Reporter @Source_NM. Previously @propublica Local Reporting Network, @syracusedotcom, @abqjournal.
Las Vegas, NM
Joined June 2011
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Today’s must-read, from Source NM’s Patrick Lohmann
FEMA official overseeing NM fire victims fund received six-figure payout, records show
sourcenm.com/2026/01/28/fema…
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Our short documentary, produced by @Kaylakshea, about the rise of America's ICE towns is out on YouTube today: youtube.com/watch?v=0pV9-xYw…
It tells two stories -- the story of a man detained by ICE and the story of the community that says they financially depend on detaining him.
Millions of people saw a video this week of Deivi Molina-Pena, seen here making an arepa in his Albuquerque apartment, screaming for help as ICE arrested him in a local Walmart.
Our story at @source_nm interviews his family and explores a feud that might have led to his arrest:
Deivi, along with his family and friends, was a "deliverista" for Spark, Walmart's delivery gig. He was working there Monday when ICE confronted him.
One USA-born Spark driver told me he and others have been calling ICE's hotline on "deliveristas."
sourcenm.com/2025/07/11/rese…
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Historically, Border Patrol’s El Paso sector — which includes New Mexico’s border with Mexico and El Paso and Hudspeth counties in west Texas — has had among the fewest migrant deaths across the southern border.
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The Tribune and @source_nm found that migrant remains discovered in Border Patrol’s El Paso sector, which includes all of New Mexico’s border with Mexico and 84 miles of Texas border, have increased every year since El Paso joined Operation Lone Star, even as they have declined in every other part of the border. 2/8
ALT This chart shows the number of human remains found in each sector of the southern border in 2024. The El Paso record was the deadliest sector of the border in 2024, with a total of 168 remains found. It’s the first time the sector has been the deadliest since 1998.
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Historically, Border Patrol’s El Paso sector has had among the fewest migrant deaths across the southern border.
By 2024, two years after the city joined Texas’ border mission, the El Paso sector had become the deadliest place for migrants to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. 🧵
ALT This chart shows the recent drastic increase in human remains found in the El Paso sector of the southern border. In 2024, 168 bodies were found in the El Paso sector. Between 1998 and 2021, fewer than 50 bodies were found per year. The counts have increased exponentially since 2022, when the city of El Paso joined Operation Lone Star.
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For decades the El Paso sector of the border had the lowest number of reported deaths.
Then El Paso joined Texas' Operation Lone Star.
@ujohnnyg @PatLohmann @yuriko_a_s explain how this region of the border became the deadliest for migrants.
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Ahead of RFK Jr’s planned NM visit, Gallup charter school announces ‘special guest’ via @PatLohmann sourcenm.com/2025/04/08/ahea…
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Biannual reminder: Student journalism is journalism!
Over a year ago, @lauren_lifke and I first reported for @DailyLobo that UNMPD did not use body cameras because of a loophole in a state statute. Yesterday, a bill to close that loophole passed its first committee in the New Mexico Legislature.
dailylobo.com/article/2025/0…
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Over a year ago, @lauren_lifke and I first reported for @DailyLobo that UNMPD did not use body cameras because of a loophole in a state statute. Yesterday, a bill to close that loophole passed its first committee in the New Mexico Legislature.
dailylobo.com/article/2025/0…
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Scoop: Trump’s FEMA executive order, expected to be signed today, will create a task force to review and recommend changes to the agency.
The task force will be made up of the secretaries of homeland security and defense in addition to outside experts:
semafor.com/article/01/24/20…
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In his final act as president of the United States, Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Leonard Peltier, a Native American activist who has spent nearly 50 years in prison.
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“I mean, my staff is spent. I think New Mexicans are spent,” @NMDHSEM Dep. Secretary Ali Rye said. “They’re tired and they’re constantly in this response or recovery mode.”
This is the reality for many EM offices nationwide, strained by limited resources.
sourcenm.com/2024/12/30/my-s…
Much is still uncertain about how FEMA could begin to compensate the vast emotional toll from New Mexico’s biggest wildfire, following a judge’s ruling.
But a legal aid lawyer is urging fire victims to try to describe their grief and anguish.
sourcenm.com/2024/12/20/afte…
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Four-term state Rep. Harry Garcia, D-Grants, appeared headed for the exits after losing his June primary race. But he’s angling to stay in the House by changing his voter registration and applying for a different vacant seat: abqjournal.com/election/arti… via @ABQJournal #nmpol
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Libit legal news 🧵: In Jan. 2019, I filed a public records lawsuit against @UNMLoboClub, the University of New Mexico’s athletic booster organization. Almost six years later, the case is finally set for its scheduling conference this morning.
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Over months, @kennyjacoby and I spoke to dozens of young men hoping for a 2nd chance at college athletics by playing and paying thousands for a post-grad football team. Many say they regret the time and money they gave to these teams🧵 w/ some findings: usatoday.com/story/news/inve…
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New Mexico state agencies are asking for $445 million in damages from the 2022 wildfires, noting damages from lost tourism revenue, to additional water well testing and more. buff.ly/3OKLv1J