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The northeast corner of the Navajo Nation is still dotted with abandoned greenhouses — the remnants of one of the federal government’s largest marijuana busts, now tattered and sun-worn from
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Workers of Chinese descent claim they were deceitfully brought to northern New Mexico and made to work long hours cultivating
With federal investigations nearing their third year, Navajo cannabis entrepreneur Dineh Benally appears no closer to facing arrest.
A sensational raid in 2020 put an end to his illegal marijuana empire on the Navajo Nation, manned by trafficking victims. But when Benally wanted to grow weed again, New Mexico said yes.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Chinese immigrant workers allege they were lured to northern New Mexico under false pretenses and forced to work 14 hours a day trimming marijuana on the Navajo Nation where cultivating the plant is illegal, according to a lawsuit filed Sept. 27 in state court.