Month: September 2011

Investigators said this week that a 35-year-old man had sexual contact with a child last month at a restaurant in Northeast El Paso. Jorge Valles Ontiveros, 35, was arrested on suspicion of indecency with a child involving sexual contact. Police said Ontiveros had sexual contact with a child younger than 17 years on Aug. 6

ABCNews Less than a week after Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in a raid in Pakistan, U.S. drones have tried to killed radical cleric Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen, according to U.S. officials. Officials say the missile strike did not succeed in killing Awlaki, a Las Cruces, New Mexico-born cleric who has become a leading

The University of Texas at El Paso cut a surgical gloved-covered ribbon on its new Health Science and Nursing building on Thursday afternoon. Following the ceremony, ABC-7 was invited inside the $60 million facility, loaded with state-of-the-art medical equipment to train much-needed nurses and health professionals for the borderland. El Paso has been federally designated

By Angela Kocherga EL PASO, Texas — This Sunday?s episode of “Border Wars,” which was shot in El Paso and Juarez, focuses on the brutal fight over a key smuggling corridor. ?The men and women of Customs and Border Protection and Homeland Security have a very tough, complex job and we?re honored to be able

Drivers on the border highways may have crossed the border into Mexico without even knowing it, at least according to Google Maps. ABC-7 received an email from a viewer asking if the popular map site had made a mistake, or if parts of the border highway near Modesto Gomez Park had been built on Mexican

October 1-31 Passionately Pink for the Cure: Pick your Pink. Play your Part. End Breast Cancer. Register at www.passionatelypink.org; Pick any day in October, donate $5 and wear pink! September 1-December 31 Yoplait Save Lids to Save Lives®: For the every pink lid redeemed, Yoplait will donate ten cents to the El Paso Affiliate. If

In General Breast cancer is a random and deadly disease. The most significant risk factors for breast cancer are being female and getting older. With respect to age, race, religion and socioeconomic status, breast cancer knows no boundaries. Breast cancer affects everyone, not just the person diagnosed. Co-survivors (family, friends and co workers) feel the

Between 2007 and 2011, programs funded by Komen El Paso Affiliate grants provided: 5,012 mammograms 2,286 clinical breast exams 670 patients with breast cancer surgery and treatment assistance 1,594 wigs to breast cancer patients 2,446 roundtrip rides to breast cancer-related medical treatments and appointments 2011-2012 Komen Community Grant Recipients In 2011, a total of $372,290

The El Paso Affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure was founded in 1993. More than 1,300 people participated in the First Annual Komen El Paso Race for the Cure and more than $70,000 was raised. The Komen El Paso Affiliate serves as a resource for those seeking opportunities for screening, treatment and support,

ABC-7 border reporter Angela Kocherga and cameraman Hugo Perez will be featured in this week’s episode of National Geographic’s ?Border Wars.” A “Border Wars” crew followed Kocherga and Perez as they covered the a deadly shooting at a shopping center in Juarez and took a look at an impoverished neighborhood just minutes from the border.

A young woman full of dreams and determination, loved by friends and family, died Wednesday after police said a drunk driver rear-ended her black Nissan. Rejean Vela was a driving black 2004 Nissan Versa east on the 10200 block of Montana Avenue at about 1 a.m. when she was rear-ended by a 2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse

A New Mexico mayor’s recent executive order banning guns in village property has been overturned. Ruidoso Village Council voted this week to rescind Mayor Ray Alborn’s order after angry protests from gun owners who called the ban unconstitutional. Alborn said he made the order following a July case when a resident at Village Hall had

A cache of assault weapons lost in the ATF’s gun-trafficking surveillance operation in Phoenix turned up in El Paso, where it was being stored for shipment to Mexico, according to new internal agency emails and federal court records. Forty firearms along with ammunition magazines and ballistic vests were discovered in Texas in January 2010 during

A Juarez driver who was passed out in a car that was still on and in gear was in possession of 95 grams of cocaine, police said. An officer spotted 32-year-old Pedro Torres-Reyes asleep inside a 1997 Nissan Sentra in the center lane of Trowbridge on Wednesday night in front of Western Refining. During a

The city of El Paso has begun the demolition process at the old Northpark Mall in the Northeast, a project that, including purchasing of the property, will cost about $10 million. Some of that is being paid with grant money, but the majority comes from certificates of obligation. “There’s been promises made that we’re going

Da Vinci school students turned an uncomfortable situation into an unparalleled learning experience Tuesday afternoon. Those students were among a list of donors that had worked to raise money for a Horizon City teenager named Angie Gomez. Police say Gomez would trick people into thinking she had cancer so they would donate to a phony

Facebook users are sharing more than they bargained for, thanks to the “Like” button now being featured on other websites. But the sharing doesn’t end when users leave the site. Earlier this week, Facebook admitted to tracking users’ web activity outside of the social networking site through cookies. “It’s kind of scary, actually. Because, you

Thursday night football? That’s right! UTEP and Houston will tangle Thursday night in a rare weeknight nationally televised game at Sun Bowl Stadium. It’s been nearly a half-century since the Miners played a home game on a Thursday. So why now? Athletic Director Bob Stull said UTEP, which is hoping for a good crowd despite

When a mother asked her son to hold her place in the pedestrian line at the Paso Del Norte bridge last week, she never imagined she’d spend the next six days in jail. The woman claimed U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers used excessive force when they tackled her and shot her son with a

A man who pleaded guilty to murder in the death of a 7-month-old girl was sentenced to 30 years in prison and five years of probation after he is released. Thirty-year-old Thelton Andres Riley, Jr., pleaded guilty to murder in front of U.S District Judge Frank Montalvo on May 11. The mother of the child,

A 22-year-old woman who was seriously injured in an early-morning collision has died, police said Rejean Vela was a driving black 2004 Nissan Versa east on the 10200 block of Montana Avenue when she was rear-ended by a 2004 Mitsubishi Eclipse driven by 24-year-old Christopher Ruiz, police said. Vela, who suffered serious injuries in the

A 16-year-old Onate High School student accused of stabbing a classmate was arrested Monday following what investigators are calling a gang-related fight in one of the school’s parking lots. Johnny David Dennis was waiting by the bus stop after the two had a dispute during lunch and agreed to fight after school, investigators said. When

Potential tax refunds to Texas refineries totalling in the millions could hit El Paso hard, if an appeal to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by one Texas refinery is successful. The refunds are based on a 1993 constitutional amendment passed by voters promoting tax relief for companies installing pollution-control equipment. And over the past

A pair of wrecks shut down the freeway for several hours overnight in Far East El Paso County. At about 9:30 p.m. Monday, a man was killed after his truck rolled on I-10 east near the Clint exit. Socorro police officials say the driver of the Nissan Titan may have been racing when he lost

Officers with the U.S. Marshal’s Lone Star Fugitive Task Force on Monday arrested two men accused of shooting and robbing a man during an alleged drug deal, authorities said Tuesday. Police responded to a shooting about 9 p.m. Sept. 8 on the 8600 bock of Centennial Drive in El Paso’s West Side. When officers arrived,

The group leading recall efforts against El Paso’s mayor and two city reps has cleared another legal hurdle, but the issue is not done going through the courts. The recall group is upset over the city leaders’ decision to overturn a voter-approved ordinance that would have taken away the health benefits of gay unmarried partners

The spaces for “Name of Father” are blank. But the L.A. County birth certificates list the mother, who happens to be the young wife of a highly sought-after drug lord, Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman. Emma Coronel traveled to Southern California in mid-July and gave birth Aug. 15 to twin girls at Antelope Valley Hospital in Lancaster,

Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a $2,000 reward in exchange for information that leads to the arrest of the killer –or killers– of a prominent real estate agent in Doa Ana County. Jack Hadley, 62, was found dead inside an upscale home at 5651 Camino Escondida in the Las Alturas subdivision southeast of Las

A group of neighbors are fed up with the city and worried about a patch of dead trees on their block. They say the trees are a fire hazard, but the city isn’t doing much to help. “Why would you want to wait until the damage is done?” asked Laura Murphy Murphy lives on Vista

This week?s MANHUNT MONDAY Most Wanted Fugitive is an individual sought for a violent assault. The target is identified as JOSE MARTINEZ (22) of El Paso, TX. SEPTEMBER 2011: On Monday night 09-05-2011 at about 10:45 PM, a male subject / Victim was lured by an ex-girlfriend to a residence in the 1200 block of