New Mexico AG sues CYFD over reports that staff instructed foster teen to cross Mexican border

By: Joshua Bowling

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 518

Last Updated: 5 days, 3 hours ago

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New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday announced his office filed a lawsuit against the state’s child welfare agency following reports that agency staffers took a teenage boy out of the foster care system and told him to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to reunite with his estranged mother in Ciudad Juárez.

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In a news release, the New Mexico Department of Justice said the lawsuit …

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