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• Jan 6, 2021
Espanola, NM -On Friday, December 18, 2020, at approximately 8:09 p.m., the Espanola Police Department (EPD) was dispatched to 1332 Holy Cross Street in Espanola, for an abandoned vehicle with its lights on in the roadway. When EPD officers arrived on scene, they located a male victim with a single gunshot wound to the chest in a black Mercedes. The victim was pronounced deceased on scene by the Office of the Medical Investigator. The male victim was later identified as Saul Martinez (30) of Espanola, NM.
During the initial investigation, EPD detectives learned Mr. Martinez was shot in his vehicle at 145 El Llano Road in Espanola, New Mexico. After the shooting Martinez was transported in his vehicle and left on Holy Cross Street. El Llano Road is outside of EPD’s jurisdiction. On December 29, 2020 at the request of EPD and the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office, the New Mexico State Police Investig
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ESPAÑOLA – Friday, Dec. 18, 2020, at approximately 8:09 p.m., the Española Police Department (EPD) was dispatched to 1332 Holy Cross St., in Española, for an abandoned vehicle with its lights on in the roadway.
When EPD officers arrived on scene, they located a male victim with a single gunshot wound to the chest in a black Mercedes. The victim was pronounced deceased on scene by the Office of the Medical Investigator.
The male victim was later identified as Saul Martinez, 30, of Española.
During the initial investigation, EPD detectives learned that Martinez was shot in his vehicle at 145 El Llano Road in Española.
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• Dec 16, 2020 Doña Ana County, NM - On December 10, 2020, at around 3:10 a.m., the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate a pursuit involving the Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) which crossed into New Mexico.
New Mexico State Police agents learned that on December 10, 2020, at around 1:47 a.m., the El Paso Texas Police Department (EPPD) was alerted to a burglary of a business in the 8500 block of Alameda Street in El Paso. When EPPD officers arrived on the scene, they encountered a gold Honda Accord driven by the suspect, who was identified as Luis Franco, 28, of Las Cruces, and a passenger. Officers attempted to take Franco into custody but he fled in the vehicle nearly striking an EPPD officer and a pursuit ensued. EPPD officers pursued Franco through El Paso s lower valley, east side, and ultimately the northeast of the city. At some point during the pursuit, a Texas DPS patrol