With a municipal election a couple of weeks away, New Mexico State Police kicked everyone out of Sunland Park City Hall on Tuesday so they could “comb through city records,” the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting.
The reason for the search wasn’t disclosed. Whether it’s related to the election isn’t clear.
The investigators were armed with a search warrant and accompanied by a representative from the district attorney’s office, the Sun-News reported.
City Councilor Carmen Rodriguez was quoted by the newspaper as saying investigators showed up around 4:30 p.m., “asked everyone to leave” and “locked the doors while they searched.”
“Basically, the city hall is in lockdown,” the newspaper quoted the councilor as saying. Rodriguez also confirmed that election-related complaints had recently surfaced, but she didn’t know if the raid was related to allegations surrounding the March 6 election.
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