kfoxtv: Socorro robbery suspect extradited from Florida; booked Friday in El Paso County Jail
Socorro robbery suspect extradited from Florida; booked Friday in El Paso County Jail
KRQE Blogs: Inmate receives $2M after lawsuit settled over mistreatment at Socorro County jail
SOCORRO COUNTY, N.M. (KRQE) – A former inmate is getting a multi-million-dollar payout after he said he was held in a New Mexico county jail cell for days without food and water. Jessie Chavez’s ...
Inmate receives $2M after lawsuit settled over mistreatment at Socorro County jail
KRQE Albuquerque on MSN: Inmate receives $2M after lawsuit settled over mistreatment at Socorro County jail
SOCORRO, New Mexico (KOAT) — Socorro County Detention Center is being accused of abusing an inmate who was held in solitary confinement. Steven Allen, director of the New Mexico Prison and Jail ...
Socorro (/ səˈkɔːroʊ /, sə-KOR-oh) is a city in Socorro County in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is in the Rio Grande Valley at an elevation of 4,579 feet (1,396 m).
Activities are centered in the City of Socorro and include re-enactments of the battle, the “liberation” of the town of Socorro and other events. The arrival of the railroad in the 1880s brought miners, merchants, and cattlemen to Socorro County.
Socorro, city, seat (1852) of Socorro county, central New Mexico, U.S. It lies along the Rio Grande. The site, originally occupied by a Piro Indian village, was visited by a Spanish expedition led by Juan de Oñate, who gave the village the Spanish name Socorro, meaning help or aid, after the Indians fed his company.