Thursday, July 09, 2009 The Final Chapter By Scott Sandlin And Mike Gallagher Journal Staff Writer        The Metro Courthouse corruption case that led to the incarceration of several high-profile individuals, including one of New Mexico's most powerful politicos, ended Wednesday with the sentencing ...
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Sunday, March 15, 2009 Case 'an Enormous Amount of Work'           The FBI had completed its investigation of the metropolitan courthouse corruption case by July 2006.         Rumors flew in the legal and political communities throughout the summer and fall about impending indictments.     ...
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... and then campaigning for Barack Obama, who since has nominated him as commerce secretary.     4. Former state Sen. Manny Aragon's guilty plea in courthouse corruption case.     5. Rio Ruidoso overflows, killing one man, damaging about 200 homes, and prompting rescues of about 900 residents and campers ...
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... in Courthouse Conspiracy (March 29, 2007 story) * Summary of Manny Aragon's Political Career (March 29, 2007) * Find out more about the Metro Courthouse corruption case from the Journal archives here Former Sen. Manny Aragon agreed to do time in prison and afterward was held up as a warning to other ...
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... information * Read the indictments and plea agreements at the U.S. Dept. of Justice/District of N.M. Web site * Find out more about the Metro Courthouse corruption case from the Journal archives here     Together, prosecutors allege, the defendants conspired to rip off $4.2 million in taxpayer money ...
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... told Congress last year that he felt "pressured" by Domenici and Wilson to bring indictments against prominent Democrats in the Metropolitan Courthouse corruption case before the 2006 elections.     "This investigation needs to go to the next logical step, which is to determine if criminal laws were ...
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... cases in New Mexico. They include a kickback scandal involving former state Treasurers Michael Vigil and Michael Montoya, both Democrats, and a courthouse corruption case involving former state Sen. Manny Aragon that is set to go to trial next month, the report said.     The report said Domenici called ...
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... © 2008 Albuquerque Journal Journal Investigative Reporter           A federal judge has rejected defense claims that charges in the Metropolitan Courthouse corruption case stemmed from political and ethnic prosecution.         U.S. District Judge William "Chip" Johnson has denied defense motions asking ...
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... , potential prosecutions languished for years as Iglesias sat on corruption cases that he wouldn't (not couldn't) bring forward.         As a courthouse corruption case (U.S. v. Martinez, Aragon, et al.) finally approaches trial, court filings provide ever more evidence of problems with Iglesias ...
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