New Mexico’s Children, Youth, and Families Department is paying $1.4 million to two abused children — a settlement reached after their adoptive parents, a former Taos teacher and his wife, were jailed for horrific crimes including forcing a boy to use a pickle jar and drink toilet water, and sexually abusing the girl — with CYFD denying fault but acknowledging failure to protect despite prior reports, including one child running to a neighbor on Christmas Day bruised and malnourished.

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