Newsletter-Mid-Week

The 31-year-old from Chihuahua, Mexico, Adrian Arballo-Conteras, found himself at the Las Animas County Courthouse on Wednesday for a court hearing, which saw the judge give him an opportunity to make bond, despite the prosecution arguing the “flight-risk” and potential immigration detention, which could cause him to miss future hearings.  

On Sept. 2, the Trinidad City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to submit a ballot measure that would give voters the choice of making the CIP tax permanent.  

On Sept. 1, while on routine patrol, officers spotted a man, later identified as Gabriel Rivera, 43, operating an ATV downtown along the Riverwalk in Trinidad, near Cedar St., approaching Cimino Park, which led to a corresponding chase and arrest.