A longtime law enforcement officer and lobbyist who fought a statewide ban on cockfighting died today following complications from knee surgery.
Chris Jaramillo was 55.
He was at
Jaramillo was a registered lobbyist in
Jaramillo ran unsuccessfully as a Democrat against Doña Ana County Commissioner Oscar Vásquez Butler in the June 2006 primary.
He was a retired state police officer who recently began working as an investigator in the county sheriff’s department. He also worked for a time as an investigator at the district attorney’s office.