The New Mexico Supreme Court banned a state judge from holding or seeking office after an alleged Tren de Aragua member was arrested in his home. The judge, Joel Cano, resigned in March after serving in the Dona Ana County Magistrate Court in Las Cruces,

A Democratic New Mexico judge who had an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member living in his home has been permanently banned from the bench by his colleagues, according to state Supreme Court documents.