Sparks were flying at the first Río Arriba County Commission meeting since a controversial plan for an Oñate statue led to a shooting on county property last week.
One man wearing a MAGA hat is accused of pulling out a handgun during a skirmish around noon Thursday and wounding a man as stunned activists and journalists watched.
ESPANOLA, New Mexico (Reuters) - A New Mexico county halted the reinstallation of a 16th-century Spanish conquistador statue on Wednesday after protests over the return of the bronze figure, removed three years ago during nationwide anti-racism demonstrations.