Coverage dated July 28, 2026

New Mexico AG files lawsuit against CYFD for alleged unlawful removal of teen to Mexico

Headline from KVIA El Paso

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KVIA) -- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed another lawsuit against the Children, Youth, and Families Department of New Mexico Tuesday. It's the second lawsuit he's filed against the state's primary child protection agency.

KVIA El Paso's own description from its feed. We collect headlines and these descriptions, not full articles; read the original reporting below.

Reports & sources

6 articles, oldest first.

  1. Source New Mexico

    New Mexico AG sues CYFD over reports that staff instructed foster teen to cross Mexican border (opens Source New Mexico)

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    Source New Mexico's feed description

    New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez on Tuesday announced his office filed a lawsuit against the state’s child welfare agency following reports that agency staffers took a teenage boy out of the foster care system and told him to cross the U.S.

  2. KOB 4

    CYFD sued over sending New Mexico teen to Mexico (opens KOB 4)

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    KOB 4's feed description

    Attorney General Raúl Torrez's New Mexico Department of Justice sued the state's Children, Youth and Families Department, alleging it unlawfully left a 15-year-old U.S. citizen at the border and forced him into Mexico.

  3. KTSM 9 News

    New Mexico sues CYFD over abandonment of teen at border (opens KTSM 9 News)

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    KTSM 9 News's feed description

    New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a civil lawsuit against the state's Children, Youth and Families Department alleging the agency violated the constitutional rights of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen by abandoning him at the U.S.-Mexico border.

  4. Border Report

    New Mexico Attorney General sues CYFD over abandonment of teen at border (opens Border Report)

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    Border Report's feed description

    New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed a civil lawsuit against the state's Children, Youth and Families Department alleging the agency violated the constitutional rights of a 15-year-old U.S. citizen by abandoning him at the U.S.-Mexico border.

  5. KRQE Albuquerque

    NMDOJ lawsuit alleges CYFD unlawfully sent teen to Mexico (opens KRQE Albuquerque)

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    KRQE Albuquerque's feed description

    NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Justice has filed a civil lawsuit against the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department after the agency dropped a 15-year-old in their care off at the U.S.

  6. KVIA El Paso

    New Mexico AG files lawsuit against CYFD for alleged unlawful removal of teen to Mexico (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    KVIA El Paso's feed description

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KVIA) -- New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez filed another lawsuit against the Children, Youth, and Families Department of New Mexico Tuesday. It's the second lawsuit he's filed against the state's primary child protection agency.

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