Armando Conrad Gonzales, 44, of Las Cruces Booked at Luna County on Felony

Allegedly... Armando Conrad Gonzales, 44, of Las Cruces, was booked on Dec. 11, 2025, on a felony charge listed on the jail roster as "All Other Offenses." The arrest location is recorded as the Luna County Detention Center in Deming, and no bond amount is listed. Federal records show a Las Cruces man by the same name and a matching age was named in a November 2024 federal indictment that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico described as targeting a major drug trafficking conspiracy. The DEA announcement, carried by KRQE and Hoodline, identified Armando Conrad Gonzales, then 43, known by the nickname "Forty," among 14 to 16 people charged with conspiracy counts involving methamphetamine and fentanyl. It could not be independently confirmed from the booking paperwork reviewed that the Luna County booking is related to that earlier federal case. Federal court records referenced in the DOJ announcement also note that a Las Cruces man by the same name was sentenced in 2015 to 100 months in federal prison on methamphetamine and firearms charges. The charge underlying the December 2025 booking is an allegation; Gonzales is presumed innocent unless and until a court finds otherwise.