Latest Mexico Headlines
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New Mexico Public Defender’s Office Settles Harassment Claims for $345K
Jul 30 2021 // Two lawsuits accusing an investigator in the state public defender’s office of sexual harassment have been settled. The Law Offices of the Public Defender agreed to pay $345,000 to resolve the lawsuits filed in 2019,...
Ousted New Mexico Police Chief Files Whistleblower Suit
Jul 16 2021 // Albuquerque’s former police chief is accusing top city officials of violating open record laws and a state statute meant to protect whistleblowers. Michael Geier and his former assistant, Paulette Diaz, filed a...
New Mexico City Settling Ex-Officers’ Suit over Race-Based Enforcement
Jul 6 2021 // Hobbs, N.M., will pay a $1.4 million settlement to three former police officers whose whistleblower lawsuit alleged they were subjected to racist language and directed to target minority neighborhoods. The 2017 lawsuit...
New Mexico Opening Door to New Era of Civil Rights Lawsuits
Jul 6 2021 // Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and civil rights violations are expanding Thursday as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits against government agencies in state...
City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
Jul 5 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...
Update: Hurricane Enrique Brushes Past Mexico’s Pacific Coast
Jun 28 2021 // MEXICO CITY – The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season brushed past the coastal shoulder of southwestern Mexico Monday, keeping just off shore while sweeping the coast with heavy rains and winds that raised the...
City in New Mexico Suing Companies Over Lighting on Problem-Plagued Bus Route
Jun 22 2021 // New Mexico’s largest city has sued companies involved in the design and construction of a rapid transit system over light fixtures that have fallen or weren’t secured. The Albuquerque Rapid Transit bus system...
New Mexico Public Defender Agency Settles Gender Pay-Gap Suit
Jun 18 2021 // Several female attorneys and investigators at the state Law Offices of the Public Defender are getting raises to resolve a lawsuit that alleged unfair compensation in comparison with better-paid male colleagues. Five...
Investigation into Collapse of Mexico City Metro Rail Line Blames Structural Fault
Jun 17 2021 // MEXICO CITY – Preliminary findings of an independent investigation into the deadly collapse of a Mexico City metro rail line last month showed the accident was caused by a structural fault, a senior city official said on...
New Mexico AG Opposes California’s Blocking of California Insurance Company’s Redomestication
Jun 15 2021 // New Mexico’s Attorney General has moved to intervene in a lawsuit in which the California Insurance Co.’s is fighting actions by the California Department of Insurance to block CIC’s redomestication to...
Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit
Jun 15 2021 // The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband. The Albuquerque Journal reported that...
Former Pension Boss in New Mexico Sues for Pay Discrimination
Jun 2 2021 // The former head of New Mexico’s pension system for educators has accused Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and others of denying her equal pay. Jan Goodwin filed a lawsuit in federal court last week, saying she...
Construction Firm Grupo Carso Faces Probe After Collapse of Mexico City Railway Line
May 19 2021 // MEXICO CITY – Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim’s construction arm Grupo Carso faces scrutiny from accident investigators for the possible role it played in the building of a metro railway line that collapsed this...
Rescues Halted in Deadly Mexico City Railway Overpass Collapse
May 5 2021 // MEXICO CITY – At least 23 people were killed and 65 were hospitalized when a railway overpass and train collapsed onto a busy road in Mexico City on Monday night, crushing cars under fallen carriages and rubble. The...
New Mexico Lawmakers Aim to Address Rising Costs of Child-Abuse Settlements
Mar 23 2021 // The New Mexico state Legislature has passed a bill aimed at reducing the rehiring of abusive teachers and addressing the rising costs of child-abuse-related settlements. The Senate passed the bill 37-0 on late last week,...
New Mexico Court Upheld Damages Cap in Medical Malpractice
Mar 22 2021 // New Mexico’s highest court has ruled that monetary limits on some types of damages due to medical malpractice are not unconstitutional. The New Mexico Supreme Court on Monday unanimously upheld the Medical...
New Mexico Lawmakers Propose Cap on Damages in Police Accountability Bill
Feb 9 2021 // A bill that would strip police officers of immunity from civil rights lawsuits in state court is being rewritten to cap potential damage awards at $2 million, in a concession to critics who warned of dire financial...
Mexico’s Pemex Plan to Cut Refinery Jobs Presents Safety Risks, Document Shows
Jan 22 2021 // Plans by Mexican state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos to cut jobs at its six refineries through attrition this year could undermine safety at the plants, an internal company document shows. Pemex plans to leave 9,374...
U.S. Charges 2 Oil Workers With Allowing Gulf of Mexico Oil Spills
Jan 21 2021 // Two Fieldwood Energy LLC oil workers face federal criminal charges for allegedly separately allowing crude oil spills from offshore U.S. Gulf of Mexico platforms to avoid required shut downs. The two were indicted Tuesday...
CIC of New Mexico Sues to Enjoin California Department of Insurance from Interference
Jan 7 2021 // California Insurance Company of New Mexico has filed suit in federal court to enjoin the California Insurance Department from continuing to take what the suit asserts are illegal, actions to block the approved...
