CLOVIS, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say a former international fugitive charged with the death of a 10-year-old Clovis boy was assaulted within hours of arriving at the Curry County jail by child's uncle.
Undersheriff Wesley Waller tells the Clovis News Journal that jail staff placed Noe Torres in a holding cell near one occupied by the uncle, Richard Silva.
Waller says Silva asked staff to use the bathroom and began punching Torres as he passed by. Torres was chained to a bench but wasn't seriously hurt.
Authorities say Torres was part of a gang that fired several bullets into a home in September 2005 that killed Carlos Perez.
Torres was captured in Mexico in January and returned to New Mexico. He's been in state custody but was brought to Clovis for court hearings.
From the City of Amarillo: The Amarillo Police Department is investigating allegations involving the operations of the Amarillo Animal Control Department.
From the City of Amarillo: The Amarillo Police Department is investigating allegations involving the operations of the Amarillo Animal Control Department.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two days after Albuquerque police shot and killed a 19-year-old suspected truck thief, the chief of the troubled department says he has little information about the latest shooting.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Two days after Albuquerque police shot and killed a 19-year-old suspected truck thief, the chief of the troubled department says he has little information about the latest shooting.
Wednesday, April 23 2014 6:34 PM EDT2014-04-23 22:34:55 GMT
Four decades after John Wayne Gacy lured more than 30 young men and boys to his Chicago-area home and strangled them, his case has helped authorities solve another killing - one he didn't commit.
Ruth Rodriguez didn't want to believe her brother was one of more than 30 young men and boys John Wayne Gacy lured into his Chicago-area house and strangled, but she was willing to provide her DNA to find out.
Stratford, TX - On Monday we told you about the Sherman County Sheriff's Department increasing patrol following the "4-20" celebrations in Colorado over the weekend.
Stratford, TX - On Monday we told you about the Sherman County Sheriff's Department increasing patrol following the "4-20" celebrations in Colorado over the weekend.
Tuesday, April 22 2014 6:46 PM EDT2014-04-22 22:46:23 GMT
An Oklahoma inmate's execution set for Tuesday was canceled following a stay order that the state Supreme Court handed down a day earlier, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said.
An Oklahoma inmate's execution set for Tuesday was canceled following a stay order that the state Supreme Court handed down a day earlier, a spokesman for the state Department of Corrections said.
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