Man Convicted of Killing Mother of two New Mexico Police Officers
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A Mexican nationwide was convicted of first-degree homicide Wednesday within the 2019 slaying of the mom of two state law enforcement officials in a case that drew nationwide consideration and spotlighted Albuquerque’s wrestle with crime.
Jurors additionally discovered Luis Talamantes-Romero, 35, responsible of eight different felonies within the dying of Jacqueline Vigil, who authorities say was killed exterior her northwest Albuquerque residence in an tried housebreaking.
Vigil, 55, was shot in her driveway in November 2019 as she ready to go away for a gymnasium.
The case went unsolved for months, drawing the eye of then-President Donald Trump as he pushed his tough-on-crime agenda. Vigil’s household additionally traveled to Washington, D.C., to satisfy with Trump.
Prosecutors mentioned Talamantes-Romero additionally was convicted of aggravated housebreaking, tried armed theft, tampering with proof, conspiracy and different fees.
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They mentioned a person who was with Talamantes-Romero when Vigil was shot agreed to testify in opposition to him as a situation of his plea settlement with the state on fees unrelated to the homicide.
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