Man accused of jailhouse murder indicted

LAS CRUCES - A detention center inmate accused of second-degree murder was indicted on Friday. 

Samuel Enriquez, 40, was indicted by a grand jury on Friday regarding accusations that he fought another inmate in the showers of the Doña Ana County Detention Center in May. The other inmate was taken to a hospital where he later died. 

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Police arrested Enriquez in December 2019. At that time, he was charged with attempted first-degree murder, along with a slew of other charges, in connection to a 2019 shooting. 

The 3rd District Court had scheduled Enriquez for a jury trial slated to begin in November 2020. However, the trial was delayed due to COVID-19, according to the district attorney's office. 

Justin Garcia is a public safety reporter for the Las Cruces Sun-News. He can be contacted at JEGarcia@lcsun-news.com or on Twitter @Just516garc