Chama Valley & Abiquiú Daily Digest Friday, October 16, 2026
Ty's Take
When a man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in a place this size, the whole valley feels it before the paperwork clears. Guilt or innocence, the ripples run through families who've known each other for generations, through the networks that hold these small communities together. Meantime, the Fiesta Council's finances stay locked up tight enough that nobody can quite see where the money's going, and that breeds its own kind of trouble, the kind that festers when people lose faith in how things are run. Up here we're built on trust that runs deeper than any contract, and when that breaks, it takes years to patch. There's a lot of hurt in this week's news, and not all of it shows up in the arrest records.
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Rio Grande SUN
Española City Police are investigating the death of a 42-year-old found in a vehicle. Police arrested a woman at the scene on a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest, after she allegedly refused to leave after talking to a detective about the man’s death, while another woman at the scene alleged...
Fiesta Council’s Finances Remain a Mystery
The charitable organization that puts on the annual Fiesta del Valle de Española receives governmental funds and in-kind support, but financial records of the organization are hard to come by. Fiesta del Valle de Española Corp. Board of Directors members have not returned multiple phone calls and...
We Love Coming Home to What We Know
Christmas or Red and Green. How do you like it? More importantly, how do you say it? Many folks have grown accustomed to saying Christmas while others say it’s disrespectful to the reason for the season. More of our “traditional” (read older) folks still say “both” when asked if they want red or...
Trujillo Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter
Gerald Trujillo pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter for the shooting death of his friend, Elias Tiberi, in the Ohkay Casino parking lot in 2025. District Judge Anastasia Martin accepted his plea on Oct. 7. Trujillo, 22, of Española, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, negligent use...
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