Another lost warrior: FBI investigates reservation death

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Lost Warrior: Dustin Earl Pesewonit

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FBI Public Information Officer Darren Jones said he could confirm that a federal homicide investigation is underway, but he could not discuss if any arrests have occurred or reveal details of the crime.

However, friends of the victim, who they said was 26 and lived on the Mescalero Apache Reservation adjoining Ruidoso, reported that when Pasewonit failed to report for work, they worried because he was a reliable employee.

They said he was found at 10:30 p.m., Jan. 2, lashed to a fence, stripped of his clothing and severely beaten. He was placed on life support with fluid on his brain. He died at 11:12 a.m., Jan. 8, in Thomason Hospital in El Paso, when family members decided to remove the life supports, they said.

Article: http://www.ruidosonews.com/news/ci_7943666

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

Tragic....the loss of our young ones....just tragic and senseless.

May the Great Spirit bring those responsible to justice.

Only cowards act this way, in this manner...to tie a man up on a fence, defenseless and naked, in order to beat him close to death. For this cruelty, they deserve the full measure permitted upon them that justice can provide.

My heart is heavy and grieves terribly for this family.

Such a great loss of a young one and his potential.

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A post placed here as a reminder that Reservation life is not only full of poverty and health disparity, but also of tragedy such as this.

It attacks our elders and young alike...no one is spared.

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Excuse me, but I live 20 minuets from Mescalero. I have no health care (except the VA). ALL the Res members have ALL medical/dental and Rx meds for free. The Mescalero Tribal Members all get nice monthly incomes from their two casinos, resort hotel and golf course.

Yes, there is poverty here in New Mexico, but the Mescalero tribal members are not poor, and not without health care, please be honest and don't generalize, just because someone is Native American does not mean they are poor. Problems should be addressed when and where they do exist. Problems and conditions should not be inferred because of a persons racial identity.

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problems should be addressed when and where they do exist.

totally agree.

problems and conditions should not be inferred because of a persons racial identity.

i also agree...to some extent. however, as a group, the indian across the country do demonstrate many disparities as compared to the general us population...in health, health care, poverty, substance abuse, and violence. please feel free to read the many threads here or surf the web yourself. this is not to say that there may be or are some exceptions. however, in many (if not in most) cases...the inferences have been well supported...even over the course of time.

lastly....the point of this article deals with the topic of violence which can often be found in rez life.

they said he was found at 10:30 p.m., jan. 2, lashed to a fence, stripped of his clothing and severely beaten.

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peace

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