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Suit blames Albuquerque sanctuary policy in shooting death Follow Us
Question of the Day By COLEEN HEILD - Associated Press - Friday, January 22, 2021
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - In a politically explosive lawsuit, the husband of a woman gunned down in her driveway contends her “senseless” death would never have happened but for Albuquerque’s “sanctuary policy,” which bars city police coordination with federal immigration officials.
The Nov. 19, 2019, shooting death of Jacqueline “Jacque” Vigil, 55, came just weeks after Albuquerque police responded to a series of auto burglaries and a shooting incident allegedly involving Luis Talamantes-Romero, a Mexican national in the United States illegally who was charged last November in her slaying. He is incarcerated and awaiting sentencing in Texas on illegal re-entry charges.