Month: March 2010

Although affiliated with one another, U.S. gang intel officials say El Paso’s Barrio Azteca gang and Juarez’s Los Azteca are two very different criminal organizations. Anti- gang officials say each gang has it’s own chain of command, and their own way’s of doing their business independent of each other. Gang Intel officials in El Paso

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District Clerk Gilbert Sanchez had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to check if he’s capable of standing trial in the public corruption case on May 3. Sanchez is charged with taking a bribe to steer a contract during the bidding process. He, and co-defendant Luther Jones have both pleaded non-guilty. Sanchez is accused of accepting

Drivers — consider yourselves warned! Starting April 1st, people using their cell phones while driving can be pulled over by police. However, you have some time before getting a citation. There will be a 30 day grace period for people to get used to the new law. “Change is always a hard thing to come

El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles released a statement Wednesday afternoon stating one of his detention officers was not the target of hitmen that shot and killed three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in Juarez in mid-March. The statement comes after The El Paso Times ran a story stating former El Pasoan and

One person has died in a fiery SUV rollover at I-10 West near Schuster, according to EMS dispatch. I-10 West is down to one lane near the Asarco area. Traffic is backed up for several miles. Drivers are advised to take a different route. Check kvia.com for more details as they become available.

City council voted Tuesday to go ahead with several changes to Sun Metro services. Council supported plans to move Sun Metro’s bus headquarters from the Old Union Depot to Airport land off Montana. However, the final say will come from the Metropolitan Planning Organization. Mayor John Cook said Sun Metro has simply run out of

The Auto Theft Task Force has arrested five men and cleared numerous cases in a local auto theft ring that included that spanned from East El Paso to Las Cruces. The men arrested were Edgar Rodriguez of the 7400 blk Phoenix in El Paso, Jesus Macias Jr. of the 12000 blk Rinaldi in San Elizario,

The Catholic Diocese of Juarez is using Holy Week to launch an initiative to pass out three million rosaries, according to a report by the Catholic News Service. “We all must reflect … and pray for peace because apart from the sociological and economic conditions, there’s a situation in which sin exists,” Father Hesiquio Trevizo,

New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has ordered the National Guard to patrol the border with Mexico after meeting with top law enforcement officials this morning. Richardson said he made the decision to ensure the safety of New Mexico citizens. “I want residents in Southern New Mexico to know we are taking this border violence very

More Americans in Mexico are falling victim to a wave of drug violence sweeping the country, a change driven home by the recent killing of a U.S. Consulate employee and her husband who were gunned down after leaving a children’s birthday party. The number of U.S. citizens killed in Mexico has more than doubled to

Citing the escalating drug war in Juarez and other Mexican border cities, the founder of the Minuteman Project is suggesting the U.S. government deploy the U.S. Army Airborne Rangers into Mexico to fight the drug cartels, according to a news release from the Minuteman Project. The Minuteman Project is made up of private citizens in

A deputy with the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office shot and killed a teenager in Mesquite, New Mexico, according to officials with the sheriff’s office. Officials identified the teenager as 17-year-old Nick Dominguez, a student at Gadsden High School. The shooting happened late Monday night after it was reported that a group of teenagers stole

In response to the murders of two U.S. citizens affiliated with the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez over the weekend, U.S. Senators Kay Bailey Hutchison and John Cornyn today urged President Barack Obama to take action on the escalating violence along the U.S. border with Mexico. “The spillover violence in Texas is real and it

UTEP Athletic Director Bob Stull and University President Diana Natalicio announced the hiring of former assistant Tim Floyd as the new head coach of the UTEP Miners Men’s Basketball team. The announcement was made at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. “Our history is very deep,” said Floyd at the conference which included former Miners and

A five-year-old boy sitting in the front seat of a Ford Focus was injured during a head-on collision early Tuesday morning, police officials said. The crash happened at about 7:45 a.m. on the 600 block of Zaragoza near the Zaragoza International Port-of-Entry. Police officials said Randy Soto, 19, of the 12000 block of Abigail, was

On this Monday afternoon, the streets of Fort Hancock are all but deserted. Most of the vehicles on the road are Sheriff’s deputies and Border Patrol agents. But according to a new Associated Press article, this small town of just 1,700 resident is growing as many from Mexico seek asylum from the bloodshed in Juarez.

FBI agents arrested Christopher Stafford Peaden, 20, of El Paso in connection with a drive-by shooting at a Fort Bliss housing area on March 27. Peaden was recently discharged from the U.S. Army. Peaden was arrested by FBI agents on one count of 18 United States Code 7(3) and one count of 18 United States

Texas Gov. Rick Perry today called on the federal government to take immediate action to prevent spillover violence on U.S. soil. Perry made the statement in light of increasing bloodshed in northern Mexico, including the deaths of three individuals with U.S. consulate ties in Juarez. “Over the weekend, more innocent people fell victim to the

The man who died after being involved in a one-vehicle traffic collision Sunday afternoon has been identified as Luis Alfonso Martinez, 50, of the 1200 block of Cuba. Martinez was arrested for DWI shortly after the crash in the 1100 block of Hunter. Martinez’s condition was checked by Emergency Services. While Martinez was detained by

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin has come out of the closet in a post on his Web site, www.rickymartinmusic.com, saying he is a “fortunate homosexual man.” Below is the post from Martin’s Web site. “A few months ago I decided to write my memoirs, a project I knew was going to bring me closer to

The decline in the US bee population, first observed in 2006, is continuing, a phenomenon that still baffles researchers and beekeepers, according to a report on Breitbart.com. Data from the US Department of Agriculture shows a 29 percent drop in beehives in 2009, following a 36 percent decline in 2008 and a 32 percent fall

Fort Bliss has a new garrison commander, the military equivalent to a city manager. Col. Joseph Simonelli Jr. replaces Col. Ed Manning, who’s been reassigned to Germany after serving as garrison commander for the standard two years. In a ceremony today, Simonelli said he planned to foster a strong relationship between El Paso and Fort

Police officials said a man detained by police moments after a wreck in the Lower Valley was found to be unresponsive in the back seat of the police car and was later pronounced dead at a local hospital. Police would only describe the man as being 50 years old. They said he was headed south

The district attorney’s office has charged Precinct 6 Constable Jesus Gustavo Ramirez with Assault Causing Bodily Injury, according to court records. The charges stem from an incident that happened in September of 2009 and an arrest warrant has been issued for Ramirez’s arrest. ABC-7 archives show Ramirez was arrested once before in connection to a

HOUSTON (AP) – Former first lady Barbara Bush was hospitalized Saturday in Houston to undergo routine tests but doctors don’t suspect anything serious, a family spokeswoman said. Bush, 84, was being treated at Methodist Hospital and should be released in a day or two, spokeswoman Jean Becker said late Saturday. “She hasn’t been feeling well

VINTON, Tx – Paramedics rushed a man to the hospital following a horrible rollover wreck in Vinton. The accident happened shortly after 7:30pm Saturday near Mile Marker 2 off I-10. West Valley Fire crews had to use extrication tools to lift the car off the trapped man’s hand. Fire officials say the man was wearing

EL PASO, Tx – A local law enforcement veteran is getting a big nomination from President Obama. Robert Almonte received Obama’s nod for U.S. Marshal in the West Texas region. If his nomination is confirmed, Almonte will be responsible for tracking down fugitives, as well as protecting our federal courthouse as well as all federal

Tony Barbee’s departure just days after UTEP was booted from the NCAA Tournament in the first round has left the university with the task of finding a new head coach to follow in the footsteps of successful Miner coaches. ABC-7 Xtra tonight will look at the coaching search, who the candidates are and who’s got

LAS CRUCES, N.M. – A woman is in critical condition at an El Paso hospital after being shot in the head, and police say her brother is to blame for the shooting. According to Las Cruces Police, officers responded to the 3700 block of Agate Street shortly before 2am Saturday. When they arrived, investigators say