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Judge deals blow to horse slaughterhouse Attorney general successfully argues Valley Meat would harm environment, sully food chain
By Milan Simonich The New Mexican
A state district judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday night against a horse-slaughter plant in New Mexico. It was another setback, perhaps a fatal one, for Valley Meat Co., which for two years has been the target of lawsuits and
heavy public opposition. The company wants to kill horses and sell the meat in foreign markets. Judge Matthew Wilson of Santa Fe granted the injunction against the company. He accepted state Attorney General Gary King’s arguments that Valley Meat would harm the environment and contaminate the food chain.
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Wilson’s ruling came after a confusing afternoon, in which he first issued an order saying he would hold a hearing on whether he should remove himself from the case because of challenges to his impartiality. Lawyers for the slaughterhouse had filed an emergency motion asking Wilson to recuse himself. They said the
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Slain CVS clerk always was cheery and had a smile on his face, recalled one friend.
judge had a conflict of interest that he failed to disclose, and that his Facebook page showed evidence of bias against Valley Meat Co. Blair Dunn, a lawyer for Valley Meat Co., said Wilson had ties to King’s office but never mentioned them when hear-
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Capital High forfeits another game A member of the Jaguars’ staff videotapes a game and violates scouting rules. SPORTS, B-1
Ranchers claim civil rights violated A Native American and Hispanic coalition takes issue to the Department of Agriculture. LOCAL NeWS, A-6
Surgery center closing next month The Physicians Plaza Surgery Center cites a drop in operations as reason for shutdown. LOCAL NeWS, A-6
Benedict XVI defrocked 400 for sexual abuse Report demonstrates shift in church’s approach of handling molestation cases By John Heilprin and Nicole Winfield The Associated Press
The house at 853 Don Diego Ave., where Larry Roybal was found dead Wednesday. The death is being investigated as a homicide. The state crime lab is conducting forensic tests. LUIS SÁNCHEZ SATURNO/THE NEW MEXICAN
No suspects or motive revealed in city’s first homicide of year By Uriel Garcia
The New Mexican
Santa Fe police said Friday that a 74-year-old man found dead Wednesday evening at his home in the South Capitol neighborhood was the victim of a homicide — the first one confirmed in the city in 2014. However, it’s unclear whether police have identified suspects in the case or a motivation for the slaying, and they
haven’t released a cause of death for Larry Roybal. Roybal, who had worked as a part-time retail clerk at a nearby CVS store, had lived alone in the three-bedroom house in the 800 block of Don Diego Avenue since his mother died six years ago. He had moved into the home nearly a decade before her death to take care of her, a family member said. According to a news release from the Santa Fe Police Department, “Investiga-
tors recovered a large amount of evidence during their nearly 24-hour-long investigation” at the home. Celina Westervelt, the department’s spokeswoman, wouldn’t say if police had identified a suspect. However, the statement said evidence indicates someone had tried to change or conceal items at Roybal’s house. The state crime lab is conducting forensic tests, police said, and Westervelt said the
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State audit shows SFCC in ‘sound’ financial shape Lawyer for fired president says report proves ‘good work’ Guzmán was doing By Robert Nott The New Mexican
A state auditor’s report released Friday found that Santa Fe Community College is in a “sound” financial state and cited fewer than half the number of concerns discovered in the previous year’s audit. The school’s finances are a key issue in the claim by the college’s former president, Ana “Cha” Guzmán, that she was fired in retaliation for requesting a special audit of the college’s finances. SFCC acting president Randy Grissom and Chief Financial Officer Brian Ziemer said the audit proves the school is in strong financial shape and shows that college leaders quickly worked to address issues cited in the 2012 audit. Guzmán’s lawyer, Timothy White, said
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via email Friday, “When you compare this audit … under Cha’s presidency to the previous one with 21 material findings you see the proof of the good work she was doing contrary to the lies that have been Ana ‘Cha’ told about her.” Guzmán The 2013 audit noted 10 findings of concern, five of which were repeats of those listed in the 2012 audit. Of the most significant findings in the 2013 audit, one — regarding procurement procedures — points out failures in internal controls, and two — regarding the timeliness of bank reconciliations — are considered serious deficiencies. Among the findings: u The college’s June 2013 payroll account reconciliations were not performed until September 2013.
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Obituaries Raphael “Ralph” Alberico, Santa Fe, Jan. 15 Larry Roybal, Santa Fe, Jan. 16
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VATICAN CITY — A document obtained by The Associated Press on Friday shows Pope Benedict XVI defrocked nearly 400 priests over just two years for sexually molesting children. The statistics for 2011 and 2012 show a dramatic increase over the 171 priests removed in 2008 and 2009, when the Vatican first provided details on the number of priests who have been defrocked. Prior to that, it had only publicly revealed the number of alleged cases of sexual abuse it had received and the number of trials it
had authorized. While it’s not clear why the numbers spiked in 2011, it could be because 2010 saw a new explosion in the number of cases reported in the media in Europe and Pope beyond. The docu- Benedict XVI ment was prepared from data the Vatican had been collecting and was compiled to help the Holy See defend itself before a U.N. committee this week in
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President tightens reins on NSA’s role Obama defends security agency while vowing to protect citizens’ civil liberties By Julie Pace
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Tightening the reins on the nation’s sweeping surveillance operations, President Barack Obama on Friday ordered new limits on the way intelligence officials access phone records from hundreds of millions of Americans — and moved toward eventually stripping the massive data collection from the government’s hands. But Obama’s highly anticipated intelligence recommendations left many key details unresolved, most notably who might take over
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as keeper of the vast trove of U.S. phone records. Final decisions on that and other major questions were left to the Justice Department and to intelligence agencies that oppose changing surveillance operations, and to a Congress that is divided about the future of the programs. If fully implemented, Obama’s proposals would mark the most significant changes to the surveillance laws that were passed in reaction to the Sept. 11, 2011, terror attacks. While Obama has said he has welcomed the recent spying debate, it’s unlikely to have happened
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