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400 JUAN FRANCISCO BLANCO using her power, had the group topping out at a speed of two hundred and forty kilometers an hour. As the group rapidly closed in on Gallup, New Mexico, Officer A.J. Parker radioed ahead telling the local dispatcher that he needed the left lane of traffic completely opened up for his Mission. He told the dispatcher that he and other vehicles would be driving fast east on Interstate Highway 40 to Las Lunas, south of Albuquerque. He told any of the other officers listening to their radios that he would appreciate all the professional assistance he could receive. “This operation is a super-critical Mission, authorized by a high government official,” he announced over his radio. Fifteen kilometers north of Gallup, two additional Highway Patrol cars joined the ca &f