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Protect and serve: Did county officials enable Ryan Martinez’s violent actions at a 2023 protest in Española?

A protest altar with photos, candles, and signs, centered around a large banner that reads "WE DONT WANT OÑATE SAY NO!" taped to a concrete wall.

Two survivors have filed suit against Rio Arriba County office-holders, alleging that their civil rights were violated when they failed to control dangerous conflicts surrounding the proposed reinstallation of a statue depicting Juan de Oñate This story was originally published at Searchlight New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. For more, Joshua Bowling recently sat down with…

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An infamous group of Russian-linked hackers appears to have launched a crippling cyberattack on WNMU

Publicly, Western New Mexico University has simply said it’s “working through technical issues,” but employees’ computers are displaying threatening messages signed by a notorious group, Qilin, that claims to have access to employee Social Security numbers, driver’s licenses and more. This story was originally published at Searchlight New Mexico, a NMPBS partner. By Joshua Bowling,…

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