The decision followed the February 28 arrest of 23-year-old Venezuelan national Cristhian Ortega-Lopez, who was taken into custody at a Las Cruces home owned by Cano and his wife, Nancy, according to the Albuquerque Journal. Ortega-Lopez is suspected of having ties to the notorious Venezuelan crime syndicate Tren de Aragua.

A Democratic New Mexico judge who had an alleged Tren de Aragua gang member living in his home has been permanently banned from the bench by his colleagues, according to state Supreme Court