Mystery shrouds civil rights-era murder of New Mexico jailer
(WorldNews Mexico)

SANTA FE, N.M. — The murder of a Hispanic New Mexico jailer in 1968 - a year of unrest in the United States - has divided residents, scholars and civil rights advocates for decades. Fifty years and two investigations later, one of the most dramatic conflicts of the civil rights era remains unsolved. On a frigid January evening, assailants abducted Eulogio Salazar in front of his home in the rural community of Tierra Amarilla. His body was later found in a ravine. Police said the perpetrators viciously pistol-whipped Salazar. Advertisement Continue reading Hysteria followed in northern New Mexico amid racial tensions and a push by Hispanic activists for the return of land they say the...