ALBUQUERQUE — This is an official press release from the U.S. Department of Justice (Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)), published as received.

ALBUQUERQUE – Three inmates accused of violently attacking a correction officer assisting the U.S. Marshals Service at the Doña Ana County Detention Center have been charged federally after the officer was beaten unconscious and tased during a 22 second assault.

According to court documents, on May 11, 2026, John Doe was assisting the U.S. Marshal Service as a correction officer at the Doña Ana County Detention Center when he walked up the stairs to the top level to monitor six inmates who were supposed to be locked in their cells, including a federal inmate whom John Doe was required to observe and monitor on behalf of the U.S. Marshal Service. At the top of the stairs, however, John Doe was met by inmates Juan Gabriel Torres, Sergio Seanez, and Titus Josiah McGaw Bulger, who were not allowed to be in that location, or anywhere else on the second floor. When John Doe reached the top of the stairs, Torres lunged at him and tried to punch him, but Doe was able to duck and evade the strike. Seanez and Bulger then attacked John Doe, punching and bringing him to the ground. Seanez held John Doe down while Torres and Bulger punched, kicked and stomped on John Doe’s body, head and neck, causing John Doe to lose consciousness. The three inmates then continued to strike John Doe, even though he was unconscious and no longer responding. Finally, Torres unholstered John Doe’s taser and tased his unconscious body.

The attack lasted approximately 22 seconds, during which time the defendants punched him approximately 3o times and kicked him approximately 15 times before additional guards entered the housing pod in response to the assault.

John Doe was immediately provided with medical care and transported to the hospital. He survived the attack and eventually regained consciousness.

Torres, Seanez and Bulger are charged with assault involving a dangerous weapon and the infliction of bodily injury on a person assisting officers of the United States and will remain in federal custody pending trial, which has not yet been scheduled. If convicted, all three men face up to 20 years in prison. 

First Assistant U.S. Attorney Ryan Ellison and Justin A. Garris, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, made the announcement today.

The Las Cruces Resident Agency of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office investigated this case with assistance from the Doña Ana County Detention Center, the U.S. Marshals Service, and Las Cruces Police Department Task Force Officers. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Grant Gardner and Mark Saltman are prosecuting the case. 

A criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.