Category Archives: Taos, NM

Judge orders compound suspects remain in federal custody

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FILE - In this Aug. 29,2018, file photo, Siraj Ibn Wahhaj, from left, and Jany Leveille talk with with attorneys Kelly Golightley and Tom Clark after a hearing on a motion to dismiss in the Taos... . FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2018, file photo, Jany Leveille appears in court during a hearing in Taos, N.M. Five former residents of a ramshackle compound in northern New Mexico where a 3-yea... .

11 kids removed after rural New Mexico compound searched

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This Friday, Aug. 3, 2018, aerial photo released by Taos County Sheriff's Office shows a rural compound during an unsuccessful search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Amalia, N.M. Law enforcement officers searching the compound for the missing child didn't locate him but found 11 other children in filthy conditions and hardly any food, a sheriff said Saturday.