Manny Aragon’s Homecoming: 365 Days And Counting

Manny Aragon

New Mexico Watchdog - Manny Aragon’s expected release from federal prison is only a year away.  Will he return to an active role with the Democratic Party of New Mexico?  Will he return a rehabilitated man and work to undo the culture of corruption he helped spread?   Or will he maintain his code of criminal defiance and continue to protect dirty politicians he could help expose and bring to justice? Aragon, once one of the state’s most influential Democrats as President Pro Tempore of the State Senate, was sentenced in 2009 to 5 1/2 years in prison for his leadership role in a corruption case that swept up Albuquerque’s former mayor, the administrator of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court and politically connected contractors. He pleaded guilty to three federal felony counts of conspiracy and mail fraud in a scheme to steal $4.4 million from construction funds for the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Courthouse. Aragon served 29 years in the New Mexico Senate and rose to be perhaps the most powerful man in the chamber’s history. He graduated from the University of New Mexico Law School and was a friend of one of its former deans.  But as a convicted felon,  Aragon cannot even vote.  Nor will he ever again practice law.  He has been disbarred by both the New Mexico Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of the United States. Read More News New Mexico

Manny Aragon’s Homecoming: 365 Days And Counting