Bomb, foreign currency lure FBI into car-theft case

COMPLETE AUTHORITIES IN LOS LUNAS DISCOVER A BOMB AND A BIG PILE OF IRAQI CASH IN A STOLEN CAR NOW THE F-B-I IS INVOLVED IN THE INVESTIGATION JEFF MAHER IS LIVE IN LOS LUNAS WITH TONIGHT S TOP STORY JEFF THIS PHILLIPS 66 GAS STATION IS WHERE THE IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ALSO KNOWN AS AN I-E-D AND THE FOREIGN CASH WAS FOUND INSIDE A STOLEN CAR EXACTLY WHAT THE SUSPECTS HAD PLANNED ON DOING WITH IT STILL REMAINS A MYSTERY you just think of 9 11 all over again and it s so close to your backyard ABOUT A WEEK AGO FRANCINE PENA AND HER HUSBAND HAD THEIR BRAND NEW HUMMER PICTURED HERE STOLEN FROM THEIR DRIVEWAY THESE ARE PICTURES OF THE S- U-V AFTER IT WAS RECOVERED AUTHORITIES CHASED THE SUSPECT THROUGH NEIGHBORHOODS DITCHES EVEN ALONG A RAILROAD TRACK UNTIL FINALLY HE GOT STUCK IN THESE SAND DUNES IN BELEN POLICE SAY TOBY JARAMILLO A SUSPECT WELL KNOWN TO AUTHORITIES IN VALENCIA COUNTY WAS BEHIND THE WHEEL - AND WAS TAKEN TO JAIL he s constantly getting arrested for something and he seems like he s always getting out AFTER INTERVIEWING JARAMILLO AUTHORITIES LINKED HIM TO ANOTHER CASE INVOLVING A STOLEN CAR ON THAT DAY - A MAN WHO HAD REPORTED HIS CAR STOLEN - TOOK HIS MOTORCYCLE TO THIS LOS LUNAS GAS STATION TO FILL UP while he was refueling his motorcycle low and behold the vehicle that he reported stolen that belongs to him happened to pull into the gas station area also THE MAN GRABBED HIS KEYS FROM THE IGNITION OF HIS STOLEN CAR AND RAN INSIDE FOR HELP THE SUSPECTS TOOK OFF WHEN POLICE GOT THERE - THEY FOUND A BOMB INSIDE ALONG WITH A PILE OF IRAQI CASH - SIMILAR TO WHAT S PICTURED HERE THE F-B-I SAYS IT WAS NOT WORTH MORE THAN A THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS POLICE COULD NOT GIVE MANY DETAILS ABOUT THE BOMB - BUT SAY HAD IT GONE OFF - ESPECIALLY AT A GAS STATION IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE we don t know what they re intentions were we don t know what they were planning on doing with any of this THE F-B-I SAYS THEY DON T KNOW WHAT THE SUSPECTS WERE PLANNING ON DOING WITH THE I-E- D BUT THEY HAVE RULED OUT ANY LINKS TO TERRORISM JARAMILLO IS BEHIND BARS - HE COULD FACE FEDERAL CHARGES LIVE IN LOS LUNAS JEFF MAHER EYEWITNESS NEWS FOUR TRAFFIC WAS A