The New Mexico Supreme Court on Tuesday barred a former judge from exercising judicial authority in the state in the future amid reports and court papers stating that an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member was arrested living in a building behind his home on his property.
On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court ruled that the former Dona County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano, who submitted a letter of resignation last month, “shall never again hold, become a candidate for, run for, or stand for election to any New Mexico judicial office in the future.”
It also said that he can never serve or be appointed to a pro tempore position “for any New Mexico judicial office in the future,” which entails positions including municipal, probate, metropolitan, magistrate, district court, appeals court, or Supreme Court judgeships….