New Mexico Supreme Court bans judge after alleged TdA member arrested at home
Immigration,Courts,Crime,Tren De Aragua
The former New Mexico judge who resigned last month after an alleged Tren de Aragua member was arrested at his home can never serve on a bench in the state again.
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of New Mexico ordered that Joel Cano "can never hold a judicial office again, be a candidate for a judicial office, and cannot exercise any judicial authority in the state, including officiating at weddings," according to a spokesman for the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) told Fox News Digital.
The court was scheduled to hear oral arguments on disciplinary cases this Thursday, but the argument has been vacated now that the cases have been resolved.
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