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FILE – Solomon Pena, center, a Republican candidate for New Mexico House District 14, is taken into custody by Albuquerque Police officers, Jan. 16, 2023, in southwest Albuquerque, N.M. Roberto E. Rosales/AP/The Albuquerque Journal hide caption toggle caption Roberto E. Rosales/AP/The Albuquerque Journal ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday …

The FBI has returned a 500-year-old stolen document signed by Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés to Mexico. The manuscript page was penned in 1527 and is one of 15 pages thought to have been swiped from Mexico’s national archives between 1985 and 1993, the US investigatory agency said. The page – which describes payments made for supplies for expeditions – was …

Ex-New Mexico state candidate gets 80 years for shootings at Dems’ homes  Axios Failed GOP candidate sentenced to 80 years in connection with shooting spree at Democrat officials’ homes  Fox News Failed New Mexico candidate gets 80 years for convictions in shootings at officials’ homes  CNN Republican Ex-Candidate Sentenced to 80 Years in Prison for Shooting Plot  The New York Times Failed Republican candidate …

Louisville, Kentucky — GE Appliances plans to shift production of refrigerators, gas ranges and water heaters out of China and Mexico as part of a more than $3 billion investment to expand its U.S. operations in Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina. The investment — the second-largest in the Louisville-based company’s history — is expected to add more than 1,000 …

Mexico extradites 26 suspected top cartel leaders to U.S. amid pressure from Trump admin  Axios Mexico sends 26 cartel members to U.S. in deal with Trump administration  CBS News Mexico hands over fugitive wanted in 2008 killing of L.A. County sheriff’s deputy  Los Angeles Times Mexico says 26 capos sent to US were requested by Trump administration, not part of tariff talks  AP News …

Facebook Tweet Email Link Albuquerque, New Mexico AP  —  A failed political candidate was sentenced to 80 years in federal prison Wednesday for his convictions in a series of drive-by shootings at the homes of state and local lawmakers in Albuquerque in the aftermath of the 2020 election. A jury convicted former Republican candidate Solomon Peña earlier this year of …

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The governor of New Mexico declared a state of emergency Wednesday in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham makes $750,000 available as local governments and tribal officials in Rio Arriba County call for …

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico sent 26 alleged cartel figures to face justice in the United States because the Trump administration requested them and Mexico did not want them to continue running their illicit businesses from Mexican prisons, officials said Wednesday. The mass transfer was not, however, part of wider negotiations as Mexico seeks to avoid higher tariffs threatened by …

Mexico sent 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States Tuesday in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks smuggling drugs across the border. Those handed over to U.S. custody include Abigael González Valencia, a leader of “Los Cuinis,” a group closely aligned with notorious cartel Jalisco New Generation, or …

Mexico has sent 26 inmates suspected of playing high-profile roles in some of the country’s most powerful drug cartels to the US, the second transfer of its kind this year. US officials said the individuals extradited included “key operatives” of major drugs gangs, and have been charged with violent offences or links to organised crime in American courts. Mexico said …