Data showed the 3.1 magnitude quake struck near Veguita at 7:04 a.m. The census-designated place is located north of Socorro and south of Belen. Earthquakes are not uncommon in New Mexico. Given the ...

SOCORRO, N.M. – A man was awarded a $2 million settlement in federal court because of how he was treated inside the Socorro County Detention Center. Jessie Chavez suffers from severe mental illness.

Socorro County has agreed to pay $2 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges he was forced to live surrounded by his own waste in a county jail cell with no running water for weeks, ...

SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A former inmate is getting a multi-million-dollar payout after he said he was held in a New Mexico county jail cell for days without food and water. Jessie Chavez’s ...

A boarded-up property on Spring St. on the south side of Socorro. REUTERS/Andrew Hay By Andrew Hay and Jorge GarciaReuters Socorro – Past a pawn shop and thrift store in the working-class section of ...

UNDERSTAND THE PATIENTS. FIRST, WE START WITH SOME BREAKING NEWS COMING OUT OF SOCORRO COUNTY RIGHT NOW, WHERE POLICE AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE RESPONDING TO A TRAIN DERAILMENT NEAR THE 400 BLOCK OF ...

SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Socorro County Detention Center is being accused of abusing an inmate who was held in solitary confinement. Steven Allen, director of the New Mexico Prison and Jail ...

In May of 2025 NMPRC voted unanimously on appointing co-Hearing examiners Ryan and Barrett to consider mechanisms for ...

START THE PROCESS. ABUSE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. THAT’S WHAT THE DIRECTOR OF THE NEW MEXICO PRISON AND JAILS PROJECT TELLS US, HAPPENED FOR A MAN SUFFERING FROM MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES. ALYSSA MUNOZ ...