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FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 2002

An employee of the Mescalero Apache Nation has been charged with starting a fire on the southern New Mexico reservation.

Paul James Valdez, 27, was arrested as part of a tribal-state-federal investigation into recent fires. Authorities expect more arrests.

Get the Story:
Worker Charged in Mescalero Arson Fire (The Albuquerque Journal 6/28)

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