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This morning’s drug raids were the first in Otero County for New Mexico State Police Lt. Ray Suazo, but not the first overall for the 17 year veteran.Otero drug raid first for SuazoSuazo, a native of Santa Fe, was recently promoted to the rank and transferred to Alamogordo after serving the last seven years in the criminal division which, among other things, conducts undercover and special investigations.He said he was pleased to see the good relations between departments at this morning’s operation, something he termed an “assest” for all the departments.Ray SuazoMarried with two children, Suazo said he and the newly appointed Capt. Jim Allison of the Alamogordo office had worked together before when Allison was “across the hall,” in Santa Fe working in the narcotics division.Suazo said his family would be moving to Alamogordo sometime in July. He said his biggest challenge for now, will be the weather.“That (heat) going to take some getting used to,” he said.suspects, other teams began to finally bring in suspects.Raid/from PaSome suspects said they had heard that there were to be arrests today, but Bailey said most was talk and blamed the overall lack of apprehension on the nature of the community.That’s part of the problem with an operation that oes on for six months,” ailey said. “The people move on us.“We’ve had the problem ever since we started doing this in Alamogordo. They move around on us becauseAlamogordo is such a transit community.”Bailey said part of the suspects’ idea that arrests may have been intiment might have come from the coincidental timing of a state police section meeting and the grand jury meetingbeing held on the same day.“When they see a gathering of eagles,” Bailey said of the state police meeting, “and it just happens to come on the same day as the grand jury, well, that really helps a lot.”
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Alamogordo Daily News
Alamogordo, New Mexico, US
Thu, May 22, 1986
Page 18
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