New Mexico rural crime drugs emergency.

The governor of New Mexico has declared a state of emergency in response to violent crime and drug trafficking across a swath of northern New Mexico, including two Native American pueblo communities. The emergency declaration by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday makes $750,000 available as local governments in Rio Arriba County call for reinforcements against violent crime and other hardships associated with illicit drugs. The vast county stretches from the city of Española to the Colorado state line and has long been afflicted by opioid use and high drug-overdose death rates, with homeless encampments emerging in recent years in more populated areas.