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  • Selgado's brother: 'He wasn't an aggressive person'

    Gabriel Monte CMI staff

    The brother of a Clovis man shot by a state police officer on Sunday says he was a loving person who's criminal past did not define him. Benjamin Theodore Selgado, 29, was shot and killed by a New Mexico State Police officer at the La Vista Inn parking lot after a short pursuit. State Police Capt. Jimmy Glascock said Selgado pointed a gun at officer Bryan Conner, who shot him in the chest three times. Benjamin Selgado Matthew Lopez, 28, of Clovis said criminal records don't...

  • State police: Officer was defending himself in shooting

    Gabriel Monte CMI staff writer

    A state police officer was defending himself when he fatally shot a Clovis man Sunday, a police spokesman said Monday. Capt. Jimmy Glascock of the New Mexico State Police said Benjamin Selgado, 29, was crouching behind a wall in a parking lot at the La Vista Inn on Mabry drive when he pointed a gun at the approaching officer. Selgado was shot three times, Glascock said. He died at the scene. The incident happened shortly before 1 p.m. Glascock said state police officer Bryan Conner, a nine-year veteran, clocked Selgado...

  • Farmers seeing crops stunted by weather

    Gabriel Monte CMI staff writer

    Don Wiley hopped onto his shovel, slicing into the dry ground around a garlic bulb, which he plucked and threw behind him. CMI staff photo: Gabriel Monte Curry County farmer Don Wiley holds up bulbs of garlic he grew in his farm. Wiley said harsh weather has stunted his crops. In a good year the garlic bulbs grow to the size of baseballs. CMI staff photo: Gabriel Monte Curry County farmer Don Wiley inspects crop of topsetting onions on his farm. Wiley said the onions will be p...

  • Farmers seeing crops stunted by weather

    Gabriel Monte CMI staff writer

    Don Wiley hopped onto his shovel, slicing into the dry ground around a garlic bulb, which he plucked and threw behind him. CMI staff photo: Gabriel Monte Curry County farmer Don Wiley holds up bulbs of garlic he grew in his farm. Wiley said harsh weather has stunted his crops. In a good year the garlic bulbs grow to the size of baseballs. CMI staff photo: Gabriel Monte Curry County farmer Don Wiley inspects crop of topsetting onions on his farm. Wiley said the onions will be p...