By John Larson
SOCORRO – Two men have been arrested in connection with a multiple stabbing on Mariposa Road in the early morning hours of Friday, July 3.
According to the criminal complaint, two men, Tony Silva and his 21-year-old son Julian Silva, were found bleeding from multiple stab wounds in the Florida area of Socorro.
Arrested were Samuel Saenz, 20, and Ronnie Garcia, 20, both of Socorro.
The complaint states that at 2:30 a.m., Socorro Police Detective Richard Lopez answered a call to investigate an incident at 623 Mariposa that resulted in the stabbing.
Officer Gilbert Padilla had responded to a fight in progress with “several individuals involved,” and when he arrived on the scene, he found the two Silva men lying in the street and bleeding.
The complaint said several people in the vicinity began yelling and pointing in the direction of a mobile home on the north side of Mariposa. He reported that he was told Samuel Saenz had stabbed Tony Silva and Julian Silva, and that he ran into the mobile home.
Officer Padilla stated in the report that Julian Silva told him that when the initial altercation occurred, Saenz and Ronnie Garcia attacked Tony Silva, and that Garcia had a baseball bat and was striking his father with it. He said Saenz stabbed him in the back during the fight.
Garcia was arrested at the scene. Saenz was arrested after the car he was riding in was stopped for speeding near the intersection of B Street and Kentucky Avenue by Lopez.
Assisting officers took into custody Jonathan Garcia of Socorro, Stephanie Acosta of Roswell and an 18-year-old male from Roswell.
The 18 year old was charged with a minor allowing himself to be served an alcoholic beverage.
According to the criminal complaint, Jonathan Garcia told Lopez he had been visiting his cousin and was driving down Mariposa when he saw Samuel Saenz walking down the street and offered to give him a ride, and that Saenz had mentioned nothing of the incident.
The report also stated there was blood Jonathan Garcia’s shirt and arms.
The two Silva men were taken by ambulance to Socorro General Hospital, and then airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.
Saenz faces two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Garcia has been charged with two counts of being an accessory to assault with intent to commit murder, one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.
A preliminary hearing for both suspects will be at 9 a.m. July 15 in Magistrate Court.
Lee Deschamps was appointed as Ronnie Garcia’s public defender.
Samuel Saenz is being represented by public defender Rosa Sanchez-Armijo.
SOCORRO – Two men have been arrested in connection with a multiple stabbing on Mariposa Road in the early morning hours of Friday, July 3.
According to the criminal complaint, two men, Tony Silva and his 21-year-old son Julian Silva, were found bleeding from multiple stab wounds in the Florida area of Socorro.
Arrested were Samuel Saenz, 20, and Ronnie Garcia, 20, both of Socorro.
The complaint states that at 2:30 a.m., Socorro Police Detective Richard Lopez answered a call to investigate an incident at 623 Mariposa that resulted in the stabbing.
Officer Gilbert Padilla had responded to a fight in progress with “several individuals involved,” and when he arrived on the scene, he found the two Silva men lying in the street and bleeding.
The complaint said several people in the vicinity began yelling and pointing in the direction of a mobile home on the north side of Mariposa. He reported that he was told Samuel Saenz had stabbed Tony Silva and Julian Silva, and that he ran into the mobile home.
Officer Padilla stated in the report that Julian Silva told him that when the initial altercation occurred, Saenz and Ronnie Garcia attacked Tony Silva, and that Garcia had a baseball bat and was striking his father with it. He said Saenz stabbed him in the back during the fight.
Garcia was arrested at the scene. Saenz was arrested after the car he was riding in was stopped for speeding near the intersection of B Street and Kentucky Avenue by Lopez.
Assisting officers took into custody Jonathan Garcia of Socorro, Stephanie Acosta of Roswell and an 18-year-old male from Roswell.
The 18 year old was charged with a minor allowing himself to be served an alcoholic beverage.
According to the criminal complaint, Jonathan Garcia told Lopez he had been visiting his cousin and was driving down Mariposa when he saw Samuel Saenz walking down the street and offered to give him a ride, and that Saenz had mentioned nothing of the incident.
The report also stated there was blood Jonathan Garcia’s shirt and arms.
The two Silva men were taken by ambulance to Socorro General Hospital, and then airlifted to the University of New Mexico Hospital in Albuquerque.
Saenz faces two counts of assault with intent to commit murder and two counts of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon.
Garcia has been charged with two counts of being an accessory to assault with intent to commit murder, one count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and one count of conspiracy to commit murder.
A preliminary hearing for both suspects will be at 9 a.m. July 15 in Magistrate Court.
Lee Deschamps was appointed as Ronnie Garcia’s public defender.
Samuel Saenz is being represented by public defender Rosa Sanchez-Armijo.
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