Government1979

FBI ordered to investigate animal mutilations on New Mexico tribal lands

When: 5 Mar 1979
Where: Albuquerque, NM
Sources: 2 public sources

The Jicarilla Apache reservation, one of the New Mexico lands where the FBI looked into mutilations awmcphee, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

FBI headquarters told its Albuquerque office to investigate livestock mutilations on Indian lands in New Mexico, including the Jicarilla Apache and Santa Clara reservations, where the Bureau had jurisdiction. Elsewhere it lacked jurisdiction and did not investigate.

Sources

OfficialFBI Files: Cattle & Animal Mutilations (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation (copy hosted by The Black Vault)
OtherMutilations of Animals on Indian Lands in New Mexico - Crime on Indian Reservation (FBI Albuquerque, January 15, 1980; transcription) (opens in a new tab)Federal Bureau of Investigation (transcription hosted by RR0) / 1980-01-15

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