Raúl Torrez

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined 17 other Democratic state attorneys general Tuesday in suing to block President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is taking outgoing Western New Mexico University President Joseph Shepard and all five members of the Board of Regents to court over a $1.9 million buyout payment they awarded to Shepard, who state investigators say has routinely engaged in “wasteful” and “improper” spending of taxpayer dollars.

Attorney General Raúl Torrez has convened the task force to continue the work of a group disbanded by the governor last year, to the displeasure of advocates

Texas has sued the Biden administration to try to block a federal rule that shields patient medical records from criminal investigations if they cross state lines to seek abortion in New Mexico or other states where it is legal.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced Tuesday that his office is investigating allegations that a Las Cruces hospital has denied care to cancer patients with low incomes or who are uninsured.

Attorney General Raúl Torrez has made good on a pledge last week to investigate alleged price gouging at hotels where victims of wildfires in Southern New Mexico sought shelter. Torrez issued cease and desist letters to six properties Wednesday.

Attorney General Raúl Torrez warned this week that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action.

No human remains have been found after search and rescue crews combed through 1,300 damaged and destroyed structures in a New Mexico mountain community hit hard by a pair of wildfires. Plus, Attorney General Raul Torrez warned Wednesday that any attempts at price gouging and defrauding victims of recent wildfires would face swift legal action.

Among Native American communities, people go missing and experience violence at disproportionately high rates. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) - the first Native cabinet secretary - has been working to implement the Not Invisible Act, which she helped pass as a Congresswoman in 2019. A commission traveled round the country hearing testimony from survivors, advocates, law enforcement and tribal leaders. It released a list of recommendations last November, and now the Departments of Justice and Interior have responded.

New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced a new online portal Tuesday meant to address the ongoing crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People.