Two assaults have been reported in NMSU residence halls

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) – NMSU today sent out a campus safety alert warning of two separate incidents of sexual assault in university residences late last week and over the weekend.

The two incidents, which university officials say are not related, occurred between Oct. 31 and Nov. 2.

In its campus safety alert, the university said the attacks occurred after parties where alcohol was consumed. The university says that in both cases the victims knew their alleged attackers and invited them back to the dorms after the parties.

NMSU Police remind everyone that “sexual assault is never the victim’s fault.”

NMSU officials did not specify which residence halls the alleged assaults occurred.

NMSU is choosing not to identify the victims and suspects.