New Mexico Officials Target Money Laundering Along Border

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas and Dona Ana County District Attorney Mark D'Antonio say they're going to work together to target money laundering along the border. The two prosecutors held a briefing Thursday in Las Cruces to discuss their participation in a recent conference that brought together attorneys general from other western states, federal partners and Mexican prosecutors. By focusing on money laundering, Balderas says law enforcement can curb other types of criminal activity. He pointed to federal data that shows $300 billion a year in illicit money from human and drug trafficking and other fraud is flowing through the U.S.