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The Crisis in New Mexico Law Enforcement

Apart from immigration, the bountiful stories involving different New Mexico police forces draw the most numerous and stinging commentaries on Internet news sites.

(LAS CRUCES, N.M.) - Barely a week goes by without a scandal involving a New Mexico law enforcement officer making the headlines.

Angelo Vega, the former police chief of the border town of Columbus, pleads guilty to extortion and trafficking arms destined for the La Linea criminal organization, one of the protagonists in the so-called Mexican drug wars.