In an unforeseen and tragic turn of events on a ranch just south of Trinchera, Colorado, Deputy Sheriff Francisco Garcia of the Las Animas County Sheriff's Office was killed on October 19, 1905. He had traveled to the ranch on unrelated business, tragically unaware that a murder suspect was seeking refuge there.
The suspect, who was wanted for the murder of his 18-year-old girlfriend in Las Animas County, confronted the unarmed deputy, warning him to leave under threat of death. Garcia, c
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