Prosecutors in New Mexico’s busiest judicial district have been pleading with state lawmakers to amend the children’s code to address what they call an unbelievable spike in juvenile crime in ...

An Española teen convicted of killing another teen during a roadway shootout in November 2022 received a sentence of less than two years of juvenile detention during a hearing Wednesday in a Santa Fe ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Behind the wheel of ... Under state law, the 11-year-old cannot be held in a juvenile detention center but will remain in the custody of the state child welfare agency.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP ... Under state law, the 11-year-old cannot be held in a juvenile detention center but will remain in the custody of the state child welfare agency.