Adrian Porras, an 18-year-old Hispanic male, should have been celebrating the start of his future. He had graduated from high school just five days earlier. Instead, on the evening of June 1, 2023, his life was tragically cut short in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Albuquerque police officers were dispatched shortly after 6:00 p.m. to a neighborhood near Laurelwood Park on the city’s West Side.
At the intersection of Hanover Road and 80th Street NW, they found Porras inside his vehicle, deceased from a gunshot wound. An investigation soon revealed that Porras had arranged a meeting through social media to sell marijuana cartridges, a transaction that ultimately turned deadly.
Homicide detectives pieced together the case using digital and physical evidence. Social media messages and cell phone data connected Jorge Luevano to the planned meeting and the scene of the crime. Investigators also discovered that shell casings from the gun used to kill Porras matched those from several other recent shootings in Albuquerque. On June 7, just a week after the murder, police arrested Luevano in Southeast Albuquerque. He was charged with first-degree murder. At the time of the shooting, Luevano was wearing a GPS ankle monitor from a previous shooting incident. Authorities also charged a second individual, Carlos Portillo, with murder and issued a warrant for his arrest.
The case against Jorge Luevano concluded when he accepted a plea deal. In July, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement. A judge subsequently sentenced him to serve 20 years in prison for the killing of Adrian Porras. With the conviction and sentencing, the case is now considered closed.
