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Stretch of I-10 in Luna County dedicated as memorial for slain officer Darian Jarrott
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A I-10 memorial sign for Officer Darian Jarrott is displayed after a meeting of the State Transportation Commission.
DEMING, New Mexico A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State Police officer gunned down by a drug trafficking suspect on Feb. 4.
The State Transportation Commission voted unanimously this past week to approve the 18-mile memorial for Officer Darian Jarrott.
“That strip on I-10 will always have significance and a special meaning,” Lt. Gov. Howie Morales told the commission.
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Stretch of I-10 dedicated as memorial for slain officer
July 16, 2021
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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southwestern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State Officer gunned down by a drug trafficking suspect on Feb. 4.
The State Transportation Commission voted unanimously Thursday to approve the 18-mile (29-kilometer) memorial for Officer Darian Jarrott, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported.
“That strip on I-10 will always have significance and a special meaning,” state Lt. Gov. Howie Morales told the commission.
Jarrott was killed near Deming while conducting a traffic stop of a pickup driven by Omar Felix Cueva, a drug trafficking suspect under investigation by federal Homeland Security Investigations.
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