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Santa Fe officer recognized for rescuing children from hot car

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A Santa Fe Police Officer is being recognized for rescuing two children from a hot vehicle in July. Officer Oscar Holguin was sent to a grocery store for a welfare check on two young children locked in a vehicle.


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When Holguin arrived, he saw the vehicle had been turned off, widows rolled up, doors locked and the temperature outside above 90 degrees. He was able to break a window and remove the 3-year-old and 3-month-old children. Officials say the parent had been away from the vehicle for at least 20 minutes. The parent was arrested for child abuse.