Motions pile up in bridge slaying case in Taos
Defense lawyers in the bridge killing case file motions seeking bans on memorial clothing and access to state personnel files. They also want juror questionnaires detailing church addresses and bumper stickers. The pretrial hearing for David Sandoval and Luis Acosta, charged with throwing Erik Sanchez from the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, is set for July 6 and could take three days. The defense argues memorial shirts could influence jurors. the DA criticizes the proposal as unconstitutional.
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Taos
David Sandoval
Luis Acosta
Sanchez
Rio Grande Gorge
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Taos County
Charlie Martinez
Joe Shattuck
Gary Mitchell
Eighth Judicial District Attorney's Office
John Paternoster
Shattuck
New Mexico
Taos Pueblo may legally operate Taos casino at Kachina Lodge
Attorney General Patricia Madrid said on Monday that the land under the Kachina Lodge appears to lie within Taos Pueblo's original exterior boundaries and thus could support a casino. The ruling aligns with tribal statements that the casino would be legal within the 17,000 acre land grant including Taos, corroborated by a 1995 Interior Department letter.
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Taos Pueblo
Patricia Madrid
Madrid
Roberto “Bobby” Gonzales
Attorney General's Office
Taos
Aus
Department of Interior
Rise group in Taos Pueblo aims to persuade as it grows
Elderly Taos Pueblo women opened a Residents in Support of Education meeting while RISE members reflect on four years of organizing. Founding member Jonathan Warm Day notes outsiders call it politics, while RISE pushes for recognition amid protests over the Kachina Lodge redevelopment plans and police interviews outside its doors.
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Taos Pueblo
RISE
Jonathan Warm Day
Guess the Year Taos County politics keep changing hands
A survey of Taos County political history shows cycles of budget cuts, layoffs, and sweeping staff changes tied to incoming commissioners from 1980 to 1999. Open Meetings Act disputes, nepotism concerns, and public quarrels frame decades of governance, with few fistfights since 1985.
Taos Canyon house fire victim dies in Albuquerque
Abran Lucero a Taos barber died at University Hospital in Albuquerque June 16 at age 65 after being pulled from his home fire two weeks earlier. A rosary and funeral were held in Taos. he had run a Taos Plaza shop for 20 years and later cut hair at home for clients. Investigators ruled the cause accidental with no propane or faulty wiring involved.
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University Hospital
Albuquerque
Abran Lucero
Albuquerque Hospital
Our Lady of Guadalupe Church
Taos
Lucero
Canon Cemetery
Taos Plaza
Rio Fernando
Russ Driskell
Driskell
Holy Cross Hospital
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