New Mexico
No Real ID, no problem: TSA’s ConfirmID offers quick fix at Sunport
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Travelers without a Real ID can now use TSA’s new ConfirmID program for a fee to get through security at the Sunport.
The program, which began Feb. 1, allows travelers to pay $45 to enroll for a period of 10 days.
Acting Executive Assistant Administrator Steve Lorincz from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said, “It’s a voluntary option to those customers to make sure that they’re able to get processed through the TSA.”
Lorincz explained that the program ensures travelers can make both their outbound and return flights. The $45 fee covers the cost of the operation itself.
Jeffrey Harris, a passenger flying through Sunport, said, “It’s a great idea for anybody who loses their ID. Or, you know, I lose stuff all the time.”
Tyler Barber, another traveler, added, “Your stuff gets stolen or anything like that. It’s a good just second option.” Scarlett Dooley also supported the program, saying, “It’s smart, because I think there are a lot of situations that happen where someone just leaves it in their car, but they might miss their flight.”
However, some passengers remain skeptical. Christi Alvarez questioned, “They just going to have somebody pay the $45 or are they expected to bring other forms of identification? I don’t really know.”
According to TSA, travelers need to show a receipt or confirmation of ConfirmID along with another ID or documentation to verify their identity. The agency noted that about 6 percent of the U.S. population lacks a Real ID, with the figure rising to 20 percent in New Mexico.
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A New Mexico woman is facing charges after she allegedly gave birth in a portable toilet and then killed the newborn by drowning them in the holding tank.
Sonia Cristal Jimenez, 38, arrived at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces at around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 7, when staff said she appeared as if she had just given birth, but she had no baby with her, Las Cruces Police said in a press release.
Hospital staff then notified police about the unusual encounter.
Jimenez’s boyfriend said they had been at Burn Lake, which is located about six miles away, and that his girlfriend had used a portable toilet.
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Sonia Cristal Jimenez, 38, is accused of drowning her newborn in a portable toilet. (Las Cruces Police)
Officers rushed to the deserted area and discovered the infant girl dead in the portable toilet’s holding tank.
Investigators suspect that Jimenez gave birth, cut the umbilical cord and left the child in the holding tank, where she drowned.
The woman’s boyfriend said they had been at Burn Lake and that his girlfriend had used a portable toilet. (Las Cruces Police)
An autopsy showed the baby inhaled and swallowed the sanitation liquid used in the portable toilet, according to investigators. The blue chemical was found in the baby’s trachea, lungs and stomach, which investigators said confirms that she breathed and swallowed the liquid while she was still alive.
Jimenez was arrested on Wednesday and charged with intentional child abuse resulting in death, a first-degree felony. She was booked into the Doña Ana County Detention Center and is being held without bond.
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Police found the infant girl dead in the portable toilet’s holding tank. (iStock)
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Police said they do not expect to charge her boyfriend, as they do not believe he was aware she had given birth.
“This is one of the most heartbreaking and disturbing cases I have encountered in my career,” Las Cruces police Chief Jeremy Story told the Santa Fe New Mexican.
A New Mexico woman gave birth in a portable toilet and then drowned the infant in the device’s holding tank, police said.
Sonia Cristal Jimenez walked into Memorial Medical Center around 10:30 p.m. on Feb. 7 appearing as if she’d just given birth, but had no baby with her, Las Cruces police said.
Alarmed hospital staff contacted authorities.
Jimenez’s boyfriend told them he thought she was having a miscarriage, and mentioned to staff the couple had been at Burn Lake about six miles away, where Jimenez had used a port-a-potty.
Las Cruces police raced to the scene and found the newborn girl’s body in the toilet’s holding tank.
Jimenez was arrested Wednesday charged with one felony count of intentional child abuse resulting in death, police said.
“This is one of the most heartbreaking and disturbing cases I have encountered in my career,” Las Cruces police Chief Jeremy Story told the Sante Fe New Mexican.
An autopsy on Jimenez’s baby showed she was alive at birth.
“The blue chemical was found in the baby’s trachea, lungs and stomach confirming that she breathed and swallowed the liquid while alive,” police said.
Jimenez was booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where she is being held without bond.
“We will work closely with the district attorney’s office to pursue justice for this baby,” Story added.
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