The president of the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico has been locked out of her office, The Albuquerque Journal reports.
resident Claudia Vigil-Muniz said she is being punished for seeking federal assistance to battle alleged tribal corruption She wrote a letter to Vice President Dick Cheney because she said tribal council rivals are sanctioning bad behaviors of some tribal police officers.
Those rivals have now place Vigil-Muniz on paid administrative leave.
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