Month: April 2011

Horizon City’s population is booming. With that comes traffic and congestion. But one solution is not sitting well with an ABC-7 viewer. Rick brought our attention to the possibility that city officials will increase the speed limit on Darrington Rd. In his email, he said, “Multiple car crashes (that) have occurred and the most recent

Friday was the first full day of testimony in the joint public corruption trial of former El Paso District Clerk Gilbert Sanchez and attorney Luther Jones. Both are accused of conspiring to steer a county contract worth millions to a company working with Jones in late 2003 through 2004. The day began with Roger Miller,

Is Your Name on the List? For every year, there is a pre-approved list of names for tropical storms and hurricanes. These lists have been generated by the National Hurricane Center since 1953. At first, the lists consisted of only female names; however, since 1979, the lists alternate between male and female. Hurricanes are named

It’s not unusual to get an unwanted spam message or two in your email from time to time. But some UTEP students found up to 66 messages in their inboxes this week from university distribution lists. It all began Wednesday morning with an email message from the university about a UTEP student exchange program to

It’s a horrifying experience no parent ever wants to go through. Their child bleeding to death, in front of their eyes — emergency crews allegedly unreachable. It’s a situation one El Paso family said they experienced last month. According to loved ones, Jesse Reade was under the carport at his grandmother’s house with a friend

Police say gunmen burst into a bar in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez and opened fire, killing ten people. Chihuahua state prosecutors’ spokesman Arturo Sandoval says assailants traveling in three cars arrived at the bar called El Castillo late Thursday and opened fire. A woman in her early twenties and nine men died.

Two men accused of kidnapping a Horizon City man were found guilty on all counts late Friday afternoon. Cesar Obregon and Rafael Vega were accused of kidnapping Sergio Saucedo from his home back in 2009. Saucedo later turned up dead on a street in Juarez, with both his hands cut off. Relatives testified that Saucedo

Chief meteorologist “Doppler” Dave Speelman has issued an ABC-7 First Alert for Sunday. “Winds and heat will be the main concerns for the weekend,” said Speelman. Wind will begin kicking up Saturday, with gusts predicted at around 35 mph later in the day, and the severe weather will hit Sunday afternoon, when wind gusts are

Officers identify one of two men involved in the midday shots fired call in North-Central Las Cruces. Officials tell ABC-7 20-year-old Jonathan Garcia and the other suspect fled from a traffic stop after one of the men fired shots at Las Cruces Police officers. Garcia is described as Hispanic, 5-feet-7-inches tall with visible tattoos along

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers stop a man from smuggling assault rifle clips, 6000 rounds of ammunition into Mexico. CBP officials tell ABC-7 the seizure happened Tuesday, March 29, at the Stanton Street Port of Entry. CBP officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents were checking southbound vehicles when CBP officers selected a 1999 Chevrolet

The public will be able to tour the southern New Mexico site where scientists set off the world’s first atomic bomb test during World War II. Saturday’s tour of the Trinity Site on White Sands Missile Range will be the last open house that’s free. Missile range spokeswoman Monte Marlin said it is no longer

A traffic stop Thursday evening at 500 Executive Center Blvd. turned into a drug bust after police found pot and Ecstasy, according to the El Paso Police Department. Police initially stopped 33-year-old Emilio Villarreal after a traffic lane violation, but after an officer saw Villarreal suspiciously place an unknown object in the center console, further

The fallout from the feud between El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles and Socorro Councilman Jesse Gandara Jr. continued Thursday. On Tuesday the city representative filed a criminal complaint against a detective, which sparked sharp comments from the sheriff. Though tensions had been building long before the criminal complaint was filed, they came to a

Accused of conspiracy in smuggling guns to Mexican drug cartels, the suspended police chief of Columbus, N.M. was back in Las Cruces Federal Court Thursday, hoping a judge would grant him bond. Moments after the ruling, ABC-7 broke the news that Angelo Vega is staying behind bars, U.S. District Judge Robert Brack decided. Inside the