New Mexico has the highest number of missing and murdered indigenous women and relatives in the country, with at least 37 cases reported in Albuquerque. That makes Bernalillo County the second worst in the nation according to the Urban Indian Health Institute.
“New Mexico has the highest percentage of missing and murdered Indigenous women in the whole United States. Native people are going missing and murdered, and no one cares. Law enforcement doesn’t care, and there is no justice for them.” Darlene Gomez, attorney