Taos County drug ring defendants plead guilty in HOPE case
Nine defendants linked to a Taos based heroin trafficking and money laundering operation from 2012 to 2015 pleaded guilty. Ivan Romero led the group with accomplices Ricco and Melissa Romero, with charges including conspiracy to distribute heroin and to launder proceeds. Sentences range 10 to 12 years with forfeiture of about 431 870 in heroin proceeds.
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Timothy S. Vasquez
New Mexico
HOPE
Suspect in Holy Cross incident in custody
Rafael Orozco, 22, was arrested in Rio Arriba County under a warrant for the September 21 Holy Cross Hospital incident in Taos. He allegedly assaulted his wife, newborn child, and a care worker, prompting a hospital lockdown and a lengthy manhunt. He faced charges including child abuse and battery on a health care worker with a December arraignment and a December 22 hearing.
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Taos
Rio Arriba
Rafael Orozco
Orozco
Coeaoe Hospital
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Holy Cross
Ernest Ortega
Taos County
Taos Police blotter December 7 to 12 highlights
A condensed record from Taos Police reports several incidents including multiple traffic accidents with injuries and no injuries on Cruz Alta Road Paseo del Pueblo Sur and Storyteller Cinema, a domestic disturbance, trespassing, suspicious behavior at a bank and a shopping lot, a civil complaint over a damaged phone line, welfare checks, and a hospital security concern.
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Levi's
Nuestra Sefora de San Juan
ROG
Walmart
Paseo
Paseo del Pueblo Sur
Shell
Camino del Medio
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