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FILE - In this April 15, 2013, file photo, Valley Meat Co. owner, Rick De Los Santos stands in a corral area outside the former cattle slaughterhouse he has converted to a horse slaughter facility in Roswell, N.M. A judge in Santa Fe is expected to decide Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, whether the Roswell company can start slaughtering horses. State District Judge Matthew Wilson is hearing a request from Attorney General Gary King to issue a preliminary injunction against Valley Meat Co. King has filed suit against the company, alleging its operations would violate state environmental and food safety laws. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File)

Court to rule Friday on NM horse slaughterhouse

By BARRY MASSEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2013, file photo, Valley Meat Co. owner, Rick De Los Santos stands in a corral area outside the former cattle slaughterhouse he has converted to a horse slaughter facility in Roswell, N.M. A judge in Santa Fe is expected to decide Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, whether the Roswell company can start slaughtering horses. State District Judge Matthew Wilson is hearing a request from Attorney General Gary King to issue a preliminary injunction against Valley Meat Co. King has filed suit against the company, alleging its operations would violate state environmental and food safety laws. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File)

Bill would effectively ban horse slaughterhouses

By JERI CLAUSING - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 15, 2013, file photo, Valley Meat Co. owner, Rick De Los Santos stands in a corral area outside the former cattle slaughterhouse he has converted to a horse slaughter facility in Roswell, N.M. A judge in Santa Fe is expected to decide Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, whether the Roswell company can start slaughtering horses. State District Judge Matthew Wilson is hearing a request from Attorney General Gary King to issue a preliminary injunction against Valley Meat Co. King has filed suit against the company, alleging its operations would violate state environmental and food safety laws. (AP Photo/Jeri Clausing, File)

Judge to decide later on horse slaughter plant

By BARRY MASSEY - Associated Press

**FILE** Valley Meat Co. owner Rick De Los Santos stands April 15, 2013, in a corral area outside the former cattle slaughterhouse he has converted to a horse slaughter facility in Roswell, N.M. The plant — which has been waiting more than a year for federal approval of its operations — has become ground zero for an emotional, national debate over a return to domestic horse slaughter. (Associated Press)

N.M. moves to halt first U.S. horse slaughterhouse

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times