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Priest Asks Dona Ana County Commission for Help in Resolving Deadly Border Land Dispute

By Evan Woodward

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Las Cruces – Tuesday morning Catholic Priest, Father Bill Morton came before the Dona Ana County Board of Commissioners to discuss human rights issues on the United States/Mexico border; in a place called Lomas Del Poleo. As KRWG's Evan Woodward reports, the small agrarian community which sits just a mile South of Sunland Park, New Mexico finds itself at the center of a violent land dispute.