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Nicolas “Nico” Matthew Romero

United States · Aged 18 · Died 08/19/2021
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Pursuit

Joshua Maestas allegedly fled from Taos County sheriff's deputies attempting to arrest him and crashed. Maestas was charged with vehicular homicide. He was wanted for violating his parole. The crash killed Nicolas Romero.

Alleged responsible partyTaos County Sheriff's OfficeReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.

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