Southern Hildago County and Southern Luna County are basically “no-mans land.” I have a friend who was assigned to the Lordsberg sector for the NM State Police. They stayed out of this area unless absolutely necessary. That was 10 years ago. This area is basically New Mexico’s DMZ.
Thank you Bill Richardson, POS!!!!!
It was a no man’s land when we moved here nearly 30 years ago. I remember a community meeting to discuss getting a deputy assigned here full time after several years of not having one- a man stood up in the back of the room and told the County Commissioners we didn’t need any law down here. It was before the movie Tombstone came out but when the movie came out and had a similiar line in it I really laughed.
To some I guess it still is a no-man’s land but we definately have more LEO of all varieties. It is a lot of country to cover though so depending on where you need LEO response times can still be around an hour. When it comes to trouble we usually have to do what we can to deal with the situation and then call 911.
Speaking of Southern Luna County I am sure you caught the story recently about most of the officials of the town of Columbus being arrested for running guns to Mexico.
It is interesting living here for sure.