N.M. A.G. Torrez: Statement on the New Mexico Department of Justice's Appeal in the Pretrial Detention Decision for Defendant Cristian Bencomo
May 29, 2024
May 29, 2024
SANTA FE, New Mexico, May 29 -- New Mexico Attorney General Raul Torrez issued the following statement on May 28, 2024:
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Background: On May 8, 2024, Cristian Bencomo shot his stepmother during a graduation ceremony at Albuquerque's Convention Center. The Second Judicial District Attorney's Office filed for his preventive detention, but Judge Emeterio Rudolfo denied it, placing Bencomo under house arrest with a GPS monitor. After new evidence emerged, the DA's Offic . . .
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Background: On May 8, 2024, Cristian Bencomo shot his stepmother during a graduation ceremony at Albuquerque's Convention Center. The Second Judicial District Attorney's Office filed for his preventive detention, but Judge Emeterio Rudolfo denied it, placing Bencomo under house arrest with a GPS monitor. After new evidence emerged, the DA's Offic . . .