New Mexico Republican Party HQ set on fire, graffitied 'ICE=KKK'

Republican Party headquarters is damaged in a fire in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S., in this handout image released on March 30, 2025. New Mexico GOP/Handout via REUTERS

(Reuters) - The headquarters of the Republican Party of New Mexico was set on fire on Sunday and "ICE=KKK" spray painted on the building in what the party called "a deliberate act of arson."

Fire officials in Albuquerque, the largest city in Democratic-controlled New Mexico, were called to the blaze around 6 am and put it out in five minutes.