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.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Workers with Rio Arriba County removed the sculpture of Juan de Onate from the Onate Center in Acalde Monday June 14 2020. Crowds of people for and against the removal lined Highway 68 in front of the center. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) With regard to Elizabeth Buchen’s “Onate indefensible, deserves no statue,” letter to editor, it is felt by many that these situations have gotten out of hand in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, due to the awkward, limited riot control measures taken and overall mishandling of these situations on the part of both Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller and Santa Fe Mayor Alan Webber. ....