ARTESIA, N.M. (KRQE) – An Artesia man has pleaded guilty to playing a role in kidnapping a woman from an Artesia motel and murdering her at a remote site in Eddy County in 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Mexico. On Feb. 26, 2021, at approximately 4:30 a.m.,  Jerrold Chavarria, 37, [...] ...read more read less