Brief by Marcia Darnell
San Luis Valley – May 2001 – Colorado Central Magazine
Old Days Are Back
It’s back to the old ways on La Sierra (a/k/a the Taylor Ranch east of San Luis) — the old violence, that is.
An employee of what is now the Pai Ranch was accused of shooting at a local man. The accuser, Ben Quintana, said that Carlos DeLeon shot at him with a rifle; DeLeon said that Quintana hit him in the head with a shovel. The Costilla County Sheriff’s office is sorting through the evidence, which includes shell casings and photos of Quintana cutting fence on the Pai property.
