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Former New Mexico State Senator Released from Prison
Loaded on Sept. 18, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
September, 2014, page 37
Filed under:
Home Detention,
GEO Group/Wackenhut,
Government Misconduct,
Release and Reentry.
Location:
New Mexico.
Former New Mexico State Senator Released from Prison
Manny Aragon, 66, a former New Mexico state Senate leader, was released from federal prison on December 5, 2013. Although most federal prisoners are sent to a halfway house to complete the remainder of their sentence, Aragon was released to …
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