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Amid snapping flags and colorful, befeathered dancers, president says that the U.S. could do more to help Native Americans. PAge A-2
Attorney general denies connection between state legal contracts and campaign contributions asserted in new TV ad, saying Gov. Martinez “is trying to change the dialogue.” LOCAL News A-6
Obama makes rare visit to Indian Country
In a sense, he’s free now. Because he felt a big responsibility that he was so “ loved, and he felt he needed to do something great.”
Roger Montoya, director of Moving Arts Española
Friends say farewell Hundreds gather to celebrate life of teen shot by Española police
U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., right, leads a news conference Friday outside the Raymond G. Murphy Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Albuquerque to address problems with access to care at the medical center. JANE PHILLIPS/THE NEW MEXICAN
Pearce meets with veterans, VA to propose care reforms Rep. aims to make it easier for vets to receive services closer to home By Patrick Malone The New Mexican
People wrote signs in memory of Victor Villalpando, 16, who was shot and killed by Española police Sunday. Villalpando was buried Friday in El Rito, and a celebration to honor his life was held at Moving Arts Española. URIEL J. GARCIA/THE NEW MEXICAN
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The New Mexican
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undreds of people gathered Friday morning at a cemetery in El Rito to bury Victor Villalpando, a 16-year-old boy who was shot and killed by Española police last Sunday. Some of the mourners sang and played the guitar. A more buoyant celebration of Villalpando’s life followed at Moving Arts Española, a nonprofit performing arts center where the teen was a gymnastics teacher and instructor. Natasha Bacus, 12, played the harp as the family and many of Villalpando’s friends walked into the brightly decorated center, where Villalpando had learned gymnastics at age 6, and later taught hip-hop to many young people.
Parents and grandparents brought their children and grandchildren, who mostly remembered Villalpando as an energetic teen who loved attention. A lot of his friends said the teen was a caring person who always smiled. “All these people here shows how much people loved Victor,” Bacus said. Unica Sanchez, 13, wore a white T-shirt with Villalpando’s image printed on the back. She said she had met the teen when they were both students in the Mesa Vista Consolidated Schools. “He used to like me a lot,” Sanchez told a couple of girls who asked how she knew Villalpando. “But I feel bad because I turned him down.” Many of Villalpando’s students performed gymnastics for the guests who crowded the center. The event also included a video of
Villalpando’s last performance for Moving Arts Española. In the video, he announces excitedly that he was recently accepted into the dance program at the state-chartered New Mexico School for the Arts in Santa Fe. “So kids, when I leave Moving Arts, I want you to give it your all,” Villalpando says in the video. Roger Montoya, director of Moving Arts and Villalpando’s mentor, said, “In a sense, he’s free now. Because he felt a big responsibility that he was so loved, and he felt he needed to do something great.” According to New Mexico State Police, which is conducting the investigation into Villalpando’s death, the teen had called 911 on Sunday morning and reported that a suspicious person was armed with a gun and
By David Nakamura
The Washington Post
WASHINGTON — There is growing evidence that a surge of tens of thousands of Central American minors across the Mexican border into Texas is being driven in large part by the perception they will be allowed to stay under the Obama administration’s immigration policies. Administration officials — after initially dismissing such reports — are now attempting to push back on the idea, warning parents not to send their children as they scramble to accommodate tens of thousands already arrived in Texas. “Those who cross our border today illegally, even children, are not eligible for an earned path to citizenship,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said this week. “Those
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apprehended at our borders are priorities for removal … regardless of age.” The crisis marks another immigrationrelated political dilemma for President Barack Obama and has been seized on by Republicans as an argument against legislation to allow millions of undocumented immigrants to remain in the country legally. And it could hamper Obama’s ability to meet the demands of his liberal base by using executive authority to ease enforcement policies if Congress fails to act. The administration has emphasized that the influx of minors is being driven foremost by widespread gang-related violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Most of the children are crossing over the Rio Grande Valley into Texas, often under the guidance of human smuggling cartels, and many are seeking to reunite with parents already in the United States, aid workers said. The number of minors apprehended in the past nine months who came from those three countries alone is 34,611 — 31/2 times
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ALBUQUERQUE — With veterans by his side to share their personal stories, U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce met with Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center administrators behind closed doors Friday about problems brought to light here and nationally. Veterans and their families have complained about delays in medical visits, in some cases leaving veterans to languish on waiting lists until their deaths. Seven veterans — a mix of people who praised the hospital for their experiences there and those frustrated with their treatment by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs — joined Pearce, R-N.M., and Gov. Susana Martinez’s Cabinet Secretary for Veterans’ Services Tim Hale in the hourlong meeting. Pearce said he asked to make the meeting public, but the VA refused to admit reporters to the meeting or to allow Pearce’s staff to record it. “These things are far easier solved when we are having open discussions rather than skittish discussions and trying to act like nothing’s going on,”
Today Breezy with plenty of sun. High 86, low 47. PAge A-12
Obituaries Juan Archuleta, 80, El Guique, June 12 Charles White, Casper, Wyo., May 16 PAge A-10
Iraqi Shiite cleric urges followers to fight insurgents Telling Iraq to resolve unrest itself, Obama vows not to send troops By Alissa J. Rubin, Suadad Al-Salhy and Rick Gladstone The New York Times
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BAGHDAD — The specter of sectarian war and partition of Iraq grew Friday as the country’s top Shiite cleric implored his followers to take up arms against an insurgent army of marauding Sunni extremist militants who have captured broad stretches of northern territory this week in a sweep toward Baghdad. The exhortation by the cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, came as President Barack Obama told the Iraqis they need to resolve the crisis themselves and vowed not to redeploy U.S. forces in Iraq, a country where nearly 4,500 American soldiers lost their lives and the United States spent more than $1 trillion in an eight-year war that Obama had
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