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WE'VE LEARNED
MORE ABOUT THE
CAPTURE OF TWO
BROTHERS WHO..
UP UNTIL LAST
NIGHT.. WERE ON
THE RUN FROM
***,
KIDNAPPING AND
ARSON CHARGES.
U.S. MARSHALS
FOUND THEM
HIDING IN A
CENTRAL AVENUE
MOTEL IN
ALBUQUERQUE.
THEY DESCRIBE
THE FUGITIVES AS
VERY DANGEROUS
MEN...FROM A
FAMILY WITH A
VERY VIOLENT
HISTORY.
NEWS 13'S NANCY
LAFLIN IS LIVE IN
THE NEWSPLEX
WITH THE
LATEST...
A TEAM OF STATE
POLICE OFFICERS
AND U.S.
MARSHALS SPENT
THE LAST WEEK
FOCUSED ON
FINDING THESE
GUYS.
THEY WORKED UP
TO 20 HOURS A
DAY...UNTIL THEY
FOUND THEM.
LAST NIGHT...AT A
HOTEL ON
CENTRAL AND I-
25...POLICE FOUND
TWO MEN WHO
HAD BEEN ON
THEIR RADAR FOR
DAYS.
"it was continual no
stop surveillance..
both visual.. physical.
"
INSIDE THE HOTEL
THEY FOUND JOE
AND ANDREW
GALLEGOS..WHO
WERE WANTED TO
KIDNAPPING
*** AND
ARSON.. CHARGED
WITH KILLING
ADRIAN BURNS..
THEN SETTING HIM
AND HIS NEW
MITSUBISHI ON
FIRE IN THE
BOSQUE BETWEEN
SOCORRO AND
BELEN.
" we're still not going
to get into the exact
details of what exactly
happened..
however..we believe
the motive to be drugs
and or money."
POLICE TRACKED
DOWN THE
GALLEGOS
BROTHERS AT THE
ALBUQUERQUE
HOTEL.
ALONG WITH
THEM ... TWO
WOMEN.
CHARLENE
BALDIZAN ..ONE
OF THEIR
GIRLFRIENDS.. IS
CHARGED WITH
HARBORING OR
AIDING A FELON.
POLICE SAY
THERE WAS
ANOTHER
WOMAN..A FAMILY
MEMBER WITH
THEM AT THE
HOTEL TOO .. BUT
THEY COULDN'T
CHARGE HER WITH
HELPING THE MEN
RUN AND HIDE.
"there's a clause in the
statue state law that
certain, specific
relatives can't be
charged with that
offense."
POLICE
SEARCHED THE
HOTEL AND THE
VAN THEY WERE
USING.
THEY SAY THEY
FOUND *** IN
THE HOTEL.
OFFICERS SAY
BOTH MEN HAVE A
LONG AND
VIOLENT CRIMINAL
HISTORY.
THEY SAY
ANDREW WAS
CHARGED WITH A
1995 ***..BUT
IT'S NOT CLEAR
WHY HE DIDN'T
SERVE TIME.
"district court didn't
have records of what
happened to that
case..nor did the das
office.. we're still
looking into that."
AND ANDREW AND
JOE AREN'T THE
ONLY MEMBERS
OF THIS FAMILY
TIED TO ***.
THEIR BROTHERS
BEN AND FRANKIE
ARE BOTH
SERVING 45 YEARS
IN FEDERAL
PRISON FOR A
TRIPLE *** IN
ALBUQUERQUE IN
1994.
POLICE SAY THEY
ALSO HAD
CONTACT WITH
THE MOTHER OF
ALL THESE
MEN..TINA
GALLEGOS..BUT
SAY SHE WAS NOT
COOPERATIVE IN
HELPING POLICE
FIND THEM.
BACK TO YOU.
OKAY NANCY.
RIGHT
NOW..WE'RE TOLD
THEY ARE IN
CUSTODY IN
SOCORRO
COUNTY.
THEY ARE SET TO
BE ARRAIGNED
WITHIN THE NEXT
TEN DAYS.
THE MAN