Deaths From Riot
Dona Ana County, New Mexico
Inmates killed 2 February 1980
The
Old Penitentiary
Extracted from Las Cruces Sun-News,
a Gannett Co., Inc. newspaper
C. W. Barnum ©2005
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Name age From Charge Cause of Death / violation Archie Manuel Martinez 25 Chimayo Parole violation Trauma to head Richard Fierro 26 Carlsbad Forgery Stab wounds / Possession of narcotics Paulina Paul 36 Alamogordo Armed robbery Stab wounds Kelly E. Johnson 26 Albuquerque Forgery Body burned Thomas O’Meara 25 Albuquerque Armed robbery Body burned Lawrence C. Cardon 24 Las Cruces Auto theft Stab wounds Juan Martin Sanchez 22 Texas Aggravated battery Head trauma Michael Lawrence Briones 22 Albuquerque Rape Rod through head post-mortem Larry Wayne Smith 31 Kirtland Armed robbery Brain injuries Ramon Madrid 40 Las Cruces Burglary Burned Herman Dean Russell 26 Fruitland Rape Smoke inhalation, burned Robert F. Quintela 29 Carlsbad Burglary Blunt trauma to head Frank Ortega 20 Las Vegas Second-degree murder Stab wounds Filiberto Ortega 25 Las Vegas Burglary Body burned Leo J. Tenorio 22 Albuquerque Contributing to delinquency of a minor Stab wound to heart Thomas Charles Tenorio 29 Albuquerque Robbery Stab wounds Donald James Gossens Jr. 23 Farmington Narcotics Head injuries James Foley 19 Albuquerque First-degree murder Brain injuries. Steve Lucero 25 Farmington Aggravated battery Head wounds Joseph Anthony Mirabal 24 Alamogordo Assault and battery Blunt trauma to head Nick Coca 30 Arroyo Seco Kidnapping Smoke inhalation. Frankie Joseph Sedillo 31 Santa Fe Burglary Smoke inhalation. Russell M. Werner 22 Albuquerque Armed robbery Carbon monoxide poisoning Benjamin G. Moreno 20 Carlsbad First-degree murder Blunt trauma to head Gilbert O. Moreno 25 Carlsbad Armed robbery Brain injuries Robert Lee Rivera 28 Alamogordo Burglary Stab wound to heart Danny Waller 26 Lubbock Texas Stab wounds / Credit card fraud Valentin Elias Jaramillo 35 Albuquerque Narcotics Hanged Vincent E. Romero 34 Albuquerque Armed robbery Stabbed-thrown over railing Phillip C. Hernandez 30 Clovis Breaking and entering Stab wounds / blunt trauma to head James Delbert Perrin 34 Chaparral Murder Burned stabbed beaten Mauricio Urioste 28 Santa Fe Shoplifting Blunt trauma to head Joe A. Madrid 38 Albuquerque Narcotics Blunt trauma to head