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On June 5, 1967, in Tierra Amarilla, a small band of Chicanos affiliated with Alianza Federal de Mercedes attempted to arrest the county's district attorney and put him on trial. [4] There were shots fired and two men were wounded. The invaders held the courthouse for two hours, ransacking it, but the district attorney was out of town.
From New Mexico's statehood to the early 1930s Rio Arriba was a traditional Republican county. The county became a Democratic stronghold from the 1930s onwards. The last Republican presidential candidate to carry the county was Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956. [16] No Republican candidate for governor has won the county since at least 1966. [17]
Las Gorras Blancas (the White Caps) in San Miguel County from the 1880s until the 1920s cut pasture fences and committed several violent acts. The shadowy La Mano Negra (the Black Hand) flourished in Rio Arriba County in the 1920s and 1930s to protest Anglo ownership of the former common lands of the Tierra Amarilla Land Grant. [27]
Jul. 31—The state Attorney General's Office intends to investigate a special grand jury's allegation the North Central Regional Solid Waste Authority harmed the citizens of Rio Arriba County ...
Dec. 16—When a man in La Mesilla reported he had lost tens of thousands of dollars in an elaborate phone scam, Rio Arriba County sheriff's deputies saw a rare opportunity to catch a scammer.
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