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Chama Valley & Abiquiú Daily Digest Wednesday, July 29, 2026

Ty's Take

When a prosecutor walks into court asking a judge to hold someone without bond on a DWI charge, you know the facts on the paper are bad enough to scare people who've been doing this work a long time. This far north, where the roads narrow and the distances between help stretch long, impaired driving isn't some abstract public health statistic. It's a real threat to the folks heading home after dark from Chama or coming down from the high country. Whoever sits in that courtroom today will have to answer for what happened, and prosecutors don't ask for no bond unless they believe the risk is serious. The rest of us, meanwhile, might remember that the roads through here don't forgive much.

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Prosecutors Ask for No Bond in Alleged DWI Case

Prosecutors are seeking to hold Tierra Amarilla resident Gilbert Salazar, 65, without bond following his arrest for aggravated drunk driving that caused serious injuries to his passenger. State Police charged Salazar with driving under the influence and operating a vehicle on a revoked license...

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