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This collaboration began in 2021 when the Rail Runner reached out to the facility. The program has between six and eight inmates at a time, who make about 200 seats per contract.
Inclement weather has hampered ground search efforts for trail runner Chad Pallansch, who was last heard from nine days ago in Rocky Mountain National Park.
Officers found the body of Aaron Garcia, 50, on Sept. 22 under a bridge near the N.M. 599 Rail Runner Express commuter train station.
Three cyclists took the train from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, then rode their bikes 100 miles back to Albuquerque via bike path, ranch roads, and highway shoulder.
He planned to cross the Continental Divide and other steep and rocky terrain.