Border Violence
The Attorney General’s Border Violence Division provides specialized legal
and technical assistance and training to other local and state agencies in New Mexico
in matters of international criminal extraditions, human trafficking and money laundering.
The Division was established in 2005 for the purpose of focusing on international
extraditions and foreign prosecutions and has since expanded to meet the needs of
the state for prosecuting human trafficking cases for which the law was passed in
2008, and money laundering issues for which the Southwest Border Anti-Money Laundering
Alliance was formed in 2010.
Division staffers are experienced in processing extradition requests with the Department
of Justice and Mexico and have been successful in extraditing homicide suspects
from Mexico. Most recently, the BVD received a grant from the Department of Justice
(FY 09 Recovery Act, “Rural Law Enforcement Assistance: Combating Rural Crime”)
enabling the BVD to develop proactive law enforcement investigative capabilities
for human trafficking. The
BVD is also continuing to increase services for international extraditions and prosecutions
of wanted individuals who commit serious criminal offenses in the State of New Mexico
and are then located in foreign countries, particularly in Mexico.
The Division’s part in the New Mexico Anti-Money Laundering Alliance is to
provide law enforcement and prosecutors in New Mexico with resources to effectively
investigate and prosecute organizations using all criminal and civil remedies to
impact the profit-motivated component of narcotics, weapons, human traffickers,
and smugglers.
The bi-lingual/bi-cultural staff is experienced in criminal and international law,
forensic investigations, community outreach, foreign communications and diplomatic
relations.
View the Border Violence Most Wanted.
Learn more about Human Trafficking.
Learn more about Extradition/Foreign Prosecutions.
Learn more about Money Laundering.