The primary mission of this border team is to help increase border security by focusing, addressing, and prosecuting the criminal conduct associated with border-related crime

The U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) awarded a $300,000 Project Grant (CFDA 16.753 - Congressionally Recommended Awards) to the Third Judicial District Attorney in Las Cruces, NM. This funding supports the District Attorney's border security team which focuses on prosecuting criminal conduct associated with border-related crime in local border communities. The grant aims to help increase border security and address violent crime drivers in high-crime neighborhoods through a coordinated, cross-sector approach to prosecution strategies. Through this award, the Third Judicial District Attorney will continue to provide vital services to target and prosecute border-related criminal activity in the region.

This program supports local border communities to effectively target and address violent crime drivers in distressed, high-crime neighborhoods through coordinated cross-sector approach of prosecution strategies.