Month: September 2015

The Ysleta School District continues to educate voters on its November bond election, but at least one parent isn’t pleased with the district involving students in this informational campaign. Valerie Smith emailed the ABC-7 newsroom concerned about Eastwood High staff helping older students register to vote. Another parent told ABC-7 about Eastwood is offering students

Update: Former Border Patrol supervisor Alberto Montelongo sentenced to 99 years in prison and $10,000 fine after being convicted of attempted capital murder. He also received 10 years on continued family violence conviction and another $10,000 fine. It is not immediately clear if the sentences will run concurrently or separately. Original Story: El Paso jurors

Firefighters found a burned body inside a charred trailer in Chaparral early Wednesday morning, a Dona Ana County spokesman told ABC-7. Otero county fire crews were first to arrive to the 300 block of County Road A-74. The community of Chaparral straddles both Dona Ana and Otero counties. The scent of burned wood was still

Mexico extradited 13 people to the United States on Wednesday, including two top drug lords and several suspects in two high-profile 2011 crimes involving Americans – an attack on immigration agents in San Luis Potosi and the killing of consulate workers in Ciudad Juarez. The move was part of a new coordination effort between Mexico

thank you for joing us for abc- seven at five. i’m rick cabrera. and i’m estela cas. 99 years in prison. that’s the punishment handed down to a former border patrol agent convicted of trying to kill his estranged wife’s alleged lover. back in february, alberto montelongo shot the victim in the head after holding

previe for the movie sicario. it’s supposed to take place on the juarez – el paso border and it’s getting a lot of oscar buzz. the story revolves around an idealistic fbi agent played by emily blunt. but there’s also a lot of people speaking out against the movie – including el paso politicians. welcome

accused of seriously injuring a woman and two teenage boys. another teen is doing o-k. in the last hour, abc-seven confirmed the boys are students at canutillo high school. good evening and thank you for joing us on abc- seven at six tonight. i’m estela casas. and i’m rick cabrera. this is a story our

accused of seriously injuring a woman and two teenage boys. another teen is doing o-k. in the last hour, abc-seven confirmed the boys are students at canutillo high school. good evening and thank you for joing us on abc- seven at six tonight. i’m estela casas. and i’m rick cabrera. this is a story our

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month McDonalds is celebrating by hosting the 16th Annual McDonalds Hispanos Triunfadores. It’s an event that celebrates the achievements of hispanic leaders in El Paso and Las Cruces. Today they honored five outstanding individuals for their contributions to the community. They’re people who’ve worked with and helped people along their

Have you ever driven by historic homes and wish you could peep inside? Well this weekend you can at the Annual Sunset Heights Tour of Homes. Today we have Leah Wood joining us. She’s the president of Sunset Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association. Maria: So you do this every year. It’s really a labor of love

El Paso Police confirmed to ABC-7 that an officer shot a dog on Rushing and Cockrell. The circumstances of the shooting were not immediately known. The owner of Chuco, a 2-year-old pitbull, told ABC-7 he hasn’t been told what happened and that Chuco was a great dog. He said Chuco was shot six times. Chuco’s

Curious what critics say about “Sicario”? Read the revies below. If you don’t want spoilers, then don’t read them. Wired: ‘Sicario’ is the ‘True Dective’ season two we deserved Idaho Statesman Review: Realism makes ‘Sicario’ truly terrifying Cleveland Plain Dealer Review: ‘Sicario’: Emily Blunt and Benicio Del Toro shine in intense crime thriller NOLA.com review:

Here’s Netflix’s list of movies and other content it’s adding and removing from its streaming service in October, 2015: October 1 A Christmas Carol About Alex Alexander: Theatrical Cut American Pie Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics Collection: Collection 1 Batman Begins Boogie Nights Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Curse of Chucky Dark Was the Night

Yahoo announced today it has donated 40 computer servers to The University of Texas at El Paso. The donation is part of Yahoo’s program to develop and educate diverse student populations in computer science and technology careers. The donation is designed to provide researchers and educators at UTEP with enhanced computing capabilities, enabling new coursework

the down syndrome coalition of el paso , in partnership with el paso community college will hold the sixth annual buddy walk at 10:00 a.m., saturday, october 3rd at the epcc valle verde campus americana language village, 919 hunter. the walk raises funds for the dscep, epcc scholarships for students with disabilities and the national

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UTEP football coach Sean Kugler met with the media on Monday and talked about this past Saturday’s win over Incarnate Word, this week’s homecoming game against UTSA, and several other topics. Read the transcript in full below. (On Saturday’s win over Incarnate Word)“It wasn’t our best performance, in particular the first half. But again, I

unique hidden secret over at the nmsu campus— the university has an award winning floral design team. the team just got back from the west texas/new mexico regional contest in amarillo and placed in all three contests. only a few colleges have floral design so it’s a unique program that the members feel blessed to

After shuttering last year in response to the state’s heightened abortion regulations, an embattled El Paso abortion provider is set to reopen on Tuesday. Reproductive Services — one plaintiff in the ongoing legal challenge to the state’s restrictive 2013 abortion law — will resume providing abortions next week, according to the clinic’s lawyers. But the

It was an unusual interruption in Monday’s Sunland Park city council meeting. “The sheriff did come in and ask to speak to Councilor(Sergio) Carrillo and that moment he walked up and it happened in less than thirty seconds,” said Javier Perea, mayor of Sunland Park. Perea told ABC-7 he was at a loss for words

El Paso Children’s Hospital is disputing University Medical Center’s (UMC) assertion that Children’s did not accept the terms of UMC’s term sheet. This morning, the Children’s board asked for representatives of UMC and El Paso County Commissioners Court to explain the rejection of Children’s acceptance of an interim proposal that the parties have been negotiating

paso children’s hospital will continue for at least another week! we learned that this afternoon, a day after the latest final deadline for a deal to save el paso children’s hospital passed without agreement. abc-7’s darren hunt joins us live from downtown el paso to explain … darren. rick and estela, today’s bankruptcy hearing in

El Paso City Council on Tuesday voted to hire two firms to lead the efforts in choosing and negotiating a price for the sites of the three signature projects approved by El Paso voters. City employees have narrowed the search to several sites in Downtown El Paso after searching this Spring. “We have multiple sites

by el paso voters be built? we now know who’s going to help the city find the locations. open our maria garcia has the story developing now. she’s live in our newsroom. the city council today hired two law firms who’ll be in charge of choosing sites for those three signature quality of life bond

The mayor of Ciudad Juarez is calling for a boycott of the film “Sicario” which is set for a wide release this Friday. Sicario is Spanish for hitman. The film opened in a handful of cities on Sept. 18. According to ABC-7’s news partners at XHIJ-TV, Juarez Mayor Enrique Serrano recently told media he wasn’t

The idea for a women’s veteran monument at Veterans Memorial Park in Las Cruces stemmed a couple of years ago by the organization United Military Women of the Southwest. The state authorized $406,000 for the project last year. Karen Woods, president of the organization, says the blueprints for the monument are almost finished. She says

The FBI is searching for the man who robbed a credit union in East El Paso Tuesday morning. At about 10:40 a.m., a man walked into the Mountain Star Credit Union at 1506 N. Lee Trevino and approached the teller. He was wearing a black cloth covering his face and displayed a black semi-automatic hand

Police have obtained an arrest warrant for the man suspected in a deadly shooting outside a West El Paso bar. Carlos Alberto Lozano, 37, of Canutillo, Texas, is charged with Murder. The shooting happened early Sunday morning after an argument escalated outside Pockets Billiards at 4007 N. Mesa. Detectives believe Lozano is the man who

Members of law enforcement and public safety agencies, both dead and alive, were honored today. That’s because today was El Paso’s sixth annual Law Enforcement and Public Safety Mass. Both agencies throughout the region host the mass in conjucion with the Diocese of El Paso. Mass started at 11:00 a.m. In St. Patrick’s Cathedral on