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During a Father’s Day-themed interview with his son, Donald Trump Jr., President Donald Trump said he’s heard some fascinating things about Roswell, New Mexico, and discussed his thoughts about Tiger King star Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic, the Associated Press reported on Friday. Trump Jr. interviewed his father on a variety of topics […]

Members of an armed civilian group known as the New Mexico Civil Guard were detained by police on Monday after a protester who reportedly tried to take down a controversial statue was shot. As the Albuquerque Journal reported, a man was shot in Old Town during a protest of the “La Jornada” sculpture in front […]

A treasure chest hidden in the Rocky Mountains by an eccentric millionaire from New Mexico has been found, The Santa Fe New Mexican reported. The treasure was found “a few days ago,” but the man who hid it confirmed its discovery on Sunday. Back in 2010, millionaire Forrest Fen hid a treasure “in the [Rocky] […]

A New Mexico man got quite the surprise when he went to an ATM to make a deposit, only to find $135,000 in cash lying on the ground next to the machine, CNN reports. The man called the police instead of taking the money. Jose Nuñez Romaniz just wanted to buy socks for his grandfather. […]

President Donald Trump flew to New Mexico earlier this week in an attempt to win the hearts and minds of Latinos in the run to the 2020 presidential election. He was met by thousands of adoring fans wearing Make America Great Again baseball caps and many holding signs saying “Latinos for Trump.” The Atlantic reported […]

A New Mexico EMT who raced to respond to the crash that claimed the life of country singer Kylie Rae Harris didn’t know that his own daughter was among those killed until he arrived on the scene, a new report noted. Harris was killed in a crash this Wednesday that also took the life of […]

As The Inquisitr reported a few days ago, 30-year-old country singer Kylie Rae Harris passed away this week after getting in a car accident while on her way to a scheduled performance at a music festival. While nothing has been confirmed, investigators are looking into whether alcohol and speeding may have been factors. According to […]

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a first of its kind lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday. They hope to stop the Trump administration’s policy of immediately releasing asylum-seekers into the general population, unprepared. According to New Mexico’s government website, the lawsuit specifically names acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, acting […]

The state of New Mexico is taking measures to ensure that people who are domestic abusers will not be able to purchase guns, and will have to give up any existing guns they own in order to protect their accusers. On Thursday of last week, the House of Representatives passed the measure in a 38-31 […]

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham went on CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday to discuss her decision to withdraw National Guard troops from the southern border, The Hill reports. Grisham ordered the withdrawal on February 5, despite President Trump’s orders to keep the National Guard on the U.S.-Mexico border in order to provide security. […]

President Trump, in the midst of his national emergency declaration and continuing funding over his proposed wall, sent a tweet Wednesday in which he posted a time-lapse video of what looked like a border wall under construction. Along with this, Trump posted on Twitter Wednesday that “we have just built this powerful Wall in New […]

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has ordered the National Guard troops under her command away from the U.S.-Mexico border, saying that neither she, nor New Mexico, will participate in Trump’s “charade of border fear-mongering.” As Huffington Post reports, Grisham, a Democrat, has been promising the move for days — making the promise before Tuesday’s […]

President Trump sent a tweet Friday morning quoting a border rancher as stating that “[w]e’ve found prayer rugs out here. It’s unreal.” After attributing the story to the Washington Examiner, Trump states that “people coming across the Southern Border from many countries, some of which would be a big surprise.” The tweet was a reference […]

After being missing for more than two weeks, the bodies of missing New Mexico teens, Collin Romero, 15, and Ahmed Lateef, 14, have been found. The Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed the identities after the bodies were located over the weekend at the mesa area west of Rio Rancho. Of course, for the families […]

The last time Collin Romero, 15, and Ahmed Lateef, 14, were seen was in a Snapchat video showing them being brutally beaten. Since this video, the boys from Albuquerque have not been seen and authorities from New Mexico are concerned for their safety as the search continues. According to the New York Post, Romero and […]

A New Mexico man found himself in the awkward position of having to prove to a marriage-license clerk that New Mexico is truly one of the 50 U.S. states and not, as the clerk apparently believed, a foreign country, USA Today is reporting. New Mexico has been a state for well over a century now […]

Who doesn’t love nachos? At most restaurants serving nacho platters, the general consensus is “the bigger, the better.” Nacho lovers want big platters with a mountain of toppings. A restaurant in Las Cruces, New Mexico already holding the world record for world’s biggest enchilada, is now preparing to create the world’s biggest nacho platter at […]

George Lopez got into fisticuffs with a Trump supporter at a New Mexico Hooters, and video of the event appears to show that the instigator had been waiting for the chance to accost the comedian. As TMZ reports, Lopez was in New Mexico Sunday night, filming the upcoming movie Walking With Herb, when he stopped […]

The National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, New Mexico, was mysteriously shut down and evacuated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on September 6, with no explanation as to why. Now that the FBI’s records have been unsealed, it has been revealed that the shut down was over suspected child pornography inside the observatory, reported Reuters. […]

The reason for the sudden closure two weeks ago of New Mexico’s Sunspot Solar Observatory has been revealed – sort of – and, perhaps disappointingly, it wasn’t because of aliens. At least, that’s what they want you to believe. As previously reported by the Inquisitr, on September 6 the FBI rolled into Sunspot, New Mexico […]

The Sunspot Solar Observatory in New Mexico was shut down last week under mysterious circumstances – along with the town post office and several area homes – and going on 10 days later there are still no answers. In addition to all of the wild conspiracy theories about aliens and government cover-ups, so more reasoned […]

Multiple casualties and injuries were announced in New Mexico on Thursday after a Greyhound bus collided with a truck, with at least 40 victims having to be transported to various hospitals as a result. Six required urgent care on the scene. “There are multiple serious injuries and passengers transported. Officers and EMS are actively working […]

According to the Huffington Post, the remains of a young boy were found at a compound in Amalia, New Mexico. The remains were discovered after local police raided the compound over the weekend to search for 3-year-old AG Wahhaj, who had been presumed missing. Upon arrival, the police discovered 11 children and five adults living […]

Before the rescue, there was reportedly a standoff between police officers and one of the arrested men, who was armed. Eventually, police officers placed the suspect under arrest without incident. Officers with the Taos County Sheriff’s Department went on to find four handguns with numerous rounds of ammunition after removing the men from what was […]

According to ABC, a commercial passenger bus and three other vehicles were involved in a domino effect car crash around 2:00 a.m. Sunday, on the stretch of Interstate 25 just north of Bernalillo, New Mexico (about 18 miles north of Albuquerque). Sandoval County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Keith Elder said that the accident initiated when […]

A shooting in a public library in Clovis, New Mexico, has left at least two people dead with reports of several others injured. A suspect is in custody, but as of this writing, police have not released a name or any details regarding a possible motive. According to Las Cruces Sun-News, local resident Vanessa Aguirre […]

Three cases of the human plague have now been recorded in Santa Fe County, New Mexico. All three plague victims are older individuals in their 50s or 60s. New Mexico Health Department officials just revealed a 52-year-old woman, a 62-year-old woman, and a 63-year-old-man have contracted the human plague in Santa Fe County in recent […]

Damian Herrera from La Madera in northern New Mexico got into an argument with his stepfather on Thursday after being told he couldn’t use his stepfather’s car. Herrera wanted to use his stepfather’s car to attend an appointment, but when Max Trujillo said no, Damian instead used his stepfather’s own gun to kill him outside […]

Ghost Adventures star Zak Bagans took to social media on Thursday to remind fans that new episodes pick up on Saturday with the episode titled “Skinwalker Canyon.” Fans of Ghost Adventures have been anxiously waiting for the return of Season 13. Zak Bagans tweeted over a month ago that Ghost Adventures was taking a small […]

An alleged leak of top-secret U.S. government documents from the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) appears to confirm that a flying saucer UFO really did crash at a ranch a few miles from Roswell, New Mexico, in July of 1947. The alleged DIA documents also appear to confirm that alien bodies were recovered from the wreckage […]

A “former CIA agent” made a “deathbed confession” that he visited the secret Area 51 Air Force base during the administration of President Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s and saw the Roswell UFO allegedly stored inside a secret climate-controled hangar. He also claimed that he saw living extraterrestrial beings at the nearby restricted S-4 facility. […]

A new documentary purports to show President John Kennedy’s “former pilot” saying that the former president had hinted to him that he was aware of the evidence that alien UFOs were visiting Earth. President Kennedy’s alleged former pilot made the disclosure in the documentary Unacknowledged, which claims to expose decades of U.S. government cover-up of […]

Over the years, McDonald’s has used many clever advertising techniques and placement in order to build up their business, but they’ve never done anything like this. As many people may know, McDonald’s restaurants are franchised out which means they have guidelines to follow but don’t always do the same thing. One location in New Mexico […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico teen Ethan Guillen allegedly made a pressure cooker bomb and placed it under his ex-girlfriend’s bed while she was off attending her high school graduation. Ethan Guillen, 18, is now facing federal charges over the homemade pressure cooker bomb allegedly rigged to detonate remotely and kill his ex-girlfriend. The pressure cooker bomb […]

Another very special piece of Elvis Presley memorabilia is up for auction, and this little treasure is at once both personal and useful as a mode of transportation, with the item being Presley’s 1962 Lockheed Jetstar plane. Elvis Presley’s red airplane has been sitting on a New Mexico runway now for 30 years, causing a […]

A New Mexico school lunch law went into effect last week. The legislature’s action and signing ceremony marked an important milestone: For the first time ever, a state prohibits the so-called practice of “lunch shaming” a student when they are unable to afford the cost of a meal. Still, the new lunch anti-shaming bill has […]

Amazon has already been collecting sales tax in many U.S. states after the backlash of state officials for their tax revenue losses. It appears as though Amazon may also be bowing to pressure from another U.S. state with it being added to the list. According to a report by the Albuquerque Journal, Amazon will now […]

A retired university professor has said he is convinced that the U.S. government is covering up information that aliens have visited Earth and that a flying saucer UFO of extraterrestrial origin crashed at Roswell in 1947. According to Professor Don Donderi, retired McGill University professor, the evidence that an alien UFO crashed at Roswell, New […]

A New Mexico convenience store has drawn backlash for a sign letting customers know that “Obama & Other Muslims” should take their business elsewhere, KOB-TV (Albuquerque) is reporting. The Mayhill Convenience Store is the only place to buy groceries for miles around. That means if you’re going to shop there, you’re going to have to […]

When New Mexico mom Josette Duran’s son, Dylan, asked for an extra lunch to take to school, she thought maybe her son was just hungry and wanted a little extra food. After all, kids grow, and as they get older and bigger, they need more calories. But Josette was stunned when Dylan explained the reason […]

Clint Corvinus, a field training officer with the Alamogordo Police Department, has been killed in a deadly shooting with a suspect on Friday. The death of Cornivus marks the second murder of a New Mexico police officer in less than a month and has sparked calls for more efforts to protect law enforcement officers. According […]

An Albuquerque mother, her boyfriend, and a second woman have been arrested and charged with the horrific rape and murder of the mother’s 10-year-old daughter, The Albuquerque Journal is reporting. The girl’s mother, Michelle Martens, 35, Martens’ boyfriend, Fabian Gonzales, 31, and a second woman, Jessica Kelley, 31, were all arrested Wednesday. The trio is […]

Did an Albuquerque school principal tell teachers to no longer refer to kids as “boys” and “girls” as part of an effort to be more inclusive of transgender kids, or was the whole thing based on a mistake that got blown out of proportion in the media? Last Friday, KOB-TV (Albuquerque) reported that teachers at […]

A mother and son from Clovis, New Mexico, are willing to do whatever it takes to keep their love alive, even if it means going to jail — and no, we’re not talking the natural love a parent has for their child. Since late last year, Monica Mares, 36, and her oldest son, 19-year-old Caleb […]

Linda Haas and her husband, Gary Haas, were found dead in a burned out trailer on a ranch near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, six years ago. The killers: John McCluskey, his girlfriend and cousin, Casslyn Welch, and Tracy Province, hijacked and murdered the couple after escaping from an Arizona prison. Tonight, their tragic deaths will […]

A New Mexico restaurateur has served himself up a firestorm on social media for a sign that reads “Black Olives Matter” — a play on the phrase “Black Lives Matter” — that some have deemed offensive. As KOB (Albuquerque) reports, Rick Camuglia, owner of Paisano’s Restaurant, needed a clever way to advertise his latest special: […]

A rare owl killed in New Mexico last month has pushed federal authorities to step up efforts to protect the endangered species. The rare burrowing owl was killed in the Caja del Rio area of Santa Fe National Forest. According to the Santa Fe New Mexican, local birdwatcher Julie Luetzelschwab spotted two rare burrowing owls […]

The video titled “Our hotel had an interesting key policy…” has gotten 1.3 million views since being uploaded to YouTube on June 4. That’s because the video exposed a major security flaw at the Rodeway Inn, located on the popular Route 66 that some folks travel for nostalgia’s sake. In the video, a man can […]

With the U.S. electorate polarized like never before and the “NeverHillary” and “NeverTrump” campaigns kicking into high gear, third-party Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson may be the answer America is looking for. Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, who secured the Libertarian nomination this weekend, is already polling at 10 percent against both Hillary and […]

Last week, Donald Trump appeared at a rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Susana Martinez, the Republican governor of that state, did not appear, apparently because she has some level of discomfort with his candidacy for President of the United States. Typically when this happens in politics, it is a sign to the one who was […]