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• Dec 16, 2020 Doña Ana County, NM - On December 10, 2020, at around 3:10 a.m., the New Mexico State Police Investigations Bureau was called to investigate a pursuit involving the Texas Department of Public Safety (Texas DPS) which crossed into New Mexico.
New Mexico State Police agents learned that on December 10, 2020, at around 1:47 a.m., the El Paso Texas Police Department (EPPD) was alerted to a burglary of a business in the 8500 block of Alameda Street in El Paso. When EPPD officers arrived on the scene, they encountered a gold Honda Accord driven by the suspect, who was identified as Luis Franco, 28, of Las Cruces, and a passenger. Officers attempted to take Franco into custody but he fled in the vehicle nearly striking an EPPD officer and a pursuit ensued. EPPD officers pursued Franco through El Paso s lower valley, east side, and ultimately the northeast of the city. At some point during the pursuit, a Texas DPS patrol