Kewa Pueblo Woman Pleads Guilty to Manslaughter

A KEWA PUEBLO WOMAN COULD SPEND 15 YEARS IN PRISON AFTER PLEADING GUILTY IN FEDERAL COURT IN ALBUQUERQUE TO VOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AUTHORITIES SAY, IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016, 44 YEAR OLD LENA QUINTANA DROVE AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED ON PUEBLO LAND IN SANDOVAL COUNTY AND STRUCK AND KILLED A MAN AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD.

A SENTENCING HEARING FOR QUINTANA HAS NOT YET BEEN SCHEDULED.

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