Another eagle feather case for the courts.....

The Albuquerque Journal reports HERE that:

"A Kewa Pueblo medicine man has pleaded guilty to violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, in a plea agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

In a news releases, U.S. Attorney Kenneth J. Gonzales said that Martin Aguilar, 47, entered guilty pleas Wednesday to two counts of a four-count indictment filed in November 2010.

Aguilar pleaded guilty to the unlawful taking of a bald eagle and the unlawful possession of a bald eagle. The indictment had also  charged Aguilar with the unlawful bartering of a golden eagle and the unlawful possession of a migratory bird, a red-tailed hawk.

Aguilar acknowledged that he had not applied for or obtained permission to kill, take or possess a bald eagle from the federal Interior Department as required by the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act. Aguilar also admitted that he is a medicine man at Kewa, formerly known as Santo Domingo Pueblo, and that he has shot and killed five bald eagles since 1992.

Aguilar entered his guilty pleas conditioned on reserving his right to have the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals review recent orders by U.S. District Judge M. Christina Armijo denying Aguilar’s motions to suppress evidence in the case and to dismiss the charges."