sex act with a woman on June 11, 2024. Karl Devain Escobar, an enrolled member of the Zuni Pueblo, is accused of committing sexual abuse and aggravated sexual abuse. He remains…
Roderick Norseweather Jr., Sex Trafficking of Children, New Mexico 2024
⏱ 4 min read Roderick Norseweather Jr., 26, is facing serious time after admitting to trafficking two underage girls from California to Albuquerque in December 2024. He lured them with promises of money, then subjected them to exploitation, using a chilling mix of tech and control. Tajahne Johnson, 22, also pleaded guilty to misprision of…
