Santa Fe Sex Crime Suspect Extradited from Mexico

Santa Fe Sex Crime Suspect Extradited from Mexico

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, May 8, 2008

Contact: Phil Sisneros 505-827-6792 or Lynn Southard 505-222-9048

(SANTA FE) ---Manuel De Jesus Noriega Ruvalcaba, aka: Manuel Noriega, has been extradited to New Mexico and was delivered into local custody this afternoon. The Attorney General’s Border Violence Division Director, Maria Sanchez-Gagne, says that all appeals were exhausted in the extradition request and Mexican authorities found sufficient evidence to grant the extradition. Agents with the U.S. Marshals Service transported Ruvalcaba from Mexico City to Santa Fe, where he is being held without bond at the Santa Fe County Detention Center.

Ruvalcaba is a suspect in a March 18, 2006, sex crime which occurred in Santa Fe. He was indicted September 7, 2006, on five counts of criminal sexual penetration, kidnapping, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and aggravated battery. Ruvalcaba fled to Mexico before Santa Fe police could arrest him. The first judicial district attorney’s office requested assistance from the Attorney General’s office to seek the extradition of Ruvalcaba from Mexico.

On April 9, 2007, a Provisional Arrest Warrant was requested by the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office from a Mexican court. On July 12, 2007, Ruvalcaba was arrested on the Provisional Arrest Warrant in Trancoso, Zacatecas, Mexico.

Sanchez-Gagne credits Ruvalcaba’s capture and return to the combined efforts of the Attorney General of Zacatecas, Mexico, whose information was used by the Border Violence Division to pinpoint the fugitive’s location; and also to a host of Mexican and U.S. law enforcement agencies. The international collaboration included the Agencia Federal de Investigación (AFI), the U.S. Marshals Service Southwest Investigative Fugitive Team (SWIFT), the U.S. Marshals Service ISD-Mexico City Foreign Field Office and the U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. and Santa Fe Police Department.

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AG King Invited to Speak in Switzerland United Nations Hearing on Child Rights

AG King Invited to Speak in Switzerland United Nations Hearing on Child Rights

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Friday, May 16, 2008

Contact: Phil Sisneros 505-827-6792 or Lynn Southard 505-222-9048

(SANTA FE) ---Attorney General Gary King is invited to serve as a member of the United States delegation that will present a report to a United Nations committee dealing with world efforts to combat the sale of children, child prostitution/pornography and human trafficking.

The attorney general travels to Geneva, Switzerland, where on Thursday, May 22, he addresses the United Nations Committee on Rights of the Child.

Attorney General King was selected to be a delegate as a result of the Office of Attorney General’s innovative programs to address the protection of children and adults. Of particular interest to the committee is the recent mutual agreement between the attorneys general from New Mexico and Chihuahua, Mexico to combat the practice of human trafficking on both sides of the border. The agreement calls for development of compatible strategies in prevention, information, education and awareness, intelligence and anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts.

“I am honored that this United Nations committee has asked for my input on world efforts to address the issues of child rights and protections,” says AG King. “Our collaborative efforts with Chihuahua may serve as a model for other states and nations while our New Mexico human trafficking legislation can be a template for similar laws around the world.”

Attorney General King spearheaded New Mexico’s first ever anti-human trafficking law. The passage of Senate Bill 71, sponsored by Senator Mary Jane Garcia, was a top legislative priority for the AG since taking office nearly sixteen months ago.

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AG’s Report: Small Internet Service Providers Being Bullied

AG’s Report: Small Internet Service Providers Being Bullied

Asking PRC to Rein In Big Telephone Companies

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, May 16, 2008

Contact: Phil Sisneros 505-827-6792 or Lynn Southard 505-222-9048

(SANTA FE)---Attorney General Gary King’s office today filed a report and a motion before the Public Regulation Commission, asking the commission to open an investigation into unfair billing and business practices by Qwest and Windstream phone companies.

In response to a request for the report from the PRC, telecom specialist, Assistant Attorney General Brian Harris, presented a report to commissioners detailing how small New Mexico companies that provide essential Internet services to small towns and cities are being forced out of business or are struggling to stay alive by monopolistic practices of the two largest incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs) in the state.

Some of the more egregious examples include: A monthly bill that exceeds 5000 pages, billing errors that consistently favor the ILEC, arbitrarily imposed termination liability fees, an enduring “run-around” when the small business tries to solve the problem with the ILEC, improper threats to shut down service, and improper “slamming” of broadband customers. Many of these businesses, at great expense, have had to devote at least one full time employee simply to trying to decipher the bills. Some companies have ceased operation, at great dislocation to their customers; others have had their customers experience enormous frustration when they are caught between a phone company and their local ISP.

“There exists a market asymmetry right now where small Internet service providers depend on big companies that control what the small companies can offer to their customers,” says Harris. “We are asking the PRC to eliminate this advantage, promote competition and protect consumers by stepping in.”

The Attorney General’s Office is also urging the commission to conduct hearings statewide to obtain more first-hand accounts of billing problems and associated business practices by the ILECs.

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Video comes to the AGO

Well this week we have taken the plunge into video on the website. I chose to use Youtube as the keeper of the videos and then embed a player back onto one of our news pages. This did not go as well as hoped do to sizing issues. In my search for a solution I came across Digity.com. It is a very nice timeline tool that will pull from Youtube. I have not decided exactly how it will be used on our site.

AG Pushes for Title Insurance Rule

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(SANTA FE) ---Attorney General Gary King’s office today filed a proposed rule change before the Public Regulation Commission’s Insurance Division. The rule would spell out what data is collected from New Mexico title insurance agents and underwriters, tightening accountability and improving the accuracy of data used to set title insurance rates.

The data collection covers 4 main categories:
1. Title Plant Expense and Maintenance

2. Report of Affiliate Transactions

3. Report of Amounts Paid to or Received from other Licensees

4. Personal Expense Report

AG King says, “Regulated industries that enjoy the benefits of protection and insulation from economic cycles have a duty to provide accurate, verifiable data to the state. The proposed rule will provide the Superintendent of Insurance the correct foundation necessary for lawful title insurance rate making.”

Attorney General King says the proposed rules would better protect the interests of consumers in the face of title insurance statutes that currently do not adequately protect the interests of consumers.