A LARGER NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE PRESENCE AT THIS WEEKEND’S MOTORCYCLE RALLY IN RED RIVER. THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF POLICE AT THE RALLY COMES IN THE WAKE OF LAST WEEKEND’S DEADLY BIKER SHOOTINGS IN WACO TEXAS. NINE PEOPLE WERE KILLED. STATE POLICE SGT ELIZABETH ARMIJO SAYS THEY’RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND MOTOR UNITS ATTENDING THE RALLY TO HELP KEEP THE PEACE.
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THE RALLY ATTRACTS THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO THE AREA. ARMIJO SAYS, HISTORICALLY, THIS HAS BEEN A TROUBLE–FREE EVENT.