Staff Report Thora Walsh Padilla was removed as president of the Mescalero Apache Tribe by the tribal council on Friday, July 10, after serving a monthslong suspension for alleged nepotism and mishandling of village funds, Walsh Padilla confirmed in a phone interview on Tuesday. Walsh Padilla, who was reelected as president in November, said the tribal council accused her of hiring a woman who was dating her son to run the tribe’s cattle operati…