Standing Up for New Mexico Families
Since becoming Attorney General in 2023, Torrez has made New Mexico a testing ground for one question: can the powerful be held accountable? Time and again, his answer has been yes.
Taking on Big Tech to Protect Kids
Torrez is the first state attorney general in the country to take Meta to trial, alleging the company misled the public about child safety and created conditions that facilitated child sexual exploitation. He won: a jury found that Meta’s product design intentionally harmed children and that the company lied to parents about the safety of its platforms, and the court has ordered sweeping changes to protect kids. The case has drawn national coverage from the New York Times, CNN, Axios, and others, with reporters describing New Mexico as ground zero for whether Big Tech can be held accountable in court for harming children.
Beyond the courtroom, Torrez has launched a statewide internet safety initiative and is pushing legislation to put guardrails on AI and synthetic media — protecting families, especially kids, from exploitation and deception.
Challenging Federal Overreach
Torrez has emerged as a leading voice among Democratic attorneys general in multistate litigation challenging federal overreach — from funding freezes to immigration enforcement policies to attacks on crime victims’ services. He is also the first attorney general in the country to sue Elon Musk and has taken action against DOGE. When Washington oversteps, Torrez has gone to court to protect New Mexicans’ rights and resources.
Protecting Families' Pocketbooks
Torrez has gone after the industries hitting New Mexico families’ wallets hardest. He capped the price of insulin at $35. He blocked a grocery merger that would have pushed prices even higher. He forced utilities to return $115 million to overcharged customers. And when hotels and contractors tried to gouge families displaced by the South Fork and Salt fires, his office sent cease-and-desist letters and recovered thousands of dollars for the families affected.
Public Safety and Crime
At a time when New Mexico has faced serious violent crime challenges, Torrez has argued that Democrats must speak honestly about crime and run on public safety. He’s emphasized targeted enforcement against repeat violent offenders, organized retail crime, fentanyl trafficking, and gun violence — launching the first statewide Crime Gun Intelligence Center housed within an AG’s office and convening tribal law enforcement leaders on violent crime in Indian Country. His message: protecting working families means standing first with victims.
Protecting Public Lands and Water
Torrez pursued a sweeping lawsuit against chemical manufacturers over PFAS “forever chemical” contamination in New Mexico’s water. And when wealthy landowners tried to fence off public access to the Pecos River, he took them to court — and won, reaffirming that New Mexico’s rivers belong to New Mexicans, not private interests.
Holding Broken Systems Accountable
New Mexico’s child welfare system is supposed to protect kids. Instead, Torrez’s investigation found children who were abused and neglected — and in at least one case, died — while in the state’s care, and an agency that used confidentiality laws to hide its failures rather than fix them. Torrez isn’t waiting for CYFD to reform itself: he’s taking the agency to court to force real transparency into how it operates, independent oversight of how cases are handled, and binding changes so children stop paying the price for the state’s failures. For Torrez, protecting kids doesn’t stop at prosecuting predators — it means holding the government agencies charged with protecting children accountable when they fail them.