Press Releases

Albuquerque, NM – Attorney General Raúl Torrez along with 16 other attorneys general filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case Estados Unidos Mexicanos v. Smith & Wesson Brands et al arguing that gun manufacturers and dealers are not immune from liability when they market their guns to drug cartels and violent gangs.

Santa Fe, NM – Today, the New Mexico legislature passed Senate Bill 426 establishing the first-ever dedicated Civil Rights Division within the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office. The legislation confers broad authority on the Attorney General to investigate state or local agencies and protect New Mexicans from any deprivation of their civil rights.

Roswell, NM – Fifth Judicial District Court Judge Jane Shuler-Gray found former Chaves County Sheriff’s Deputy James E. Johnson guilty of five felony counts of receiving public money for services not rendered following a bench trial yesterday afternoon in Roswell.

Albuquerque, NM – Attorney General Raúl Torrez joined a coalition of 22 attorneys general, led by California and New York, in an amicus brief pushing back against the ongoing, misguided effort led by Texas to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. In the friend-of-the-court brief filed before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas, the coalition reiterates the critical importance of DACA for states across the country and the hundreds of thousands of Dreamers and their families who depend on the program.

Santa Fe, NM – Today, Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a motion with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) to enforce the terms of the Energy Transition Act (ETA) and protect utility ratepayers from the Public Service Company of New Mexico’s (PNM) unilateral decision to delay the issuance of energy transition bonds.