- COLORADO BUS CRASH-THE LATEST
The Latest: 4 remain hospitalized after Colorado bus crashPUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Authorities say four people remain hospitalized after a charter bus carrying a church youth group crashed in southern Colorado. The crash killed two people.
State Patrol Sgt. Blake White said Monday that one person was listed in critical condition at Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs. White says three people are being treated for serious injuries at Parkview Medical Center in Pueblo.
White says nine people were treated for minor injuries and released from area hospitals.
Jason Paul Marshall, a seminarian with the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was killed, as was the driver of the bus, whose identity had yet to be released late Monday.
The group was returning to New Mexico from a weekend retreat in Denver when the bus struck a bridge abutment and veered off Interstate 25 north of Pueblo.
White says the bus operator, Follow the Sun Inc. of Albuquerque, is cooperating in the investigation.
Telephone messages left with the company weren't immediately returned.
- FATAL ROLLOVER
California woman dies in rollover crash east of AlbuquerqueALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Authorities say a California woman has died after the car she was driving rolled over east of Albuquerque.
New Mexico State Police has identified the victim as 64-year-old Rosa Alarcon of Van Nuys.
They say a 56-year-old man from Van Nuys was a passenger in the vehicle and was taken to a hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries.
Police didn't identify the man or say if he was related to Alarcon.
They say the rollover occurred Sunday night on Interstate 40 for unknown reasons and Alarcon was declared dead at the scene.
Police say alcohol wasn't a factor in the accident and seat belts appeared to have been properly used.
- TEXAS-BORDER DEATHS-THE LATEST
The Latest: Official: 4 Texas victims died of heat exposureMISSION, Texas (AP) — Authorities say four people, including three children, found dead in South Texas near the border with Mexico likely died of dehydration and heat exposure after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S.
A law enforcement official close to the investigation told The Associated Press the four were overcome by the heat and foul play is not suspected. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the person isn't authorized to speak publicly about the bodies found Sunday.
Authorities say a woman in her early 20s, a toddler and two infants were found dead by U.S. Border Patrol agents at or near a park in Mission that borders the river.
Investigators suspect they had died days before being discovered.
Hidalgo County sheriff's Sgt. Frank Medrano says the area is commonly used by migrants entering the country illegally.
- NEW MEXICO WILDFIRE-THE LATEST
The Latest: Wildfire in Lincoln Nation Forest growsARABELA, N.M. (AP) — A wildfire in south-central New Mexico continues to grow in the Lincoln National Forest.
State and federal fire officials say the fire grew Monday to 12.3 square miles (31.8 square kilometers) and is uncontained.
The blaze outside of the small community of Arabela, New Mexico, began Thursday and the cause remains under investigation.
The fire area includes multiple cabins, communication structures, archaeological and historical sites, and the unique wilderness characteristics of the Capitan Mountains Wilderness.
Around 300 firefighters are working to calm the inferno.
Arebela is about 220 miles (354 kilometers) southeast of Albuquerque
- WIND FARM
New wind farm coming to southeast New MexicoCARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — A new wind farm is coming to southeast New Mexico, and the project will bring turbines and transmission lines to key counties.
The Carlsbad Current-Argus reports the San Diego-based EDF Renewables recently announced that construction on the Oso Grande Wind Project will start this year and the farm will go into full operations by the end of 2020.
The project between EDF Renewables and Tucson Electric Power will consist of 61 turbines in Chaves, Eddy and Lea counties in New Mexico.
EDF Renewables says the energy generated will be delivered to Tucson, Arizona, and the system will have a capacity of about 247 megawatts.
Tucson Electric Power President David Hutchens says the project will be his company's largest renewable energy asset and advance its goal of increasing renewable resources.
- IMMIGRATION-DETAINED CHILDREN
Government moves migrant kids after poor conditions exposedThe U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 kids were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
Rep. Veronica Escobar said 30 children were at the facility near El Paso as of Monday. Her office was briefed on the situation by an official with Customs and Border Protection.
Attorneys who visited the station in Clint, Texas last week said older children were trying to take care of infants and toddlers, The Associated Press first reported Thursday. Some had been detained for three weeks, and 15 children were sick with the flu.
It's unclear where all the children have been moved. But Escobar said some were sent to another facility in El Paso.
BORDER-ARMED GROUP-INDICTMENT
Prosecutors say member of armed border group is flight risk
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Federal prosecutors say a man who has been spokesman for a group of armed civilians that patrols the U.S.-Mexico border is a flight risk and should remain jailed on accusations of impersonating a federal agent.
A grand jury in New Mexico indicted 44-year-old James Christopher Benvie last week on two counts of false personation of a U.S. officer or employee. The indictment alleges Benvie, of Minnesota, impersonated a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Dona Ana County, New Mexico, on April 15 and 17.
The civilian groups have been widely criticized after videos surfaced showing them detaining immigrants.
Benvie was arrested Friday in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Prosecutors say in court filings that Benvie is dangerous and should remain detained.
His attorney, Bill Earley, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment. A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in Oklahoma City.