Civil Rights Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of Reies Lopez Tijerina
Reies Lopez Tijerina, the controversial land-grant activist whose armed raid of the Rio Arriba County, N.M., courthouse in rural northern New Mexico in 1967 made him a national figure, died Monday in El Paso. He was 88. Tijerina had been in failing health in recent years with diabetes and heart problems. He died of natural causes at 1 p.m. Monday at an El Paso hospital, according to family spokeswoman Estela Reyes. "My life has taken many surprising turns," Tijerina said in a July 14, 2009,...
