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Woman’s body found in rain-swollen arroyo About a dozen police and rescue workers secured the body by 7 p.m. as anxious neighbors stopped to ask what had happened. Police initially could not tell if the body was that of a man or woman because of its position beneath the water. The Office of the Medical Investigator arrived to inspect the body before it was taken away about 9 p.m. Holliday said identification was found on
By Tom Sharpe The New Mexican
The body of Tina Vigil, 51, of the Hopewell Street area was found in a swift-flowing arroyo off Rancho Siringo Road following a sudden cloudburst Monday afternoon. Lt. David Holliday of the Santa Fe Police Department said a resident of the south-central neighborhood reported spotting the body floating in the arroyo around 6 p.m.
Emergency responders carry the body of a 51-year-old woman that was found Monday evening after a flash flood swept through an arroyo near Rancho Siringo Road and Yucca Street. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
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Felix Martinez, accused of shooting his brother and dumping his body near the Santa Fe River off West Alameda, walks into the courtroom Monday. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
Man pleads guilty in brother’s 2012 death Sentence for manslaughter, tampering with evidence could be 8½ years in prison By Phaedra Haywood
The New Mexican
A man accused of shooting his brother in the chest then dumping his body near the Santa Fe River pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence. Felix Martinez, 43, was arrested on an open count of murder last March about week after police found the body of his 53-year-old brother David Martinez near Torreon Park on Santa Fe’s west side. Authorities said Felix Martinez and another man, Sam Leyba, hauled the body on a dolly, an act reportedly witnessed by several neighbors. Felix Martinez told police that he shot his brother in self-defense because he felt his brother planned to shoot him first after the two had gotten into a physical fight.
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ABOVE: Vandals in October threw red wax on a statue of Our Lady of La Vang at El Santuario de Chimayó.
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RIGHT: Thousands of people visit El Santuario de Chimayó during the annual Good Friday pilgrimage every March. Recent visits by vandals and thieves, however, have friends of the shrine seeking a way to protect the site. NEW MEXICAN FILE PHOTO
Upcoming concert to raise funds for security system at sacred Chimayó site By David J. Salazar The New Mexican
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very spring during Holy Week, El Santuario de Chimayó welcomes hundreds of Roman Catholic pilgrims who see the shrine as a symbol of hope and healing for the faithful. Many more visit throughout the year. Recently, though, the venerable site has been visited by vandals and thieves. So Judi Bennett, a friend of the shrine, is organizing a fundraising concert on Friday, July 19, in the outdoor area behind the santuario in the hope of raising
money for a security system. Bennett has enlisted cellist Michael Fitzpatrick, who has performed around the world, including a concert on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol building with the Dalai Lama. Fitzpatrick came to Chimayó with Bennett about a decade ago to meet Jack Good, an influential British producer who made a television special with The Beatles in 1964 and settled in Chimayó to make religious art. Fitzpatrick and Bennett made a pilgrimage to the santuario then, and the cellist played there.
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On his visit, Fitzpatrick said, he “had a very profound sense that this was one of the special places in the world.” Because of the experience, “when Judi told me about the vandalism and asked if I’d be willing to come in and do the benefit, I said ‘absolutely.’ ” As an artist, cellist Fitzpatrick said he’s able to feel a close connection to places like the santuario. “Having a cello is a great sort of companion on a life journey,” he said. “It’s possible then to go into a sacred place like the santuario and then
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Blaine Harlow Baker, 30, July 4 Tony J. Blea, 76, Albuquerque, July 1 David F. Cargo, 84, Albuquerque, July 5 Mark David Carrara, 39, Los Alamos, July 4 Raymond D. Chavez, 88, Las Cruces, July 2 Inez L. Miller, 93, Española Valley, July 7 PAgE A-9
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Today Thunderstorms in spots this afternoon. High 92, low 64.
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WASHINGTON — Landmark immigration legislation passed by the Senate would remake America’s workforce from the highest rungs to the lowest and bring many more immigrants into the economy, from elite technology companies to restaurant kitchens and rural fields. In place of the unauthorized workers now commonly found laboring in lowerskilled jobs in the agriculture or service industries, many of these workers would be legal, some of them permanent-resident green card holders or even citizens. Illegal immigration across the border with Mexico would slow, but legal immigration would increase markedly. That’s the portrait that emerges from recent analyses of the far-reaching bill passed last month by the Senate with the backing of the White House. Although the bill aims to secure the borders, track people overstaying their visas and deny employers the ability to hire workers here illegally, it by no means seeks to choke off immigration. Indeed, the U.S. population over the next two decades would be likely to increase by 15 million people above the probable level if no changes were made to immigration laws, according to the Congressional Budget Office. Even after decades of growth in the
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