ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico mom pleaded no contest to being involved in a drunk driving crash that killed two kids in 2021. She was sentenced to prison.
According to a criminal complaint, Danielle Ortiz along with the driver Alexis Martinez were both drinking when Martinez slammed into a concrete barrier near the Big-I.
Martinez’s 7-year-old daughter was killed, along with Ortiz’s infant son.
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Martinez was sentenced last month and will be spending the next 20 years behind bars
Ortiz was sentenced to 10 years in prison and is allowed five days to turn herself in.
