On a September day in 2021, 21-year-old Hispanic/Latino male Esteban Mercado-Rangel was in the mesa of Bernalillo County, New Mexico, with a female companion, where they were legally firing a gun. As they prepared to leave, they encountered car trouble, a seemingly ordinary inconvenience that would soon spiral into a terrifying ordeal. Two men, Edgar Orona Camacho and his friend, Erick Garcia, approached the couple, ostensibly to offer assistance with their vehicle. However, their intentions wer
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