New Mexico creates turquoise alert for missing Indigenous Americans

State is fourth in the US to create such a system, recognizing a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people

New Mexico became the fourth state in the nation to create an alert system for missing Indigenous Americans after its governor, Michelle Lujan Grisham, signed legislation creating a turquoise alert" on Monday.

The act, which passed both chambers of the state legislature unanimously during the state's recent legislative session, symbolizes the growing attention that a crisis of missing and murdered Indigenous people - most often women and girls - has received in recent years.