Do?a Ana County lends support to local tribe

welcome back to abc-seven at six, i’m estela casas. and i’m rick cabrera. the battle between two southern new mexico tribes continues…. the piro manso tiwa tribe got the support of dona ana county commissioners today to petition to be federally recognized. abc7s jamie warren joins us live from the government center with the latest. jamie? a victory for the pmt here at todays commissioners meeting, who say that support of their petion brings them one step closer to getting the assistance they need. but the 3 to 2 decision didnt come with out a fight pkg 14:25:21 were all one community we should work together and get it together so we can get our thing done a lot of emotion from the crowd about the possibility of the piro manso tiwa tribe gaining federal recognition 14:09:04 arianna fierro president tortugas pueblo theres no assurance that if they were to obtain federal recognition they would not seek to disinfranchise la coporacion and displace the community of tortugas 14:17:16 ed roybal casique of piro manso tiwa indian tribe im not here to speak about the other group im here to speak about us and i know that this body and the body yesteday is not the body that will decide whether we get recognition or not but were just looking for your support the pmt has waited over 40 years for recognition since splitting from the tortugas. they deny any wrong doing. but members of tortugas pueblo say they fear the splinter tribe could potentially lay claim to some of their land, if recognized by the feds. tortugas pueblo members made the same plea to city council yesterday. they tabled the motion without a vote. but a divided county commision approved the request 3-2. billy garrett, district 14:30:32 clip 5 why would we interfere with their legal claim? 14:57:26 freda firefly flores, pmt supporter it has been a long journey but this letter of support that the countys going to write for us is just one step forward for us its ultimately up to the federal government on whether or not the tribe gets recognition. if you are just joing us… you are under an abc-seven first alert… the federal government on whether or not the tribe gets recognition. its ultimately up to the federal government on whether or not the tribe gets recognition. if you are just joing us… you are under an abc-seven first alert…