N.M. DA blasts system after suspect in alleged road-rage killing released until trial
A state District Court judge has denied a request by the District Attorney’s Office to order a Santa Fe man, Eleazar Flores-Torres, jailed without bond until his trial on a charge of first-degree murder and other counts in a Sept. 10 killing on Rufina Street that police have described as a road-rage attack.
First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies said her office plans to appeal Judge T. Glenn Ellington’s decision, which led to the release Tuesday of Flores-Torres, 47.
Flores-Torres is accused of running over 32-year-old Joaquin Martin three times amid a dispute on a busy roadway in central Santa Fe. Both men had children in their vehicles at the time of the killing, court records show.
Flores-Torres faces charges of first-degree murder, aggravated battery, abuse of a child, leaving the scene of an accident and failure to give information and render aid.
Under New Mexico law, prosecutors must provide evidence to a judge that a suspect accused of a violent crime poses a danger to the community or a flight risk if they are not held in jail without an option to post bond until their case is resolved.
Judge Ellington said the state had not presented sufficient evidence that Flores-Torres posed a risk to others.
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