Indictments coming today in courthouse probe

Multiple sources told the Albuquerque Tribune that long-awaited indictments in a major corruption investigation are expected today.

In investigation into kickbacks related to the awarding of government contracts for buildings in Bernalillo County has been ongoing for more than a year. One of the targets of the probe has been former Senate President Manny Aragon.

This is the investigation U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici and Rep. Heather Wilson called former U.S. Attorney David Iglesias about last year, a month before the November election and two months before he was fired. Iglesias alleges the two members of Congress pressured him to speed indictments in time to sway voters in the November 2006 election, which both deny.

A number of Democratic and Republican officials were subjects of the investigation, with Aragon being the highest-ranking. The Tribune reported that a handful are expected to be indicted, but didn’t name names. Several have already agreed to guilty pleas, the newspaper reported.

I’ll update this later today.