Jose Guardado-Medel, 38, Held Without Bond; Federal Magistrate Case Filed in Nm

Allegedly... Jose Guardado-Medel, 38, was booked on April 3, 2026, on a single felony count listed in the jail record as All Other Offenses, according to booking data reviewed for this report. The entry shows the charge was processed at a cell block with no bond amount set. Public federal court records reviewed through PacerMonitor show a case styled United States v. Jose De Jesus Guardado-Medel, case number 2:26-mj-01453, filed April 2, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. The docket lists Tania Chozet of the Federal Public Defender office as defense counsel and Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Henry Gennari for the government. The cited booking may correspond to the federal proceeding, though specific charging language was not visible in the publicly accessible docket summary. Magistrate-level federal filings of this type in New Mexico frequently involve initial appearances before formal indictment, and additional charging details typically become available through PACER after arraignment. No other publicly available New Mexico news reporting tied to this booking was located as of publication. Guardado-Medel is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law. This report reflects only the booking record and publicly searchable court filings available at the time of publication.