Mary Hudetz
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Albuquerque, NM, United States
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America’s Biggest Museums Fail to Return Native American Human Remains
This story first appeared at ProPublica and NBC News. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox. → Read More
Fugitive priest faces sentencing in US sex abuse case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A former Roman Catholic priest is scheduled to be sentenced Friday in Santa Fe, where a jury found him guilty this year of sexually abusing an altar boy in the early 1990s before fleeing the country. Federal prosecutors are requesting a sentence of more than 30 years in prison for 81-year-old Arthur Perrault, once a pastor at an Albuquerque parish and a chaplain at… → Read More
New Mexico official: Retake state land leased to Epstein
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's attorney general urged officials Thursday to retake state trust land that had been leased to Jeffrey Epstein's ranch, saying the financier's bid for the scrubby, desert acreage meant for cattle grazing should not have been granted. In a statement, Attorney General Hector Balderas accused Epstein of leasing the state land simply to build privacy around a… → Read More
Mom of slain Navajo girl urges tribes to use Amber Alerts
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The mother of a Navajo girl who was kidnapped and killed in 2016 urged tribal officials and children's advocates Tuesday to take advantage of tools and funding under a law that expands access to the nation's Amber Alert system. Pamela Foster spoke during a training at Isleta Pueblo, south of Albuquerque, for tribes seeking to implement the alert system. Despite a 2007… → Read More
US lawmakers propose ban on export of tribes' sacred items
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A group of U.S. lawmakers made another push Thursday to ban collectors and vendors from exporting Native American ceremonial items to foreign markets, including Paris, where there has been uproar over auction houses listing tribal pieces for sale over the years. The lawmakers introduced legislation that would increase penalties within the United States for trafficking… → Read More
Federal agencies missed 2nd deadline for tribal safety bills
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - For the second month in a row, U.S. officials tasked with carrying out federal public safety policy for tribes missed a deadline to provide input on legislation to curb violence against Native American women. U.S. Sen. John Hoeven, R-North Dakota, had set a July 8 deadline for Interior and Justice Department officials to offer positions and guidance on a slate of bills… → Read More
Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch linked to investigation
LBUQUERQUE, N. M. (AP) — At the center of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded New Mexico ranch sits a sprawling residence the financier built decades ago — complete with plans for a 4,000-square-foot (372-square-meter) courtyard, a living room roughly the size of the average American home and a nearby private airplane runway. → Read More
Billionaire's New Mexico ranch linked to investigation
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - At the center of Jeffrey Epstein's secluded New Mexico ranch sits a sprawling residence the financier built decades ago - complete with plans for a 4,000-square-foot (372-square-meter) courtyard, a living room roughly the size of the average American home and a nearby private airplane runway. Known as the Zorro Ranch, the high-desert property is now tied to an… → Read More
New Mexico AG wants new sex offender law amid Epstein probe
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico's attorney general wants to change a law that allowed billionaire businessman Jeffrey Epstein to avoid registering as a sex offender in the state, where authorities say they are interviewing possible victims that visited his sprawling, secluded ranch south of Santa Fe. Attorney General Hector Balderas said Friday he will renew his push for legislation that… → Read More
'Are you serious?' Video shows senator's DWI arrest response
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico state senator expressed surprise when he learned he was being arrested on a drunken driving charge, slurring his speech as he lay in an emergency room and saying to an officer, "Are you serious? Jesus Christ." The comments from Sen. Richard Martinez, D-Espanola, appeared in police lapel video released Monday. Police said he crashed his Mercedes SUV on Friday… → Read More
Bond set for New Mexico parents accused of abusing children, boiling puppies to death
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M. (AP) — A New Mexico couple arrested in an abuse case marked by allegations of child beatings and tortured pets can be released on bond, a magistrate judge ruled Wednesday. Martha and Timothy Crouch made initial court appearances Wednesday, two days after their arrests in Aztec — a town of about 6,000 people in northwest New Mexico. → Read More
Bond set for parents in New Mexico child, animal abuse case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico couple arrested in an abuse case marked by allegations of child beatings and tortured pets can be released on bond, a magistrate judge ruled Wednesday. Martha and Timothy Crouch made initial court appearances Wednesday, two days after their arrests in Aztec - a town of about 6,000 people in northwest New Mexico. She is charged with child abuse and extreme… → Read More
Bond set for parents in New Mexico child, animal abuse case
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A New Mexico couple arrested in an abuse case marked by allegations of child beatings and tortured pets can be released on bond, a magistrate judge ruled Wednesday. → Read More
Sheriff: New Mexico mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities in New Mexico said. → Read More
Sheriff: Mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities said in New Mexico, the latest place where the woman and her husband have been the subject of complaints. Martha Crouch and her husband Timothy of Aztec, New Mexico, were arrested Monday following interviews with a number of their adult and… → Read More
Sheriff: Mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities said in → Read More
Sheriff: New Mexico mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities in New Mexico said. → Read More
Sheriff: New Mexico mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities in New Mexico said. → Read More
Sheriff: New Mexico mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities in New Mexico said. → Read More
Sheriff: New Mexico mom abused her children, boiled puppies to death
A woman beat and tortured at least some of her 15 children and forced them to watch as she brutally killed their pets, authorities in New Mexico said. → Read More