Robert E. Vigil (born October 26, 1953) is an American politician from the U.S. state of New Mexico.
Vigil, his predecessor, Michael A. Montoya, and two others were indicted on 28 counts of extortion, money laundering and racketeering by a federal jury.
Vigil's first trial ended in a hung jury, but was convicted in a second trial of one count of attempted extortion while being acquitted of 23 other extortion and racketeering charges.
[2] He was sentenced to 37 months in prison, serving his term in Colorado and Texas.
He was moved to a halfway house in June 2009 before being released on probation in December the same year.