{"id":37122,"date":"2012-02-24T06:15:50","date_gmt":"2012-02-24T13:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=37122"},"modified":"2012-02-24T06:15:53","modified_gmt":"2012-02-24T13:15:53","slug":"status-of-chavezs-relationship-with-indicted-woman-unclear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2012\/02\/status-of-chavezs-relationship-with-indicted-woman-unclear\/","title":{"rendered":"Status of Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s relationship with indicted woman unclear"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7407\"  class=\"wp-caption module image alignright\" style=\"max-width: 120px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7407\" title=\"Chavez, Martin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Chavez-Martin.jpg\" alt=\"Marty Ch\u00e1vez\" width=\"120\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marty Ch\u00e1vez<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate <a href=\"http:\/\/www.martychavez.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Marty Ch\u00e1vez<\/a> is getting prominent mentions in news coverage about the Thursday indictment of a woman with whom he has been in a relationship \u2013 but the status of that relationship isn\u2019t clear.<\/p>\n<p>Loretta Mares was one of two women indicted on multiple felony counts of fraud and conspiracy for, in the words of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/2-indicted-in-St--Vincent-fraud-case\" target=\"_blank\">The Santa Fe New Mexican<\/a>, \u201callegedly collaborating to embezzle millions of dollars\u201d from Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center in Santa Fe.<\/p>\n<p>She also is or has been Ch\u00e1vez\u2019s girlfriend. The campaign has pointed out that he is no longer living with Mares but has not clarified further the status of their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the mention Ch\u00e1vez got from The New Mexican:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe former chief financial officer of what is now Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center and an Albuquerque woman who is in a relationship with former Albuquerque mayor and congressional candidate Martin Ch\u00e1vez have been indicted on felony fraud and conspiracy charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026In December, a campaign manager for Martin Ch\u00e1vez \u2013 a three-term mayor of Albuquerque who is running for the U.S. House of Representative seat being vacated by Martin Heinrich \u2013 confirmed that Ch\u00e1vez and Mares lived together.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign manager said in a statement Thursday that the pair are no longer living together but declined to comment further on the relationship.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Read that article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santafenewmexican.com\/Local%20News\/2-indicted-in-St--Vincent-fraud-case\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/main\/2012\/02\/24\/news\/charges-filed-in-hospital-fraud-case.html\" target=\"_blank\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMares, also known as Bernadette Gallegos, has been in a relationship with former Albuquerque mayor and current congressional candidate Martin Ch\u00e1vez.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe campaign Thursday issued a statement reiterating that the allegations have \u2018nothing to do with Marty or his campaign,\u2019 and that the alleged crimes occurred before their relationship began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018They are no longer living together,\u2019 the statement added.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the Journal article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/main\/2012\/02\/24\/news\/charges-filed-in-hospital-fraud-case.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic 1st Congressional District candidate Marty Ch\u00e1vez is getting prominent mentions in news coverage about the Thursday indictment of a woman with whom he has been in a relationship \u2013 but the status of that relationship isn\u2019t clear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[228,156,142,116],"class_list":["post-37122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-1st-congressional-district-race","tag-2012-election","tag-crime","tag-washington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}