Civil suit settled in shooting of Native American activist at protest of Spanish conquistador statue

FILE - Rio Arriba County workers remove the bronze statue of Spanish conquerer Juan de Onate from its pedestal in front of a cultural center in Alcalde, N.M., June 15, 2020. A settlement has been reached in a civil lawsuit seeking damages from a 23-year-old man and his parents in the shooting of a Native American activist in northern New Mexico amid confrontations about the statue and aborted plans to reinstall it in public. The settlement was disclosed Tuesday, May 7, 2024, in court documents. (Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via...