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Chama Valley & Abiquiú Daily Digest Monday, May 11, 2026

Ty McDuffey

11 May 2026 — 1 min read

Ty's Take

When a man who wore the badge pleads guilty, the whole valley feels it different than when somebody else does. There's a particular weight to it—the betrayal of a trust that doesn't get written back into the ledger easy, especially up here where everybody knows everybody and the job of keeping order depends on people believing the person doing it hasn't forgotten whose side they're supposed to be on. The details matter less than the fact that it happened, and that he admitted it. That's the only honest move left when you've crossed that line.

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Former Tribal Officer Pleads Guilty

Justin Aguino, a former Ohkay Owingeh police officer, pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice after tipping off a federal investigation subject that someone they were communicating with was an informant. Aguino faces up to 15 months in prison following his April 9 guilty plea.

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