Month: May 2016

A jury has sentenced the former Fort Bliss soldier convicted of killing two men after barreling through a construction site to 10 years probation. It suspended the prison sentence. Friday, defense attorneys representing Jan Michael Nieves Delgado asked jurors to punish their client with probation. A defense attorney even cited Alexander Pope, telling the jury

Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump will not debate Democrat Bernie Sanders, according to a statement released by the Trump campaign Friday afternoon. Thursday, both Trump and Sanders said they would be open to debating each other, despite Sanders not having much of a chance at winning the Democratic nomination. This is the statement released by

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY, AP Entertainment Writer A judge ordered Johnny Depp to stay away from his estranged wife after she accused the Oscar-nominated actor of repeatedly hitting her during a recent fight and leaving her face bruised. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carl H. Moor also ruled that Depp shouldn’t try to contact Heard until

By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Keenan Reynolds will get his chance to play in the NFL this season. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Friday that the record-setting Navy quarterback Reynolds and fullback Chris Swain can defer their military service to play in the NFL. Carter made the announcement during his graduation speech to the academy

By MORGAN LEE, Associated Press It was a stunning rebuke – even by Donald Trump’s standards – aimed at the nation’s only Latina governor at a political rally in her home state of New Mexico. Trump chastised Republican Gov. Susana Martinez for not doing her job when it came to unemployment, federal food aid and

The Neon Desert Music Festival is happening Memorial Day weekend in downtown El Paso. This is the first year the festival will take place in the newly renovated San Jacinto Plaza in Cleveland Square downtown. There are some closures taking place for the event. They include: Oregon Street will be closed from Missouri to Texas

Antonio Escalante will be behind bars for at least two more weeks after his court hearing was reset until June 8. Escalante was scheduled to appear at the El Paso County Courthouse Thursday morning. ABC-7 learned that won’t happen until early June because Escalante’s new attorney asked for more time to review the case. The

A security guard at Eastlake High School is on unpaid leave after a student told administrators she had sex with the man on campus, a spokesman with Socorro ISD said. Justin Oxendine, 26, is charged with Improper Relationship Between a Student and Educator. According to a complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7, two female students were

“”the world was forever change here but today, the children of this city will go through their day in peace.” president obama made his historic visit to hiroshima today. so did he apologize for the actions taken by the u.s. 70 years ago? new details this morning in the investigation into the egyptair crash. what

A mother is furious after finding out her 2 daughters may not be graduating this year. “Frustration and disappointment with the school,” Tonya Do said. Do is the mother of Mariah, a junior at Andress High School, and Mylinch, a senior. The two had expected to graduate in June. “I got these, it was very

On Thursday, a jury heard the tense moments officers responded to a shots fired call at a Las Cruces hotel. Police identified the shooter as Tai Chan. The former Santa Fe deputy is accused of killing his colleague Jeremy Martin two years ago. Chan had no expression as he listened to the audio recording, which

Tens of thousands of music lovers will be putting San Jacinto Plaza to the test, a month after the newly-renovated plaza was opened to the public. ABC-7 looked into how the plaza will hold up for the Neon Desert Music Festival this weekend. Those improvements cost nearly $5 million, so ABC-7 sat down with Neon

fe deputy is accused of murdering martin at a las cruces hotel in 2014. abc-7’s jamie warren is following this trial for us inside the dona ana county district court. tonight, she’s live with our new mexico mobile newsroom … jamie, what’s happened since we last saw you at five? rick and estela, within the

DES MOINES, Iowa – The El Paso Chihuahuas scored three runs in the top of the 12 th inning to beat the Iowa Cubs 6-3 Thursday afternoon in El Paso’s longest game of the season. The Chihuahuas won three of four in Des Moines, taking a series from the I-Cubs for the first time in

A javelina is spotted running wild through a Las Cruces neighborhood. Teighlor Anderson was leaving his apartment near New Mexico State University when saw an animal he quickly realized was not a dog. Anderson jumped in his car and followed the javelina through an area near Monte Vista and Locust streets. He shared the video

Jose Oliva, 71, went to the El Paso Veterans Affairs Clinic for a check up. But what happened that afternoon still has him shaken up three months later. Oliva says he was attempting to enter the VA clinic. But his interaction with the guards went horribly wrong leaving him in cuffs and, he says, with

By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press Hispanic voters in Florida, New Mexico and California have waved Mexican flags and bashed Donald Trump piatas – clashing with police, at times – to protest the Republican presidential contender’s hard line approach to immigration. Yet far from the protests, an increasingly vocal Hispanic minority is speaking

A federal jury Friday found Lawrence Madrid, 55, Guilty of Conspiracy to Commit Alien Smuggling for Financial Gain, Aiding and Abetting Alien Smuggling for Financial Gain, and two counts of Accepting a Bribe. Sentencing for the former El Paso Customs and Border Protection supervisor is scheduled for August 16, 2016. At the time of his

UPDATE: Jan Michael Nieves was found guilty of two counts of Manslaughter Thursday. Sentencing is scheduled to begin later Thursday afternoon. There was chaos in the courtroom as the clerk initially read the wrong verdict. Both the victim’s families were inside the courtroom and gasped as the incorrect “not guilty” verdict was read. She was

The planes carrying hundreds of Cuban immigrants to the border have stopped, according to Ruben Garcia, Director of the Annunciation House. The last plane arrived in Ciudad Juarez Wednesday afternoon and approximately 300 Cubans were processed by Customs and Border Protection and allowed to enter the U.S. Garcia said about 3,000 Cuban immigrants arrived in

The El Paso Fire Department (EPFD) Water Rescue team recovered a body Thursday morning. According to EPFD, the body was discovered on the 9900 block of Pan American Drive in the Lower Valley. The address intersects the Franklin Spur Canal. No other information is available at this time but an ABC-7 crew is on the

continue to campaign out west, this as hillary clinton faces criticism once again for her emails, i’m abc’s stephanie ramos in washinton details …next” the jury in a trial of a former fort bliss soldier has been sequestered overnight after failing to come to a decision. plus— the trial continues today in las cruces for

The Carolina bridge construction date has been pushed back yet again. Construction for the bridge was supposed to take place May 31, but has been delayed to at least June 7. City representative Emma Acosta said it would be less stressful to start the demolition once school is out for the summer. “I see a

DES MOINES, Iowa – The El Paso Chihuahuas held Iowa to only one run for the second time in the last three games and beat the Cubs 9-1 Wednesday afternoon. El Paso has won two of the first three games on its current road trip. James Loney began the top of the second inning with

LAS CRUCES – After numerous workouts and discussions with his family, New Mexico State sophomore Pascal Siakam has decided to forgo his remaining eligibility and enter the 2016 NBA Draft. “I think all of us are going to become cheerleaders on June 23rd for Pascal,” head coach Paul Weir said. “We are so thankful for

MORIARTY, N.M. – The story of the 1966 Texas Western Miners has become the stuff of legend, even making it all the way to Hollywood with the 2006 release of Glory Road. But it’s in a small town in New Mexico where a group of high school students are helping to keep this story alive

ABC-7 is taking a closer look at the warrant fee many El Pasoans are being asked to pay, even though in many cases, they have already paid their traffic citations. Earlier this week, ABC-7 reported the City of El Paso is mailing out more than 100,000 notices, totaling $52 million in unpaid citations, dating back