New Mexico AG reviewing practices of child welfare workers

April 28, 2021 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas said Wednesday he is “highly concerned” about government employees potentially deleting public information after questions were raised about the communication practices of the state agency that oversees foster children, juvenile justice and child welfare...

US judge dismisses New Mexico privacy claims against Google

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANSeptember 28, 2020 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. district judge has dismissed New Mexico’s privacy claims against Google over privacy concerns, but New Mexico's top prosecutor vowed Monday to continue the legal fight to protect child privacy rights...

Ex-New Mexico officer facing murder charge over chokehold

By RUSSELL CONTRERASJuly 17, 2020 GMT

RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) — A former police officer in New Mexico was charged Thursday with second-degree murder after authorities said he killed a Latino detainee he had placed in a chokehold...

New Mexico sues Google over collection of children’s data

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANFebruary 20, 2020 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's attorney general sued Google Thursday over allegations the tech company is illegally collecting personal data generated by children in violation of federal and state laws...

New Mexico stays out of opioids settlement with Purdue

September 12, 2019 GMT

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas is declining to join a tentative settlement agreement over the role OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation's opioid addiction crisis...

The Latest: Attorneys general demand family separation stop

June 19, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the controversy over child and parent separations at the U.S.-Mexico border (all times local):...

Democratic attorneys general urge end to border separations

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYANJune 19, 2018 GMT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A coalition of Democratic attorneys general demanded Tuesday that the Trump administration end a "zero tolerance" policy that has resulted in children being separated from their parents at the U...