A man found dead in northwest Albuquerque has sparked internet theories and national conversation after commenters claimed he was recently found hanging from a tree in the bosque in what they described as a lynching.

WildEarth Guardians and The Yes Men — artist-activists known for impersonating and parodying companies and organizations — launched billboards and a website for parody company ExxtremeEnergy to coincide with ExxonMobil’s title sponsorship of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, which occurs over the next 10 days.

Over the last seven years $1.6 billion dollars have been spent on New Mexico students’, especially those named in the landmark Yazzie/Martinez lawsuit, but inequities have persisted. Advocates are outraged as years of promises have been broken and many kids in the state’s public education system have been left behind. On the next Let’s Talk New Mexico we’ll dig into why the state has yet to carry out the plans.