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Man receives 23-year prison sentence for shooting death of Las Cruces school bus driver

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LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KVIA) -- A 35-year-old man received a 23-year prison sentence for the shooting death of a Las Cruces Public Schools bus driver, the Third Judicial District Attorney said Monday. A jury found Pancho Garcia guilty of second-degree murder in April. It happened on West Picacho Avenue. Investigators learned Garcia stayed at a motel on Picacho Avenue June 10, 2025. He left his room, fired several shots into a vehicle stopped at a tra…

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Las Cruces, NM— Pancho García, 35, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for the shooting murder of Juan Javier Luján Garcés, bus driver at Las Cruces Public Schools, reported the Office of the Prosecutor of the Third Judicial District. García was found guilty of second-degree murder by a jury in April, after he was initially charged with an open murder charge for the death of Luján Garcés, 29 years old. According to the investigation, García was …

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KTSM broke the news on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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