Court upholds pretrial jailing of man charged in shooting over Spanish conquistador statue

Published November 20, 2023 5:53 PM

By MORGAN LEE
Associated Press

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — An appeals court has upheld a judge’s decision to deny bail to a New Mexico man charged with attempted murder in the September shooting of a Native American activist during confrontations about a Spanish conquistador statue. The New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed on Monday a pretrial detention order against 23-year-old Ryan David Martinez. He has also been charged with assault with a deadly weapon and additional hate-crime and weapons violations. Martinez has pleaded not guilty to the charges in the Sept. 28 shooting at a protest in Española over canceled plans to install a bronze likeness of conquistador Juan de Oñate.

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