New Mexico mural focuses on missing Native American women

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — A new mural in southern New Mexico seeks to honor missing and slain Native American women amid a nationwide push to bring more attention to the issue.
The Las Cruces Sun-News reports artist Sebastian VELA Velazquez recently erected the mural in Las Cruces in conjunction with the city’s eighth annual “Illegal” graffiti art show.
The work is part of a large-scale mural wrapping around the entirety of the Cruces Creatives building.
Last month, federal