Silver City Man, 54, Booked in Doña Ana County Following Federal Conviction

Max Menriquez Flores, 54, of Silver City, was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center on Sept. 2, 2025. Flores is being held under booking number 2500007402 on a felony charge categorized as all other offenses following an arrest in Grant County. He is currently held without bond. According to federal court records and news reports, Flores was convicted at a jury trial on four counts involving drug and firearm offenses. More recently, he pleaded guilty in federal court to a charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The records indicate a federal grand jury originally indicted Flores before a petit jury returned convictions on all counts in the initial case. Court and news records indicate Flores was convicted in this case.