DEA Launches Bold Bilaterial Initiative To Dismantle Cartel Gatekeepers, Combat Synthetic Drug Trafficking
DEA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Drug Enforcement Administration announces a major new initiative to strengthen collaboration between the United States and Mexico in the fight against cartels, whose trafficking networks are responsible for flooding American communities with deadly synthetic drugs.
At the core of this effort is Project Portero, DEA’s flagship operation aimed at dismantling cartel “gatekeepers”, operatives who control the smuggling corridors along the Southwest Border. Gatekeepers are essential to cartel operations, directing the flow of fentanyl, methamphetamine, Read More
Albuquerque Couple Indicted For Conspiring To Harbor Illegal Aliens And Laundering Human Smuggling Proceeds Through Real Estate
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — An Albuquerque couple is accused of conspiring with human smugglers, turning their rental properties into stash houses for human smuggling operations, and laundering what they believed to be human smuggling profits through a real estate deal structured to avoid detection.
According to court records, between March 2023 and July 2025, Nan Zhang, 44, and her husband Sanjay Khurana, 62, both naturalized U.S. citizens, conspired with human smugglers to rent properties in Albuquerque to be used as stash houses for individuals who had been unlawfully brought into the Read More
Land And Water Conservation Fund Helps Pay For Lights At Socorro’s Sedillo Park Baseball Fields
New energy efficient lighting at the Sedillo Park baseball fields in Socorro. Courtesy photo
STATE News:
SANTA FE — The City of Socorro is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate completion of a $797,908 project to install lights on the Sedillo Park baseball fields.
Nearly have the project cost, $342,504, came from the Land and Water Conservation Fund, a federal program that in New Mexico is administered by the State Parks Division.
“The Land and Water Conservation Fund is the only federal program solely dedicated to outdoor recreation, providing matching grants to states, local Read More
Posts From The Road: Traversing So. Utah’s Back Roads
Red Canyon: Red Canyon is a small area just a few miles from Bryce Canyon National Park. It is a popular recreation area that offers dramatic red rock formations and terrain for visitors to explore. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com
Retired: An old wooden windmill sits in a pasture a few miles east of Zion National Park. The windmill caught my eye as the entire structure is made of wood, even the blades that remain. Just minutes before seeing this ranch area where cattle roam, drivers were navigating their way through the spectacular rock formations within Zion National Park. Photo by Gary Warren/ladailypost.com Read More
LANL: Energized Watershed Project Could Boost New Mexico Economy And Increase Water Security
LANL’s Sanna Sevanto led this agrivoltaics project in El Rito through the state SBA Program. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
The Energized Watershed project was recently announced as a semifinalist in the Regional Innovation Engine competition through the National Science Foundation (NSF). With goals of increasing local water security and creating economic opportunities, the project would bring new vitality to the state of New Mexico, if selected.
“The whole purpose of the NSF Engines program is to build innovation and economic growth ecosystems in the areas that receive funding,” said Sanna Read More
New Mexico Delegation Welcomes $22 Million To Provide High-Speed Internet To Socorro, Torrance & Valencia
CONGRESSIONAL News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) and U.S. Reps. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-N.M.), Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) welcomed $22 million via the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide high-speed internet to 783 people, 14 businesses, and 40 farms in Socorro, Torrance, and Valencia Counties in New Mexico.
This investment is made possible through congressional funding provided to USDA’s Rural Development, which offers loans, grants, and loan guarantees to help create jobs and support economic Read More
Palestine Film Series: ‘The Encampments’ Tuesday At SALA
COMMUNITY News:
The Palestine Film Series continues with the documentary “The Encampments” provided to the community free of charge at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, at SALA Event Center.
From Executive Producer Macklemore, “The Encampments offers an urgent, intimate portrait of America’s student movement, ignited at Columbia University as students protested their university’s ties to the war on Gaza. Their actions sparked a nationwide uprising, with encampments spreading across hundreds of campuses. Featuring detained activist Mahmoud Khalil, alongside professors, whistleblowers, Read More
MOWW To Feature Dr. Glen McDuff At Aug. 19 Meeting
Dr. Glen McDuff
MOWW News:
This month’s meeting of the Military Order of the World Wars (MOWW) is Tuesday, Aug. 19, in conference room 203A at the Los Alamos Research Park. Dr. Glen McDuff will be the featured speaker. He holds a PhD in Physics from the University of St. Andrews and a degree in electrical engineering from Texas Tech University, where he was also a professor. Dr. McDuff is retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Jan. 1, 1947, saw the creation of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and the Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory (LASL). Ownership of LASL was transferred from the Department Read More
Scenes From Summer Concert Aug. 15 At Ashley Pond Park
Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos Key Club Coordinator Morrie Pongratz with LAHS Key Club Member Zoe Bent, center, and President Uxue Sansinena at the Summer Concert Friday at Ashley Pond Park. The LAHS Key Club is donating $3,000 to the Lincoln County Community Foundation for ‘Wildfire/Flood Relief’. The Key Clubbers sell cotton candy during the summer concerts. and although they collected only $152.05 in their donations jar in 2024, they voted to donate $3,000 to the ‘Wildfire/Flood Relief’ charitable cause. Photo by Nate Limback/ladailypost.com
Summer Concert headliner Lumbre Del Sol performing Read More
Las Cruces Man Gets 84 Months In Prison For Possession Of Methamphetamine And Fentanyl After Fleeing From Officers
FBI News:
ALBUQUERQUE — A Las Cruces man was sentenced Friday to 84 months in prison for possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl after fleeing from officers attempting to arrest him on a warrant.
There is no parole in the federal system.
According to court documents, on May 15, 2024, Las Cruces Police Department officers attempted to arrest Guillermo Yanez, 47, on an outstanding warrant out of El Paso, Texas, for tampering with evidence in a narcotics case.
When officers approached, Yanez fled on foot, jumping a wall into an apartment complex. During the chase, officers saw him reach into Read More
