Elias Montoya was terminated following an internal investigation into the incident” — Tony Lynn, New Mexico State Police. – The Taos News: News.

Knew this was coming…As we said when this case first broke, it was rather hard to imagine Montoya staying on the job. And now, the official word is out according to Taos News. Montoya is done. We couldn’t find one cop who agreed with his decision based on the video of the incident. It is still somewhat surprising prosecutors declines to charge him but, it was almost a given that his career with the New Mexico State Police was over..

-GM