ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Nearly a year after city officials launched a major initiative to close motels they called “havens for drugs and crime,” several of the shuttered properties are now back in business — or well on their way.
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Since October, the City of Albuquerque has shut down seven motels following a pattern of complaints, police activity, drug and gun seizures, and frequent emergency calls. Ten months later, city officials say several of the closed motels have made major strides toward com