A new federal civil-rights lawsuit is turning a harsh spotlight back on the Otero County Detention Center in Alamogordo, ...

Patrick Lohman Source New Mexico This story was originally published by Source New Mexico on sourcenm.com. The United States Department of Justice on Friday filed a motion urging a federal judge to ...

OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — A New Mexico county is paying out millions of dollars over a federal lawsuit after an inmate committed suicide inside their jail. “It’s a very tragic case,” said Steven ...

In a 12-minute emergency session Friday in Alamogordo, Otero County commissioners quickly approved a new contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to continue holding detainees at the Otero ...

SANTA FE, New Mexico (KVIA) -- The Department of Homeland Security recently listed Otero and Lincoln counties as "sanctuary jurisdictions." The department says this classification indicates that these ...

OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) - The New Mexico Department of Justice (NMDOJ) announced Friday that the Otero County Commission violated the state’s Open Meetings Act when it held an emergency ...

WATCH THAT INVESTIGATION RIGHT NOW ON KOAT.COM OTERO COUNTY STILL FEELING THE HEAT AFTER RENEWING AN AGREEMENT WITH ICE TO HOLD DETAINEES, SOME CLAIM IT’S ILLEGAL WITH THE STATE SUPREME COURT ASKED TO ...

OTERO COUNTY, N.M. – Otero County is defending its Immigration and Custom Enforcement jail contract after the state asked the Supreme Court to block the county’s March 13 extension. The Otero County ...

SANTA FE, N.M. — The New Mexico Department of Justice is trying to stop Otero County from following through on its contract with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The NMDOJ filed a petition in ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A woman on a hike found a skull in Otero County earlier this week, according to the Sheriff’s Office there. After an initial investigation, authorities determined that the ...