NM Search and Rescue; Election Day Looms

10.31.2025 - This week on New Mexico in Focus, we head to the Cibola National Forest to show you how the almost entirely volunteer-driven New Mexico Search and Rescue shifts from the frenetic hours of looking for a live subject to the search for clues months later.

Reporter Cailley Chella digs into how an online rumor about McCall’s Pumpkin Farm and Immigration and Customs Enforcement got started, then spread.

Correspondent Joshua Bowling interviews and prosecutor and a public defender about so-called “Brady Lists” — legers of law enforcement officers who have been deemed untrustworthy witnesses for criminal trials.

And we conclude our Albuquerque mayoral election coverage with a recap montage of the candidates describing how they would address the No. 1 issue for voters: crime and policing.


Host: Nash Jones


Segments:


Training, Hunting for Clues with Volunteer-Driven NM Search and Rescue

Correspondent: Elizabeth Miller

Photographers: Ethan Weiner, R.J. Torres

Producer: Jeff Proctor

Editor: Lou DiVizio

Guests:

Laurie Dodge, Deputy Incident Commander, NM SAR

Rachel Searles, Friend of Missing Woman, 911 Caller

Robert Garcia, SAR Council President

Robert “Bob” Rodgers, SAR Resource Officer, NM Department of Public Safety

Mary Berry, K9 Handler, Sandia Search Dogs

Sarah Wharton, Assistant, Sandia Search Dogs

Indy, Search Dog

Melvin Herrera, Cibola Search and Rescue

Brad Berry, Drone Operator

Steve Larese, Albuquerque Mountain Rescue; Acting Public Information Officer, NM SAR

Tony Gaier, Incident Commander, NM SAR

Duke Pigott, Albuquerque Mountain Rescue



Albuquerque Mayoral Election Recap

Host: Nash Jones

Guests:

Louie Sanchez, Albuquerque City Councilor, Mayoral Candidate

Tim Keller, Albuquerque Mayor, Mayoral Candidate

Mayling Armijo, Albuquerque Mayoral Candidate

Alexander Uballez, Albuquerque Mayoral Candidate

Eddie Varela, Albuquerque Mayoral Candidate



Prosecutors’ Long-Secret Lists of Untrustworthy Cops Now Public

Correspondent:

Joshua Bowling, Independent Journalist

Guests:

Jason Greenlee, General Counsel, Bernalillo County District Attorney’s Office

Jonathan Ibarra, President, NM Criminal Defense Lawyers Association





The Anatomy of an Online Rumor About McCall’s Pumpkin Farm

Correspondent:
Cailley Chella
Guests:

Kevin McCall, Torrance County Commissioner; Owner, McCall’s Pumpkin Farm

Felipe Rodriguez, Co-Director, NM Dream Team

00:00 Intro
02:16 Training, Hunting for Clues with Volunteer-Driven NM Search and Rescue
15:29 Albuquerque Mayoral Election Recap
36:06 Prosecutors’ Long-Secret Lists of Untrustworthy Cops Now Public
50:09 The Anatomy of an Online Rumor About McCall’s Pumpkin Farm

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