By MATTHEW REISEN | The Albuquerque Journal | Published: May 6, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Tribune News Service) — An off-duty police officer accused of driving drunk and killing two men in a wrong-way, head-on crash in the Albuquerque area last weekend is also a captain in the New Mexico National Guard.
Guard spokesman Joseph Vigil said the Guard is aware of the May 1 crash involving 29-year-old Capt. Brandon Barber — also a probationary officer with the Cuba Police Department — that left Diego Arellano, 21, and Alfredo Escaname-Hernandez, 50, dead and Fernando Arellano, 21, severely injured with a brain bleed and lacerated internal organs.
He said Barber has been with New Mexico National Guard for about 10 years.