{"id":29116,"date":"2020-08-09T08:42:22","date_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29116"},"modified":"2020-08-09T08:45:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-09T13:45:12","slug":"albuquerque-post-office-to-be-renamed-after-letter-carrier-murdered-on-the-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/08\/09\/albuquerque-post-office-to-be-renamed-after-letter-carrier-murdered-on-the-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Albuquerque post office to be renamed after letter carrier murdered on the job"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w3.cdn.anvato.net\/player\/prod\/v3\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-md-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"panel-body hbi-story-panel-body-before-ad\">\n<div class=\"row story-body hbi-story-body\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. &#8211;\u00a0For the first time in 20 years, a post office in New Mexico could soon be renamed.<\/p>\n<p>Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) introduced a bill to rename it after an Albuquerque letter carrier who was murdered on the job in 2019.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-md-offset-1\">\n<div class=\"panel-body hbi-story-panel-body-after-ad\">\n<div class=\"row story-body hbi-story-body\">\n<div class=\"col-xs-12\">\n<p>\u201cThe death of Jose Hernandez was so devastating. It was devastating news for our entire community,\u201d said Haaland.<\/p>\n<p>The 47-year-old letter carrier was shot and killed in April last year. Xavier Zamora, 17, is accused of shooting and killing Hernandez near this mailbox in southwest Albuquerque.<\/p>\n<p>Hernandez, an Army veteran, was delivering mail when police say he stepped in to protect Zamora&#8217;s mother during a fight with her son.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe clearly felt the need to try to save someone&#8217;s life and in the process lost his,\u201d said Haaland.<\/p>\n<p>Haaland has introduced a bill to rename the Five Points Post Station as the \u201cJose Hernandez Post Office Building.&#8221; More at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kob.com\/albuquerque-news\/albuquerque-post-office-to-be-renamed-after-letter-carrier-murdered-on-the-job\/5821178\/\">KOB 4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Original story from PEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/04\/friends-neighbors-in-shock-over-fatal-shooting-of-albuquerque-postal-worker\/\">Friends, neighbors in shock over fatal shooting of Albuquerque postal worker<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29117\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jose-Hernandez2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"456\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jose-Hernandez2.jpg 456w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jose-Hernandez2-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Jose-Hernandez2-123x70.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 456px) 100vw, 456px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. &#8211;\u00a0For the first time in 20 years, a post office in New Mexico could soon be renamed. Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) introduced a bill to rename it after an Albuquerque letter carrier who was murdered on the job in 2019. \u201cThe death of Jose Hernandez was so devastating. It was devastating news [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking","category-video-gallery","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29120,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29116\/revisions\/29120"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}