GRANTS - The fight over Mount Taylor's designation as a Traditional Cultural Property has led to bloodshed and an arrest.

Five Native American men reported severe beatings between June 9 and June 18, according to Grants Police Department reports. Another known beating was not reported by the victim and details are unknown, except that it follows a similar pattern to the other racial violence.

Shawn Longoria, 22, has been charged with six counts of aggravated battery, third degree felony charges; robbery and aggravated burglary, both second-degree felony charges. He could face up to 36 years imprisonment and up to $50,000 in fines.

Officers said they have other suspects in the case and expect to make more arrests by the end of this week.

“We made a report to the FBI for hate crimes,” said GPD Detective Kevin Dobbs, “and they'll get back to us.”

According to reports, an anonymous caller told officers that Longoria was boasting of “beating up the men because the Native Americans had got Mount Taylor and now they owned him.”

“The amount of response we've received from the public has been phenomenal,” Dobbs said, “the citizens of Grants won't stand for it.”

Seven known victims were barraged by rocks, struck with bats and gashed with knives and brass knuckles. The following are multiple accounts of the incidents from the victims to officers.

• On June 9, about 7 p.m., an officer was dispatched to a gas station on West Santa Fe, where an injured man bled “severely” from his face. The man refused to tell the officer how his injuries occurred. He was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Hours later the victim, Tommy Mariano, was ready to talk. He told officers that while walking behind the convenience store with his uncle, four young males 'jumped' or ambushed him and shot him with what he thought was a pellet gun and then proceeded to beat him. He was treated and released.

• In the early hours of June 10, a different Native American, Lewis Jake, was discovered beaten. He told officers the assailants used rocks to hit his face. One hit him with a knife equipped with brass knuckles. Officers reported the man's eye swollen shut and a large cut through his upper lip.

• Just before noon on June 13, an officer was monitoring eastbound traffic on West Santa Fe Avenue. A man, Larry Delgarito, while walking by turned his head as to cover his face. The officer walked to talk to the man and saw extensive damage to the man's face.

Delgarito said the incident occurred the night previous, while he and Marvin Martinez were staying at a house on Stephens Street. Approximately eight “Mexicans” with rocks and a bat barraged the men with blows. With hands held behind his back, they took $15 from Delgarito's back pocket. He was taken to the hospital, where personnel attempted to find a facial reconstruction doctor to evaluate his injuries.

This was the first of two beatings Delgarito has received in the flurry of violence.

• On June 18, a GPD officer spotted a man washing his face in the Riverwalk Pond. When he turned around, a large amount of blood covered his face from a cut on his forehead. Gilson Smith said he was 'jumped' at the park the night before by about “11 guys with bats.” He said the “Mexicans” told him they didn't like cowboys.

• Later on June 18, officers went to the same house on Stephens, after a medical emergency call was received. The officers found Delgarito on a couch where the blood from his forehead wound had already dried. Amos Slim was found lying on the floor trembling and had difficulty breathing. Slim, covered in dried blood and insects, was unable to respond and rushed to the hospital to be flown to Albuquerque for treatment. His condition is unknown.

Longoria was arrested on a warrant during a traffic stop on June 24.

His bond was set at $100,000 and preliminary appearance is scheduled for July 7 in Cibola County Magistrate Court.