Palomas, Mexico News

I live in the flat, scruffy desert of southwestern New Mexico, a half-hour from the Mexican border town of Palomas.

Eduardo Arrellano-Madrano, 26, of Palomas, Mexico, was arrested on a Cartersville, Ga., warrant from Cherokee Judicial Court for false imprisonment, battery and criminal trespass.

Several times each year the staff Loners on Wheels members and residents of LoW-Hi RV Ranch travel to the orphanage, Casa de Ni os in Palomas, Mexico, to provide gifts and food for the children.

Columbus Police reported Sunday afternoon Dr. Roberto Fierro, a Palomas, Mexico, dentist, was still in the hands of men who kidnapped from his clinic at gunpoint last Wednesday afternoon.

A Palomas, Mexico, man was transported by Columbus Emergency Medical Technicians to Deming's Mimbres Memorial Hospital on Sunday night after being brought to the Columbus Port of Entry with gunshot wounds to an elbow.

Carmen Chavez-Quezada, 21, of Deming, was airlifted to El Paso for treatment after reportedly wounded in a shooting in Palomas, Mexico.

A 21-year-old Deming woman was airlifted to El Paso's University Medical Center early Tuesday morning for treatment of wounds reportedly suffered in a shooting in Palomas, Mexico.

Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas on Thursday.

Buggs' Blog: Palomas, a Battle Ground for the Drug Cartels Source: www.buggsblog.com Palomas Mexico is a small dusty border town on the other side of Columbus, New Mexico.

Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza and Luna County Sheriff Raymond Cobos said Friday they saw no immediate threat to Luna County in the aftermath of Thursday's kidnapping and killing of Palomas, Mexico, Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garcia Santelis.

The newly-appointed U.S. Ambassador to Mexico made his first visit to UTEP Friday to discuss the rising tide of violence across the border.

The slaying this week of Palomas Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garcia has become something of mystery in this border community known in history books as the place where Pancho Villa attacked during the Mexican Revolution.

On Thursday afternoon, the bullet-riddled body of Mayor Estanislao Garca was discovered, along with his burned-out truck.

Palomas Mayor Estanislao "Tani" Garcia was found dead Thursday afternoon, after he disappeared that morning.

Unidentified assailants kidnapped and killed the top official of the border town of Palomas, across from New Mexico, on Thursday.

Rudy Rodriguez, 21, of Deming, was arrested on a magistrate court warrant for failure to pay fines.

A teenager from Palomas, Mexico, is recovering after a brutal attack. Aiven Daniel Lorenzo Madrid, 17, was transported to an El Paso, Texas, hospital after he was found shot, beaten, possibly stabbed and then doused with diesel fuel and set on fire last Saturday in southern New Mexico, according to authorities.

A 17-year-old Palomas, Mexico, boy was airlifted Tuesday morning to University Medical Center in El Paso from Columbus Air Park.

A 5-year-old Deming boy died late Saturday of injuries sustained when hit by truck in Palomas, Mexico.

Gloria Lucero, 25, of Columbus, was arrested on an adult probation warrant for probation violation.