{"id":7622,"date":"2009-10-09T10:02:55","date_gmt":"2009-10-09T16:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2009-10-09T10:02:55","modified_gmt":"2009-10-09T16:02:55","slug":"former-judge-gets-probation-for-electoral-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/10\/former-judge-gets-probation-for-electoral-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Former judge gets probation for electoral fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Favela,<\/p>\n

Former Sunland Park Municipal Judge Horacio Favela was sentenced to 18 months on probation Thursday for fraudulently voting and registering as a candidate for judge, the Las Cruces Sun-News<\/a> is reporting.<\/p>\n

In addition, according to the newspaper, Favela was ordered to take \u201cintroductory government classes\u201d at New Mexico State University and speak to schoolchildren in the Gadsden Independent School District about \u201ccivic engagement, getting involved and why the rules exist.\u201d And he\u2019ll have to complete 150 hours of community service and pay $700 in fines and donations.<\/p>\n

Favela, according to the Sun-News, told the judge during Thursday\u2019s hearing that he\u2019s not a bad or dishonest person.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to apologize if, with my desire to run, if I put anybody through hardship,\u201d the Sun-News quoted him as saying. \u201cI\u2019m an honest man, I\u2019ve always tried to do the best for the community and if I unknowingly broke the law, I take full responsibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

The district attorney\u2019s office had asked for a sentence of six months in prison and four years on probation.<\/p>\n

Favela was convicted in August<\/a> of falsely declaring himself a resident of Sunland Park in 2008 so he could run for judge, falsifying a document that declared him a qualified voter, and voting twice in the 2004 general election \u2014 once in El Paso, Texas and once in Do\u00f1a Ana County.<\/p>\n

He faced a maximum of 4.5 years in prison.<\/p>\n

The situation came to light after Favela was elected a municipal judge in Sunland Park in early 2008. He was suspended by the state\u2019s Supreme Court without pay pending the outcome of the criminal case, but he later agreed to resign and never seek a judgeship in New Mexico again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Sunland Park Municipal Judge Horacio Favela was sentenced to 18 months on probation Thursday for fraudulently voting and registering as a candidate for judge, the Las Cruces Sun-News is reporting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,1],"tags":[142],"class_list":["post-7622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","category-uncategorized","tag-crime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7622","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=7622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7622\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}