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Dossier · Organization
NM Department of Justice
The state attorney general's office, which opened an investigation into fraudulent public comments on the air permit and later backed both emergency petitions against two state agencies.
At a glance
- Kind
- Government agency
- Role in the project
- Oversight
- Jurisdiction
- State of New Mexico
- Key people
- Raúl Torrez · Billy J. Jimenez
- Verification
- confirmed — Two independent accounts agree
- In the record
- 2 sources · 2 connections · 2 dated entries
- Record id
- PJO104
Key facts
- Led by Attorney General Raúl Torrez.
- 2026-07-09Opened an investigation into public comments filed on the Project Jupiter air permit in residents' and officials' names without their consent.[1]
- 2026-09-02Filed responses supporting both emergency petitions: in the air case, arguing NMED violated the petitioner's due-process rights; in the water case, arguing § 72-12-22 does not reach a change of purpose and place.
The record
The state's law-enforcement counterweight enters the story: after residents and public officials reported comments filed in their names without consent, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into the Project Jupiter permit record itself.
Relationships · 2
In the timeline · 2
Dated entries in the record that involve this party. Appearing here is not an allegation — it means the graph draws an edge from this dossier to that event.
Sources · 2
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