LAS CRUCES — Former Doña Ana County Magistrate Judge Joel Cano and his wife, Nancy, were arrested by FBI agents Thursday afternoon on federal charges of tampering with evidence.

Former Doña Ana County magistrate judge Jose "Joel" Cano and his wife, Nancy, were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on April 24.

A former New Mexico judge has been arrested on a federal charge for allegedly destroying a phone belonging to a tenant who is accused of keeping guns at the property and suspected of being a member of a Venezuelan criminal gang.