The FBI arrested Mario Israel Barraza (18) for killing one Navajo Nation male teenager and seriously wounding a female teenager in Church Rock, NM. Investigators found evidence of forced entry through the victim's window. Barraza and the deceased were arguing prior to the shooting and that Barraza had a history of entering the girl's bedroom through her window. In an average year, 507 people die and 821 are wounded by guns in New Mexico which has the 9th-highest rate of gun violence in the US. A criminal complaint is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
-American Indians and Alaska Natives are 2.5 times as likely to experience violent crimes and at least two times more likely to experience rape or sexual assault crimes compared to all other races.
-More than 4 in 5 American Indian and Alaska Native women, or 84.3 percent, have experienced violence in their lifetime.
Homicide is the third leading cause of death among American Indian and Alaska Native women between 10 and 24 years of age and the fifth leading cause of death for American Indian and Alaska Native women between 25 and 34 years of age.
-In 2017, the top three cities with the highest number of MMIWG cases were Seattle, WA (45); Albuquerque, NM (37); and Anchorage, AK (31). The top three states were New Mexico, Washington, and Arizona.
-In the US and Canada, an average of 40 percent of the women who were victims of sex trafficking identified as American Indian or Alaskan Native.
Source: www.indian-affairs.org