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New Mexico
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for New Mexico.
71Documented
3In custody
47Released
1Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New Mexico
Where New Mexico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 33
2020s 7
1950s 6
1980s 5
1960s 5
1990s 3
Recent dashboard entries from New Mexico
The newest published events and reporting located in New Mexico, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Two Project Jupiter opponents cited at a Doña Ana County meeting; one is detained
Arrest
Jevon Martinez arrested after livestreaming the removal of ten Flock camera systems as a political statement
Arrest
Three Project Jupiter opponents arrested during a Doña Ana County Commission meeting
Prosecution
Jevon Martinez faces nine felony charges over the destruction of three Rio Rancho Flock cameras
Protest
The Battle of Socorro, New Mexico and the Uprising Against AI Data Centers
Protest
Stand Up for Science Take Back Science rally fills Robinson Park
Protest
Two detained at Albuquerque ICE office protest
Protest
Two arrested at Albuquerque ICE protest after confrontation
Documented cases
71 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Sam Sadler
Released
Sam Sadler was a Seattle socialist and longshoremen organizer arrested May 28, 1917 over anti-draft literature...
Abegail Langutan Salugsugan
Released
Abegail Langutan Salugsugan was arrested during a Doña Ana County commission meeting about Project Jupiter on...
Craig Simpson
Released
Craig Simpson was a pacifist organizer with War Resisters League Southwest in Albuquerque. Beginning in the ea...
Reies Lopez Tijerina
Released
Reies Lopez Tijerina was a Chicano land-grant activist who founded La Alianza Federal de Mercedes Libres to re...
Leandro Velarde
Released
Leandro Velarde was a Gallup, New Mexico miner and the brother of Ignacio Velarde, who was killed during the A...
Johnny Earl Vines
Released
Johnny Earl Vines was an Albuquerque airport aircraft fueler who sheltered Charles Hill, Michael Finney, and R...
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Michael Stewartt
Michael Stewartt was individually reported as having actually served five days in jail for the October 24, 198...
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Martha Roberts
Released
Martha Roberts was a woman strike leader arrested during the 1933 Gallup, New Mexico coal miners’ strike. Page...
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Mrs. Campos
Mrs. Campos was arrested after neighbors restored the Campos household’s belongings following an eviction in G...
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Teresa Avita
Teresa Avita was identified as Mrs. Teresa Avita, mother of one child and member of the International Labor De...
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Altagracia Gomez
Released
Altagracia Gomez was identified as Mrs. Altagracia Gomez, mother of five children and member of the Internatio...
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Dominica Hernandez
Released
Dominica Hernandez was identified as Mrs. Dominica Hernandez and member of the International Labor Defense and...
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Jose G. Lopez
Released
Jose G. Lopez was identified as married and a member of the International Labor Defense and United Mine Worker...
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Jerry Madison
Released
Jerry Madison was jailed during antidraft leafleting in Albuquerque on May 16, 1967. A participant reported re...
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Roger Anderson
Released
Roger Anderson was jailed during antidraft leafleting in Albuquerque on May 16, 1967. A participant reported r...
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Larry Russell
Released
Larry Russell was jailed during antidraft leafleting in Albuquerque on May 16, 1967. A participant reported re...
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Jerry Wasser
Released
Jerry Wasser was jailed during antidraft leafleting in Albuquerque on May 16, 1967. A participant reported rel...
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Teresa Avitia
Teresa Avitia is identified in Page 1’s May 10 Santa Fe roster as a Women’s Auxiliary member held on $500 bail...
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Barto
Barto, a relief organizer, was individually named among Gallup mine-strike leaders held without charges in a m...
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Joe Bartol
Released
Joe Bartol was a Gallup coal miner and president of the Southwestern mine's union local. During the 1933 strik...
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Mike Butler
Mike Butler, of Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists, was jailed after an April 14, 2008 Los Alamos anti-nuclear pray...
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Agustin Calvillo
Released
Agustin Calvillo was one of the ten defendants prosecuted after the April 4, 1935 confrontation over an evicti...
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Victor Campos
Released
Victor Campos was a Gallup, New Mexico resident jailed during resistance to evictions in the miners' neighborh...
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Martin Cardona
Martin Cardona of the Gallup Defense Committee was held in Gallup jail in deportation proceedings according to...
Institutions in New Mexico
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New Mexico that appear in the census’s case files.
New Mexico State PenitentiarySanta Fe, New Mexico
5 cases
Santa Fe County Detention CenterSanta Fe, New Mexico
1 case
Cannon AFB / military confinementClovis, New Mexico
1 case
Bosque Redondo (Fort Sumner)
1 case
Federal Pretrial DetentionAlbuquerque, New Mexico
1 case
Metropolitan Detention Center Bernalillo CountyAlbuquerque, New Mexico
1 case