Month: January 2015

Las Cruces Police have identified the man sought in Thursday night’s shooting on Karen Avenue as 17-year-old Gustavo Angel Alvarado. Alvarado’s whereabouts are unknown but Las Cruces Police and surrounding agencies are actively looking for him. Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for information that helps lead to his

Ex-cab driver Darren Henry has been found not guilty of attempted murder and aggravated assault in an incident two years ago in which he shot a man six times. The jury found henry guilty of aggravated battery and guilty of tampering with evidence. The criminal complaint states Henry threatened to go to his ex-girlfriend’s home

ABC-7 is preparing for a possible NTSB news conference sometime before Noon Thursday regarding the prison transport bus crash that killed 8 inmates and 2 corrections officers. Five survivors are in Odessa hospitals right now. No one on boar d the bus was from El Paso. The bus was heading to the Rogelio Sanchez State

Foggy conditions coated the Borderland Thursday morning. The fog is expected to begin burning off around 10 a.m. and in the afternoon, sunshine should prevail across the region. A freezing fog advisory is in effect for the area until 10 a.m. due to some areas of moisture cold enough to freeze upon contact with things

In the last few years, Mexico has been living a very complex public security situation. For decades, criminal organizations were allowed to grow and gain strength, which seriously affected the lives of ordinary citizens in towns and cities across Mexico. But in few parts of the country had the situation reached such dramatic levels as

Water rescue units assisted three individuals at Bywood and Fierro. The El Paso Fire Department water rescue team was dispatched Wednesday Sept. 17 at around 9 p.m. to a water reservoir due to reports or three stranded people on partially submerged vehicles. Crews found a 40-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man standing on top of

We’re only two days away from 2015 and a lot of changes will be happening around the Borderland when it comes to where and how you can smoke. Smoking laws in El Paso will be getting more strict starting in January. Smoking of any kind, including vapor and e-cigarettes, will be banned at city-owned or

Earlier this week ABC-7 profiled former El Paso Mayor John Cook, who is traveling the state campaigning for Texas Land Commissioner. On Wednesday, his opponent, George P. Bush, was in El Paso campaigning at an event hosted by UTEP’s College Republicans. ABC-7 spoke with Bush in an exclusive one-on-one interview. “You could say it’s in

According to Sun Metro spokeswoman Laura Cruz-Acosta the Sun Metro driver was heading south on Santa Fe when he smelled smoke and then saw smoke above his head. He immediately pulled over. With only passenger aboard, it took only about one minute to evacuate the burning bus. Fire investigators believe a faulty fan over-heated and

It was about 5:30 a.m. and the temperature was below freezing. That’s when a Sun Metro driver spotted a boy, 5, alone and barefoot, walking near Mesa and Mesa Hills on the West Side. The bus driver, Michael Christmas, stopped to pick up the boy and call police. Tuesday, El Paso city council recognized the

A restaurant in Central El Paso, Delicious, was selected from an online magazine as a finalist in the Burrito Olympics. The culinary competition was created by FiveThirtyEight.com. Delicious was picked out of a list of almost 70k restaurants across the nation. If you’d like to read more about the Burrito Olympics click on the link.

A local economist said the current budget crisis was brough on by a broken system and extreme bipartisanship. Dr. Timothy Roth was a consultant to President Reagan’s Cabinet Council on Economic Policy. He was also the senior economist for the U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee. He’s currently the Chairman for the Department of Finance and

You don’t have to travel far to catch award-winning Broadway hits. Broadway is coming to El Paso for another season and ‘El Paso Live’ gave ABC-7 an exclusive first look at the six shows that will make up the 2014-2015 season. Some of the award-winning shows are returning to El Paso, other hitting the stage

The highly anticipated transit system Brio will officially be on the roads Monday, Oct. 27. Sun Metro will host a launch party and commemorative trip on Brio at 11 a.m. Monday, October 27, at Cleveland Square Park, 510 N. Santa Fe. The public is invited to join in the celebration as local, state and national

Fifth-grader Lucas Dunn, has had severe breathing issues for months because of what his mother says is poor air quality at his elementary school. Lucas attends Edgar Park Elementary School, and has had trouble breathing and minor asthma attacks since the large storms hit parts of the borderland His mother, Melody Dunn, said this has

Police emergency supervisor confirms they are investigating a possible kidnapping near Montwood High School. According to a message sent to parents, students witnessed a female being forced into a vehicle. SISD confirms El Paso Police Dept. is handling the investigation. El Paso Police have now confirmed the abduction happened just before 9 a.m. Friday morning

The schedule and brackets for the Conference USA tournament have now been released. The action will be coming to El Paso next week, as the University of Texas El Paso hosts the tournament. In Thursday night’s regular season finale, the Miners won in San Antonio, beating the UTSA Roadrunners 61-51. With the University of Alabama

The 2015 United States Bowling Congress Open Championships is in El Paso next year. Expect tens of thousands of visitors and multi-millions in economic impact! So how could that be bad news? That bowling tournament will tie-up the El Paso Convention Center from January until August, for more than half the year! And that’s left

Bowie High School is now looking for a new boys basketball coach. ABC-7 Sports Director Asher Wildman learned earlier today that both Bears head coach Danny Celaya and Jesus “Jesse” Lopez have resigned from the school. According to a source, allegations were brought forth from a players parents about their child being hazed. When asked

Boston-area residents remained on high alert Friday evening as investigators searched for the second suspect of the Boston marathon bombings. “My children have been calling. It’s been so scary. I’m so scared someone else will get killed or that something else is going to happen,” said Rose White, a Newton resident who spoke with ABC-7

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday morning to mark the beginning of construction that will complete Loop 375. Bob Bilelek, district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation in El Paso announced the project’s official name, the Border West Expressway. It will connect the highway from Park Street near Bowie High School to Sunland Park

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency is adjusting its use of force policy. In an effort to bring more transparency to the agency, Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowskesaid in a statement, “We initiated both internal and external use of force reviews to improve ourselves and our responsibility to the public and to use force only

The 2014 Border Conference is underway in El Paso at the Judson F. Williams Convention Center downtown. It is co-hosted by Congressman Beto O’Rourke, who will open the conference alongside State Senator Jose Rodriguez. The conference will focus on why the border matters. This year’s convention features a bi-partisan congressional delegation from the northern and

With the Canutillo Eagles in the state semifinals, supporters across the borderland are ramping up their efforts. There’s been a serious outpouring for the Eagles in the Borderland, who are just one win away from the state championship game. Some more direct supporters got together Tuesday night to gather funds and supplies for the team.

ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom is uncovering new details in the murder trial of James Bogart. In court on Wednesday, ABC-7 learned Hernandez was shot twice, in the shoulder and lower abdomen. And although Bogart is claiming self defense, it’s come to light that he may have planted a knife near Hernandez’s body. He’s accused

ABC-7 has another update to the investigation of a local mortuary business and funeral home, involving bodies that were allegedly going to be transported to Juarez using forged documents. The owner of Mortuary Services, Inc., now faces additional charges, and the Sheriff’s Office says another person from the funeral home has been arrested in this

A man who strummed with some of the greatest blues guitarists of his time is now a big city ex-pat. Mark Pollock, who also owned Charlie’s Guitars in Dallas and the Dallas International Guitar Show, decided to bail out of big city life and set up shop in Alpine, about thirty miles south of Marfa.

The El Paso city council unanimously showed its support for a change of landscaping at Fort Bliss National Cemetery. The item approved during Tuesday’s council meeting is meant to bolster efforts to bring back grass to the cemetery, and support Congressman Beto O’rourke’s effort to achieve that goal. The vote was symbolic. The grass was

Service men and women representing all branches of the military returned from West Africa Tuesday afternoon. Their next stop is the Fort Bliss Controlled Monitoring Area, or a quarantine facility for the next 21 days. “I am confident that at the end of 21 days we will have 68 personnel who will depart Fort Bliss

This week’s mass shooting at Ft. Hood is raising questions at military installations around the country. So what would happen if the unthinkable happened here, at Ft. Bliss? It’s not a pleasant thing to consider, but post officials have said there are measures in place to immediately respond to anything like an active shooter on