Vanessa Rodriguez Mora, age 32

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Lost to gun violence on March 25, 2018 in Garfield, New Mexico.

Photo sources:

• KVIA: Documents: Authorities knew about murder-for-hire plot a month before couple was killed

News sources:

• KVIA: Detectives arrest suspects accused of murdering couple near Hatch
• Gun Violence Archive

Also killed was:

• Mario Cabral, age 34

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