Mexico gave up its hold over New Mexico and California. The enormous territory included present-day California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Wyoming.

AND NEW TONIGHT, WE’RE LEARNING ABOUT CREWS FROM NEW MEXICO HEADING TO CALIFORNIA. LEAH CHAVEZ HAS MORE ON THEIR MISSION WHEN THEY ARRIVE. FIVE FIRE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE SENT TO CALIFORNIA ...

the U.S. annexed the present-day states of California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Oklahoma, Kansas and Wyoming. It subsequently illegally invaded Indigenous territory in the west.

BUT RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST NOT SAFE. AND MORE THAN TWO DOZEN FIREFIGHTERS FROM NEW MEXICO CONTINUE TO HELP BATTLE THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES. THE STRIKE FORCE TEAM LEADER TELLS US. PROGRESS IS BEING ...