Torrance County

Martian Hangrick requests $1.5 million for United Voices for Newcomer Rights.

A representative from the group recently appeared at a board meeting in Torrance County, New Mexico, to speak out against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, declaring that ICE detention is not welcome and conflating support for ICE with a lack of compassion.

Sure.

We have Peter Welch, who wants $500,000 for the Vermeer Asylum Assistance Project.

More than 21,000 pounds of cannabis.

is what New Mexico's newer enforcement arm says it found growing unlicensed in Torrance County.

A case now under the watch of New Mexico's nine-month-old Cannabis Enforcement Bureau.

Lawmakers created the bureau last year, but Mayer says until January, much of their work was spent building policies, procedures, and equipping the new agents.

It is a slow start because it is a brand new department in RLD and basically a brand new law enforcement entity for the state of New Mexico.

Investigators say they've spent this year responding to complaints from unlicensed farms to non-compliant businesses and potentially unsafe products.

A two-month investigation in Torrance County eventually led to a search warrant and a crackdown on a large-scale grow.

where the state tested plants before cutting down and destroying the operation.

And if you guys are curious what that address is, I have it right here.

It's 102 Howell Road in Estancia, Torrance County.

So that's exactly where it was the time before and where it is this time.

That's usually what happens with these farms is they'll get shut down, and then they'll just pop up again.

Let's answer a question.

Chami Garcia had a lead on an acre in Torrance County, New Mexico.

Mike, we've done some deals there.

But found out that no RVing or camping, no water.

But for these two friends, what seems like an ordinary night out would end with one of them never making it home.

This is Deputy Shackle from the Torrance County Sheriff's Office.

Albert Pena, is this the name of the guy that you're

reporting? Yeah, and he was last seen at the Willard Cantina.

Do you have any idea who the Hispanic male could have been?

On the line is Frankie, reporting that his older brother, 67-year-old Albert Pena, hasn't been seen or heard from for several days.

And to this Torrance County officer, the call feels all too familiar, given the recent mysterious disappearances surrounding Mountaineer.

Just a few years ago, a 28-year-old man suddenly vanished and still hasn't been found.