KRQE News 13 is learning more about how long investigators looked into the DWI Unit scandal involving the Albuquerque Police ...

Local advocacy groups are speaking out after learning the details of the DWI Unit scandal from Ricardo “Rick” Mendez’s ...

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KRQE Investigates has been covering the DWI Unit scandal since news broke one year ago that the FBI was investigating. On ...

A private investigator embroiled in a corruption scandal that rocked New Mexico’s law enforcement community for over a decade ...

For Officer Andrew Pulido, getting drunk drivers off the streets is a top priority. "That's just for state police. That's a lot. I bet you there was double that out there," Pulido said. "There's ...

On Friday, January 24, 2025, Ricardo ‘Rick’ Mendez pled guilty to RICO and conspiracy charges, the first person to face charges in the federal DWI scheme.

For the past 15 years, at least two lawyers and officers from the Police Department, New Mexico State Police and the Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office ran a racketeering enterprise taking bribes in ...

Newly filed federal records show officers and deputies with the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff's Office and New Mexico State Police worked with an attorney and his private ...