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Man Pleads Guilty to 2023 I-25 Shooting that Killed 17-Year-Old Outside of Las Cruces

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) -- A man received a 14-year prison sentence after he pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Tuesday. Drake Armendariz shot and killed a 17-year-old boy in the Las Cruces area back in March 2023. The Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Armendariz' sentencing. It said Armendariz was 16 years old at the time of the shooting on March 3, 2023. He fired six rounds into a vehicle driving on I-25 just outside Las C…

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A man from New Mexico was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty for the murder of a teenager during a shooting in 2023 over Interstate 25, near Las Cruces, reported the Prosecutor’s Office of the Third Judicial District. Drake Armendariz, 19, pleaded guilty to the charge of murder in the first degree for the death of Benjamin Archuleta, 17 years old. As part of the agreement, the court sentenced him to 30 years in prison, of which 16 were su…

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KVIA broke the news in Panama City, United States on Tuesday, August 4, 2026.
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