ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office deputies have made three arrests in the homicide of a teenage boy on the Pajarito Mesa. Last month, deputies responded to a call on the mesa where they discovered 16-year-old Jesus Quintana Cota shot to death.
Homicide detectives said they quickly discovered multiple people were connected to the homicide. Thursday night, deputies arrested 18-year-old Daniel Medrano Garcia, 17-year-old Dominik Marquez, and 18-year-old Mariana Gomez.
Medrano and Gomez are booked at the Metropolitan Detention Center. Marquez was booked into the Youth Services Center.
