Who was Juan de Oñate? Critics object to statues of the Spanish conquistador, the first European to colonize New Mexico and a despot who inflicted misery on Native Americans.

Activists tend to a shooting victim during a protest where officials had planned to install a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Española, New Mexico.

Protesters react after a shooting during a protest where officials had planned to install a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023.

Exclusive: New clue surfaces in underwater hunt for conquistador’s lost ships Hernán Cortés arrived in Mexico 500 years ago and toppled the last Aztec king. Now a new discovery may help solve ...

Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate (around 1550-1630) led the effort to colonize present-day New Mexico for Spain. He was the state's first colonial governor.

A Conquistador’s Cannon Unearthed Certainly the oldest firearm ever found in the continental United States, and possibly the oldest-known firearm produced in the New World, a rampart gun ...

First responders arrive at the scene of a shooting Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Española, N.M., where a protest over a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate turned violent. A suspect was ...

Authorities in Albuquerque, N.M., are trying to sort out militia involvement in a shooting of a crowd that tried to remove a statue of a Spanish conquistador infamous for brutalizing Native Americans.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Organizers of the annual reenactment of a 17th-century Spanish conquistador reclaiming Santa Fe from Native Americans have issued an apology to Pueblo Indians. Santa Fe ...