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"A likeness of Oñate among a caravan of Spanish colonists set in bronze outside an Albuquerque city museum also drew protests in 2020 that resulted in it being taken down.

Rio Arriba County Commission Chairman Alex Naranjo, a Democratic former magistrate judge and school board member, said he is still committed to returning the statue to public display. He said the bronze likeness and companion cultural center in the nearby community of Alcalde was commissioned at a cost of more than $1 million in county, state and federal funding, in a project championed by his uncle Emilio Naranjo as a state senator and public figures including former Gov. Bill Richardson.

He blamed Thursday’s confrontations on “disrespectful” protesters from beyond the Española Valley, though many protesters Thursday cited local Native American ties."
https://www.wistv.com/2023/09/29/man-is-wounded-tempers-flare-new-mexico-over-statue-spanish-conquistador/

This is your opposition party. They built this statue, are actively attempting to replace it, and when you get shot protesting it they call you disrespectful. The shooter may or may not have been a part of your opposition party, it's hard to tell.