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Claudiu Pesteleu, a Romanian national who participated in a large-scale fraud scheme that used fake business websites to steal more than $1.8 million from consumers across the country, is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on June 4, 2026, at 9:40 a.m. in Las Cruces.

Russell Lee Saunders, Sr. is facing federal charges for an assault that allegedly occurred in 2024.

Beverleta Tayah pleaded guilty to shooting and seriously injuring a man in 2024.

Stephen Craig Campbell, who lived for more than 40 years under the stolen identity of a deceased Arkansas man, pleaded guilty to federal identity theft, passport fraud, and firearms offenses.

Tyler Vigil pleaded guilty to federal charges of assault by a habitual offender for strangling and suffocating a woman after previously being convicted at least twice in tribal court for assault offenses.

Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico announced its immigration enforcement statistics for this week. 

Three inmates accused of violently attacking a correction officer assisting the U.S. Marshals Service at the Doña Ana County Detention Center have been charged federally after the officer was beaten unconscious and tased during a 22 second assault.

After a three-day trial, a federal jury convicted Juan Gomez Montiel of coordinating an alien smuggling operation that brought individuals, including an unaccompanied minor, from Mexico into the United States through southern New Mexico and Texas.

Anthony Kaamasee has been charged in federal court for allegedly sexually abusing a minor.

Timothy Begay pleaded guilty to second degree murder after driving drunk at 107 miles per hour and crashing into an oncoming vehicle, killing the driver.

Today, the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico announced its immigration enforcement statistics for this week. 

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has appointed First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison of the District of New Mexico to serve on the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys (AGAC).