New Mexico AG Torrez’s report on CYFD is dangerously wrong

A child welfare advocate argues that a recent report on New Mexico's child welfare agency relies on horror stories to reach the wrong conclusion.

By: Richard Wexler

Outlets: Source New Mexico

Published: April 16, 2026

Words: 809

Last Updated: 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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One year ago, just as New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez was beginning his investigation of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, I wrote a column for Source NM published under the headline “Torrez’s CYFD investigation will fail if it leaves people out.”

He left people out. The investigation failed.

The result is a report that is likely to worsen problems it highlights; it may even trigger events that lead to more …

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