By Roger Lanse

On Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2017, a search warrant was executed at the Grant County Office of the 6th Judicial District Attorney, Francesca Estevez, to locate all documents, policies, procedures, records, waivers, use agreements, including fuel purchases, mileage reports, repair payments and all correspondence, including electronic mail, relating to the use of a blue, 2015 Dodge Charger, a 6th Judicial District-owned vehicle issued to Estevez for official use.

Investigation by a New Mexico Attorney General's Office Special Agent into the events of June 11, 2016, involving Estevez and the seemingly erratic driving of her state-issued blue, 2015
Dodge Charger and her following interaction with Silver City police officers and New Mexico State Police, established grounds for the issuance of a search warrant, according to the Special Agent.

According to the search warrant affidavit, on June 11, 2016 at about 1 p.m., a local resident videotaped the Estevez-driven Dodge Charger on Highway 180 near Mangas,
repeatedly drifting over the center line into the oncoming traffic lane and also onto the shoulder of the roadway.

Estevez was visited by Silver City police officers where she had stopped at the Office of Sustainability on Pope Street. According to the affidavit, Estevez at that time stated G