Federal officials accused Joel Cano of destroying the cellphone of a Venezuelan man who was in the country illegally and allegedly staying on property the recently resigned judge owns.

A former magistrate judge in Doña Ana County, New Mexico, and his wife are accused of tampering with evidence linked to the arrest of an undocumented migrant suspected of being a member of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua,

The Justice Department claims a former New Mexico judge and his wife tampered with evidence related to their alleged harboring of a violent Venezuelan gang member.