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Six officers with the Albuquerque Police Department have been placed on leave as part of an ongoing investigation into a decades-long scheme involving a defense attorney paying law enforcement officers in an effort to get DWI cases dismissed.

Gilbert Gallegos, spokesperson for APD, said Monday that the agency is doing an internal investigation into the six officers, who were not named Monday afternoon.

鈥淲e are not releasing the names at this time,鈥� Gallegos said in an email to the Journal. 鈥淭he overall investigation is still ongoing. These six officers have not yet been interviewed.鈥�

APD created an Internal Affairs Task Force in January 2024 to investigate alleged misconduct by former or current officers. Fourteen officers have since been fired, resigned or retired during the internal investigation, Gallegos said.

The FBI is leading a separate investigation into allegations of illegal conduct. The six officers have not been charged in that case.

Since the scandal came to light, more than a dozen law enforcement officers have been fired or placed on leave, including nine APD officers who have pleaded guilty in the FBI鈥檚 investigation.

At least three APD officers鈥� homes were raided by the FBI during the investigation.

Two lawyers, a paralegal, an officer with the New Mexico State Police and deputies with the Bernalillo County Sheriff鈥檚 Office, have also been implicated.

Officers worked with Albuquerque attorney Thomas Clear III in a criminal racketeering enterprise that paid off officers to help get DWI cases dismissed, according to previous Journal reporting.

Police officers would intentionally fail to appear at required court hearings, withhold evidence or fail to file court paperwork for DWI offenders 鈥� some of whom were aware of the scheme and others who were not 鈥� who hired Clear.

Clear said during in his plea agreement that the scheme dated back to 1995. 

鈥淯nder this scheme, I would then appear at the (Motor Vehicle Division) administrative hearings and the criminal case settings on behalf of the DWI offender and would move to dismiss the proceedings,鈥� Clear wrote in the plea agreement.

Prior Journal reporting also states that the 2nd Judicial District Attorney鈥檚 Office has dismissed more than 260 DWI cases linked to the federal cases.

Clear and his paralegal and co-conspirator Ricardo Mendez entered guilty pleas on charges of racketeering, among other federal charges.

Clear faces 130 years in prison but no one who has pleaded guilty in the case has been sentenced.

Nakayla McClelland covers crime and breaking news. Reach her at nmcclelland@abqjournal.com or at 505-823-3857.