ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, Alex Uballez, announced his resignation at the request of President Trump Monday.

Former President Joe Biden nominated Uballez in January 2022 and the Senate confirmed him that May.

During his tenure, Uballez worked with Albuquerque’s Community Safety Violence Intervention Program and established the district’s first federal re-entry program to support people returning to our communities after they are released from prison.

Uballez sent KOB 4 the following statement in part, saying:

“Together, we have made our community safer by delivering swift and certain justice to the most prolific violent offenders, human and drug traffickers, and child abusers. 

Most importantly, we fought to build a community united in the pursuit of justice for all by choosing prevention before punishment, delivering consequences but not indignity, and seeking redemption, not isolation.”