ESPAÑOLA — New Mexico National Guard personnel could deploy to this northern New Mexico city of 10,000 residents before month's end as part of an emergency order Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued this summer to combat a drug, public safety and housing crisis that has strained resources in Rio Arriba County, according to Española Police Chief Mizel Garcia.

The local law enforcement leader met Thursday with National Guard command staff to hammer out the details of the upcoming deployment.

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