Raul Torrez

The court has agreed to hear the argument made by the Attorney General that counties and cities acted unlawfully when they passed ordinances citing a 19th century federal law.

Democratic lawmakers and the Attorney General pushing back against local authorities find themselves at the center of a legal debate that some think could even rise to the US Supreme Court.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez will be headed to Santa Fe as New Mexico's next Attorney General.

The race for New Mexico’s top prosecutor is between the current Bernalillo County District Attorney and a newcomer with one legal win already during this campaign cycle.

Bernalillo County District Attorney Raúl Torrez this week asked a state court for a default judgment in a civil case against the New Mexico Civil Guard militia after a former leader said in a deposition that he intentionally destroyed many of the organization’s records.

The Albuquerque Police department said one student was shot and killed near the football field close to the school, emphasizing that the shooter did not enter the school campus.

District Attorney Raul Torrez has sued the 2nd Judicial Court in Albuquerque alleging officials violated the state’s Inspection of Public Records Act by refusing to turn over GPS data for two people on pretrial release. Chief Public Defender Bennett Baur says public access to this data leaves people over-exposed and over-surveilled.

The district attorney in Bernalillo County earlier this month sued the district court for ankle monitor location data from defendants who are free on monitored pretrial release. DA Raul Torrez said he thinks the data may place suspected violent criminals at several recent murder and burglary scenes, if the court would just agree to hand it over.

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