Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Otero County and a private health care provider have agreed to pay more than $2 million to settle a wrongful death claim filed by ...

OTERO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) — A New Mexico county is paying out millions of dollars over a federal lawsuit after an inmate committed suicide inside their jail. “It’s a very tragic case,” said Steven ...

Otero County is defending its Immigration and Custom Enforcement jail contract after the state asked the Supreme Court to ...

LA JUNTA — The fourth and final inmate who escaped from the Otero County jail by overpowering guards was captured Thursday. Angel Castrejon was found at a La Junta home Thursday and was taken into ...

CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) -- Otero County Commissioners held an emergency meeting last Friday to discuss the future of the ICE detention center located in Chaparral, New Mexico. Otero County ...