3 days ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Federal court documents confirm New Mexico’s DWI corruption scandal reaches beyond officers with the Albuquerque Police Department. The first person to face ch…

2 days ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – It’s been a year since the public learned of the massive corruption scandal involving a scheme to make DWI cases disappear. Federal documents last week, shed more ...

6 days ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 is learning more about how long investigators looked into the DWI Unit scandal involving the Albuquerque Police Department, Bernalillo County Sheriff’s ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – 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. KRQE ...

6 days ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE Investigates has been covering the DWI Unit scandal since news broke one year ago that the FBI was investigating. On Friday, Ricardo “Rick” Mendez became the...

6 days ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE Investigates Reporter Ann Pierret sat down with Albuquerque Police Department Chief Harold Medina to discuss how officers were able to get away with their scheme...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Albuquerque Police Department has placed two more officers on leave after the FBI announced charges related to the DWI Unit scandal. Friday evening APD named the ...

6 days ago · ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local advocacy groups are speaking out after learning the details of the DWI Unit scandal from Ricardo “Rick” Mendez’s federal plea agreement. That agreement is connected to the investigation into the Albuquerque Police Department’s DWI Unit which has now expanded to include Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office and New Mexico State Police.

1 day ago · APD Police Chief Harold Medina says the department was first made aware about officers failing to appear in court in 2003 for DWI […] | Local News from KRQE News 13 in Albuquerque, New Mexico

2 days ago · According to Mendez’s federal plea deal, officers would funnel DWI suspects to Mendez and Clear III’s office by confiscating the person’s driver’s license and if they paid he’d conspire ...