Tag: Mexico
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Man sentenced for killing police officer in 2005 applies for early release
On Oct. 26, 2006, then 21-year-old Raul Gomez-Garcia was convicted and sentenced to 80 years in prison for the murder and attempted murder of two Denver Police Department detectives. Nearly 20 years since the shooting, Gomez-Garcia, a Mexican national, has applied to receive early parole through Colorado’s Department of Corrections Program for Juvenile Offenders, according…
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I-25, I-70 corridors made Denver target for car theft ring
The intersection of Interstate 25 and Interstate 70 put Denver in the cross hairs of a car theft ring linked to the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico. Denver’s highly populated metro area is a natural target for cartels but it’s the freeway corridors that draw criminal activity, according to David Olesky, assistant special agent in charge at the…
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DEA links Mexican cartels to drugs in Colorado and Denver’s fentanyl epidemic
Agents from U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Rocky Mountain Field Division on Thursday seized more than 50,000 pills of fentanyl and more than 50 pounds of methamphetamine in metro Denver, one of the biggest drug busts this year so far. Little else is known about the details of the operation. What authorities told The Denver Gazette,…
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DA files murder charges against Federal Heights stabbing suspect
The 17th District Attorney’s Office filed first-degree murder charges against a suspect in a Federal Heights stabbing that left one woman dead. The man is still missing and police believe he may be heading for the Mexico border. Officers are still searching for Adrian Carracedo-Vega, 35, in connection to a stabbing that occurred on Dec.…
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Casa Bonita’s executive chef teams up with food bank to provide hundreds of tamales to local kids
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When the Food Bank of the Rockies hands out over 1,500 meals a day to local children through 60 Colorado after-school meal sites, they try to keep child-like cuisine and cultural staples in mind. “We do our best to listen to what the kids want.…
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Frontier Airlines offers summer, full-year passes for flexible flyers
Denver-based Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC) has launched an addition to their Go Wild pass, a flight credit system that gives customers the opportunity to fly on short notice at a set cost. The “GoWild!” all-you-can-fly pass was first announced in November 2022 with a limited-time special for a full-year pass at $599. That same pass,…
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35 people become U.S. citizens during naturalization ceremony in Greeley: Independence Day celebration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thirty five people were welcomed as U.S. citizens on Friday in Greeley just ahead of Independence Day. The newest citizens reside in northern Colorado and come from 12 different countries including Burma, Canada, Colombia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Somalia, Thailand, the United Kingdom…
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Denver cold case closed: Man who killed girlfriend in 1990s sentenced to prison
A 58-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 20 years in prison for the murder of his girlfriend nearly 24 years ago. Crespin Nene-Perez pled guilty to one count of second-degree murder in the death of Bonny Baker, 47, earlier this year, according to the Denver District Attorney’s Office. “Violent crime cold cases are among the…
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Colorado Rapids continue tough stretch of season with first trip to Austin FC
Reinforcements are on the way to Colorado Rapids, it’s just a matter of how soon they can start contributing. In the days leading up to Saturday’s match at Austin FC, Rapids general manager Pádraig Smith and the front office sent financial considerations to acquire midfielder Mark-Anthony Kaye from LAFC and Dominique Badji from Nashville. Kaye…