Otero County

English

Etymology

Both counties are named after Miguel Antonio Otero (1829–1882).

Proper noun

Otero County

  1. One of 64 counties in Colorado, United States. County seat: La Junta.
  2. One of 33 counties in New Mexico, United States. County seat: Alamogordo.
    • 2025 March 17, Austin Fisher, “ICE ‘disappeared’ 48 New Mexico residents, attorneys say”, in Source New Mexico‎[1]:
      Attorneys who help people held New Mexico’s three ICE detention facilities – the Otero County Processing Center, the Cibola County Correctional Center and the Torrance County Detention Facility – are typically only able to conduct pre-representation or representation legal visits with detainees if they are able to identify them beforehand, the complaint states.

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