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Amalia, New Mexico

Amalia, New Mexico
unincorporated community
The post office in Amalia
The post office in Amalia
Amalia, New Mexico is located in New Mexico
Amalia, New Mexico
Amalia, New Mexico
Location of Amalia in New Mexico and the United States
Amalia, New Mexico is located in the United States
Amalia, New Mexico
Amalia, New Mexico
Amalia, New Mexico (the United States)
Coordinates: 36°56′31″N 105°27′16″W / 36.94194°N 105.45444°W / 36.94194; -105.45444
CountryUnited States
StatesNew Mexico
CountyTaos
Elevation
[1]
8,147 ft (2,483 m)
Time zoneUTC−7 (Mountain (MST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC−6 (MDT)
ZIP code
87512
Area code575
GNIS feature ID902162[1]
Websiteamalianm.com

Amalia is an unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.

Description

Santo Niño Catholic Church

Amalia is located near the Colorado border, on New Mexico State Road 196.

Amalia has a post office, with the ZIP code 87512. The 87512 ZIP Code Tabulation Area had a population of 230 at the 2000 census.

History

Amalia was formerly known as Pina, perhaps a modification of the Spanish word for 'pine'. A post office was established in 1900; in 1919, the settlement was renamed after the given name for unknown reasons.[2]

In summer of 2018, at a remote site with a small camping trailer within a surrounding wall of car tires, five adults, 11 hungry children (ages 1 to 15), and later a dead child, were found. Court documents stated the children had been trained for shootings at schools.[3][4] Federal terrorism, kidnapping, and firearms charges were brought against the five adults in March 2019;[5][6] in 2024, one was sentenced to 15 years in prison and the other four to a life sentence under a federal kidnapping statute minimum sentencing dating to the Lindbergh kidnapping.[7]

See also

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References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Amalia, New Mexico
  2. ^ Julyan, Robert (1996). The Place Names of New Mexico. University of New Mexico Press. p. 14. ISBN 0826316891.
  3. ^ Prosecutor: Man at New Mexico compound trained kids for school shooting timesofisrael.com, 9 August 2018.
  4. ^ New Mexico compound suspects were training children for school shootings, prosecutors say cnn.com, 8 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Father and other family members are convicted in New Mexico kidnapping and terrorism case". October 17, 2023.
  6. ^ Caitlin Yilek (March 15, 2019). "New Mexico compound was alleged terrorist training camp to kill US officers". Washington Examiner. Retrieved March 15, 2019. Assistant Attorney General John Demers said those attacks were being planned against federal law enforcement officers and members of the military.
  7. ^ "Teen testifies about boy's death and firearms training at New Mexico compound". September 28, 2023.
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