A DISGRACED NEW MEXICO POLITICIAN IS OUT OF PRISON AFTER FOUR AND A HALF YEARS BEHIND BARS. FORMER STATE SENATOR MANNY ARAGON WAS RELEASED FROM A FEDERAL PRISON IN COLORADO ON THURSDAY. HE'D BEEN SERVING TIME THERE SINCE JUNE OF 2009.
THE ALBUQUERQUE DEMOCRAT PLEADED GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY AND MAIL FRAUD FOR HIS ROLE IN A SCHEME TO STEAL MORE THAN 4-MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE BERNALILLO COUNTY METRO COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT.
