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Tuesday, June 16, 2020

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Police detain armed militia members after man is shot at Albuquerque protest


This bronze statue of Don Juan de Oñate leading a group of Spanish settlers from an area near what is now Ciudad Chihuahua, Mexico, to what was then the northern most province of New Spain in 1598 stands outside the Albuquerque Museum in Albuquerque, on Friday, June 12, 2020. The collection of statues, which includes an indigenous guide, a priest, women settlers and soldiers, is titled “La Jornada.” Two public statues of Spanish conqueror Juan de Oñate in New Mexico are drawing renewed attention and criticism as memorials erected in honor of Confederate leaders and other historical figures worldwide become a focus of protests. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)A man was shot Monday night after someone opened fire during a protest in Albuquerque pushing for the removal of a statue of a Spanish conquistador. The victim, who has not been identified and whose condition is unclear, was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Police detained several members of a far-right militia group called the New Mexico Civil Guard, according to reporters and witnesses at the scene. Police have not released information about the suspected shooter or why they detained the armed militia members.
Video captured after the shooting shows people trying to help the man who was shot. Meanwhile, militia members in tactical gear and armed with rifles surrounded the alleged shooter to keep angry protesters away.
The New Mexico Civil Guard is a right-wing militia group that has held asylum seekers at gunpoint near the border and showed up at Black Lives Matter protests in recent weeks with guns and militarylike garb.
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