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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.
33Documented
2In custody
31Released
Eras of repression in New Mexico
Where New Mexico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 14
1950s 6
1990s 3
1910s 3
1970s 2
1800s 2
Documented cases
33 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
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Moises Morales
Released
Moisés Morales was a La Raza Unida Party activist in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, who challenged the county'...
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Esiquio Navarro
Released
Esiquio Navarro was one of the Gallup, New Mexico defendants of 1935 — a National Miners' Union leader jailed...
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Juan Ochoa
Released
Juan Ochoa was one of the ten Gallup, New Mexico miners charged with first-degree murder after the 4 April 193...
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Sam Sadler
Released
Sam Sadler, from Seattle, Washington, received a prison sentence which was commuted to two years. He served in...
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Serapio Sosa
Released
Serapio Sosa was one of the Gallup, New Mexico defendants of 1935 — acquitted only to be seized and deported t...
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Leandro Velarde
Released
Leandro Velarde was one of the ten Gallup, New Mexico miners charged with first-degree murder after the 4 Apri...
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Ernest Velasquez
Released
Ernest Velasquez was a strike leader of Mine-Mill Local 890 jailed for 90 days during the Empire Zinc strike a...
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Craig Vincent
Released
Craig Vincent was a Progressive Party founder and New Mexico resort operator cited for contempt at the Clinton...
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W. T. Walker
Released
W. T. Walker, a Choctaw Indian from Taft, New Mexico, received a prison sentence of two years, which was commu...
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
4 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