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New Mexico
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for New Mexico.
71Documented
4In custody
35Released
2Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in New Mexico
Where New Mexico’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 33
2020s 8
1950s 6
1980s 5
1960s 5
1990s 3
Recent dashboard entries from New Mexico
The newest published events and reporting located in New Mexico, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Arrest
Two Project Jupiter opponents cited at a Doña Ana County meeting; one is detained
Arrest
Jevon Martinez arrested after livestreaming the removal of ten Flock camera systems as a political statement
Arrest
Three Project Jupiter opponents arrested during a Doña Ana County Commission meeting
Prosecution
Jevon Martinez faces nine felony charges over the destruction of three Rio Rancho Flock cameras
Protest
The Battle of Socorro, New Mexico and the Uprising Against AI Data Centers
Protest
Stand Up for Science Take Back Science rally fills Robinson Park
Protest
Two detained at Albuquerque ICE office protest
Protest
Two arrested at Albuquerque ICE protest after confrontation
Documented cases
71 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
Byron Chubbuck
In Custody
Byron Shane Chubbuck — "Oso Blanco" (White Bear), of Cherokee descent — is an indigenous activist nicknamed "R...
Rex Crofton
In Custody
Rex Crofton was arrested on June 3, 2026 after allegedly smashing the entry doors of Congregation Albert and t...
Jamison Wagner
In Custody
Jamison R. Wagner, 40, is a queer electrical engineer from Albuquerque, New Mexico, with a B.S. in electrical...
Dahteste
Released
Dahteste was a Chokonen Chiricahua Apache warrior, scout, and interpreter — a comrade of Lozen and Geronimo wh...
Manuelito
Released
Manuelito was a Navajo (Diné) war leader who led armed resistance to Kit Carson's 1863-66 scorched-earth campa...
Pedro Archuleta
Released
New Mexico-based Chicano/Mexicano activist jailed for civil contempt after refusing to testify before a federa...
Manuel Avitia
Released
Manuel Avitia was a Gallup, New Mexico miner prosecuted after the April 4, 1935 confrontation over the evictio...
Fred Barreras
Released
Fred Barreras was a member of Mine-Mill Local 890 jailed for 90 days for defying an anti-picketing injunction...
Herbert Benjamin
Released
Herbert Benjamin was a Communist Party organizer and national leader of the Unemployed Councils. New Mexico mi...
Walter H. Clark
Released
Walter H. Clark was a conscientious objector from New Mexico imprisoned during World War I. Court-martialed fo...
John Dear
Released
John Dear is an American peace activist, Catholic priest (formerly a Jesuit; he was dismissed from the Society...
Kiki Garden
Kiki Garden was arrested during a Doña Ana County commission meeting about Project Jupiter on July 28, 2026. R...
Edward Lee Howard
In Exile
Edward Lee Howard was a former CIA officer accused of providing classified information to the Soviet Union. Af...
Clinton Jencks
Released
Clinton Jencks was the Mine-Mill international representative who led the Empire Zinc strike of Mexican-Americ...
Wen Ho Lee
Released
Wen Ho Lee is a Taiwanese-American nuclear scientist who worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexic...
Tyler Miles Leveque
Released
Tyler Miles Leveque was arrested after online posts threatening President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, corporate e...
Jevon Martinez
Awaiting Trial
Jevon Martinez publicly opposed Flock Safety’s automated license-plate-reader network as mass surveillance. Ne...
Cipriano Montoya
Released
Cipriano Montoya was a Mine-Mill Local 890 member jailed for 90 days for honoring the picket line during the E...
Moises Morales
Released
Moisés Morales was a La Raza Unida Party activist in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, who challenged the county'...
Juan Ochoa
Released
Juan Ochoa was a Gallup, New Mexico coal miner, married with two young children. He was jailed in April 1935 a...
Marcus Page
Marcus Page, of Trinity Nuclear Abolitionists, was jailed after an April 14, 2008 Los Alamos anti-nuclear pray...
Orin Charlotte Parnell
Orin Charlotte Parnell was arrested during a Doña Ana County commission meeting about Project Jupiter on July...
Rosaura Revueltas
Released
Rosaura Revueltas was the Mexican actress who starred in the pro-union film Salt of the Earth. Immigration off...
Sam Sadler
Released
Sam Sadler was a Seattle socialist and longshoremen organizer arrested May 28, 1917 over anti-draft literature...
Institutions in New Mexico
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in New Mexico that appear in the census’s case files.
New Mexico State PenitentiarySanta Fe, New Mexico
5 cases
Santa Fe County Detention CenterSanta Fe, New Mexico
1 case
Cannon AFB / military confinementClovis, New Mexico
1 case
Bosque Redondo (Fort Sumner)
1 case
Federal Pretrial DetentionAlbuquerque, New Mexico
1 case
Metropolitan Detention Center Bernalillo CountyAlbuquerque, New Mexico
1 case