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Help Reunite my family PLEASE

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PLEASE TAKE TIME TO READ IT ALL!!! Here is my story,,,My entire adult life I have spent doing my best to be a father,I never claimed to be perfect at it and probably made many mistakes along the way my first marriage (1998)ended in divorce with 2 children. I remarried my current wife Roberta Lucero (2007 after dating for several years) and began to raise her daughter (1 year old at the time) we had a son together (2005)and also are raising our nephew since 2011 who has medical issues and was taken into "the system" So my wife and I completed all necessary steps to bring him into our home within 4 days and eventually we were awarded full custody of him ,so all together at the current time we have 5 children ages 5,10,13,15,&16. With the 13 year old being the only one not living with us full time..on Aug 4th 2015 I received a call informing me that my ex-wife, mother of 2 of my children had passed away in Gallup NM.having to tell them that their mother was gone was the hardest thing I've ever had to do as a father. I drove them 6 hours to be with maternal family on Aug 5th with the financial help of some very caring family (i've been out of work since the end of Jan due to an injury) when we arrived we were welcomed by the family and treated really well (unusual) my son asked if I can drive home (6hrs) and bring back some of his wrestling medals to bury with his mom,which I did ,I returned with them and my wife cooked some food for the family to help in the only way we could after the funeral we made arrangements for the children to stay with the grandparents over night and planned on returning home to Colorado the following day Aug 11 which also happened to be my son's birthday (sadly) we were to meet at 10 am when that time came and went I called and text my son to ask where they were I was told that they were packing my daughter's stuff to move to Colorado with me and they would be there in a while so I said to just be there by noon, as noon came and went and phone calls or texts weren't being responded to I began to worry so I called the grandfather only to be told they weren't going to come and then hung up on me. I called local police only to be told they couldn't do nothing due to a couple of reasons 1. The death of their mother was being investigated by the department 2. She also had family on the force and 3. The grandparents live on the navajo nation resrvation.I then called state police who also stated they could not go into the reservation but tried to do what they could to help I then contacted the navajo police who would not honor the New Mexico court order I had showing I have and have had legal custody of the kids I was then directed to go to the crownpoint nm court house and show the judge my order and have her recognize it so I did, but the judge denied recognizing the order and had the balif serve a restraining order on me filed by the grandma acusing me of abuse and neglect she also tried to open a case with the navajo nation social services who denied her because they found no reson to open a case I consulted with an attorney that day who didn't want to take the case I was forced to come home without my children I did all I could do to that point as the next few days passed I finally found a lawyer from California that would take the case with the help of family again I retained her and together we tried to find a speedy resolution to the matter during this time I was contacted by social services here in Trinidad Colo where another case was opened by the grandma with same allegations so I was interviewed and my home was inspected. Which showed some of the allegations to be untrue and now the grandma will not return calls to them.My lawyer and I felt the court had some conflicts with taking the case such as the staff attorney had represented their family in the past and also I have fought juristiction before and actually proved that the state of NM had juristiction over the matter and the parties involved (me and kids) so we went to the navajo nation supreme court where they threw it out and said we needed to go through the trial court and if we didn't agree them we appeal to them so now here I am 45 days after this all began (the longest I've ever went without contanct with my kids)I am starting back at square 1 and now I have exhausted all options for the financial part of this fight and may lose my children for that sole reason. My attorney has been great and is going to do what she can to follow through with this but I know she can't without payment.. I can't understand how they can get away with this I am a good father and do everything I possibly can for all of my children anyone that knows me knows this is true and for them to do such an injustice based on the fact that I am non-native seems to be completely wrong in my opinion they are saying that the navajo nation courts are greater than the state of NM courts or moreover the USA courts and that the navajo culture and race is superior to any other. My federal rights and parental rights are being violated my children lost their mother and now they are having their father wrongly taken away too, and my name is being slandered and drug thru the mud with false allegations ( which I can prove to be false) I ask that everyone and anyone please pray for me and my family for a speedy remedy to this nightmare.I miss my children dearly and continue to worry about the irreplaceable time we are losing my children are the reason I live it gets harder with every day that passes just want my children to come home. I am going to be trying to set up some fundrasing of some sort so if you see it when it happens please support my efforts I don't like to ask for help and I don't like to make my personal life public , but I feel I need to swallow my pride because my family is so much more important and this needs to be known. I want to thank everyone that has helped or prayed for us to this point I won't put names for their prvacy but you know who you are I wouldn't be this far if it weren't for you all.. Thank you for taking the time to hear my story which I know is a lot and thank you in advance for prayers and or any help. Any and all funds donated towards this legal nightmare..
GOD BLESS YOU ALL
I am willing to discuss this in further detail if necessary you can message me on Facebook..

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John Lucero
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Trinidad, CO
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