NM town mayor and police chief caught smuggling guns to Mexican cartels; NM Crime Files

NM town mayor and police chief caught smuggling guns to Mexican cartels; NM Crime Files

LUNA COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – This week on New Mexico Crime Files, KRQE anchors Dean Staley and Jessica Garate recap a story that shook the Village of Columbus, N.M., to the core. In 2011, then-Mayor Eddie Espinoza, Columbus Police Chief Angelo Vega, and a board trustee were accused of smuggling over 200 guns across the border to Mexican Cartels. ATF investigators even noted the guns were used for murders in Mexico. Learn more about the fallout of …