Month: May 2016

A trial is set to get underway this week for a former Santa Fe County sheriff’s deputy who is accused of fatally shooting his partner following an alcohol-fueled fight. Tai Chan is accused of killing Santa Fe County Deputy Jeremy Martin in October 2014 at a Las Cruces hotel where they were staying after dropping

As close as Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are to being their official party nominees it’s not a sure thing just yet. The democratic candidates are campaigning in the Land of Enchantment this week. New Mexico has 43 democratic delegates ready to be won over in the June 7 primary. Bernie Sanders or Clinton need

More than 3,000 people attended the Bernie Sanders rally Saturday in Vado, New Mexico. The Vermont senator, who trails former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president, spoke on gay rights, climate change, raising the minimum wage and other issues during his speech. Reporter Jerry Najera reports.

Supporters began lining up outside the gates at Vado Elementary before sunrise to see Sen. Bernie Sanders. Sanders is the only presidential candidate making a stop in southern New Mexico ahead of the June 7 primary election so far. He held rallies in Santa Fe and Albuquerque Friday. The followers were enthusiastic and carried homemade

The elementary school in this farming community in between El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, New Mexico resembled an arena ready to host a rock concert Saturday. Thousands of people waited in line for hours to see Bernie Sanders. Among them was a smattering of hipsters, teenagers who can’t vote, and old fashioned hippies. Uryah

Early voting in New Mexico started May 10 and runs through June 4. Election day is June 7. In New Mexico, only people registered with a major party may vote in the primary elections. Click here to see a sample ballot. Click here for a list of candidates. To see the list of early voting

Special Traffic Investigators responded to the 8900 block of Mt Delano to assist with the investigation of a traffic collision that resulted in the death of a 73-year old woman. 73-year old Maria Delores Castor was pruning trees in the front of her home and was unable to reach the top branches. Castor’s husband, 76-year

Secret Service agents are coordinating with the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office, Las Cruces Police, New Mexico State Police, and El Paso Police ahead of Democratic Presidential hopeful, Bernie Sander’s, visit to Vado. Sanders is scheduled to address supporters at a rally at Vado Elementary Saturday. The Secret Service is expecting nearly 4,000 people to

EPISD police made the first of three arrests in connection with a pellet gun shooting targeting several Coronado High School students last month, district police said. District Police Chief Victor Araiza said a 16-year-old Coronado student confessed to being involved in the shootings. The student was charged with Aggravated Assault, a second-degree felony. The student’s

New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez would not say whether she is endorsing Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee. Friday, the governor spoke briefly with ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom at an education event in Las Cruces. Martinez asked: “What does (Trump) intend to do for New Mexicans? We have four national labs, we have

Hundreds of veterans will be riding through the borderland Friday in the annual Run for the Wall. The group of nearly 500 motorcyclists traveled from California and en route to the Vietnam Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. The riders were treated to breakfast in Las Cruces Friday morning at the American Legion Post 10 on

Tension between El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Officers Association has boiled to the surface. The union has thrown its support behind a candidate for sheriff, and it is not backing the membership’s boss. “We decided to take a vote as the association and we had a unanimous vote

UPDATE: When the prosecution rested, the defense began questioning witnesses on the safety of the construction site. Office Victor Mijares was the first witness to take the stand. Mijares was assigned to traffic control the night of the crash. He claimed he was parked in the area of I-10 East at Executive, which was the

The third game of the Chihuahuas’ four game series with the Round Rock Express is Saturday at Southwest University Park. The theme for Saturday’s game is KISS Night, with the auctioning of Minor League Baseball’s first-ever Kiss jersey. Jersey auction begins when the gates open at 6 p.m. and concludes on the final out of

By MARK STEVENSON, Associated Press Mexico’s Foreign Relations Department ruled Friday that the extradition of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the United States can go forward. The process can still be appealed, meaning it could be weeks or months before the Sinaloa cartel leader may be sent to the U.S., where he

Two teens were rescued Thursday night after being stranded in the Franklin Mountains. The Fire Department says they were called just before 8:30 p.m. to the Ron Coleman trail along Transmountain Road, when the hikers said their cell phone batteries were running out of power. Rescue teams made contact with the two males, who 18

A year after it filed for bankruptcy, El Paso Children’s Hospital is back in the black and as secretive as ever. The county hospital, University Medical Center, said Children’s owed it more than $100 million in unpaid rent. The bitter fight ended when the bankruptcy judge approved a reorganization plan that called for Children’s to

Residents are picking up the pieces a day after nickel-sized hail and nearly an inch of rain pummeled the City of the Crosses. An office building off Lohman Avenue had significant roof damage. Numerous farms in the Fairacres area west of Las Cruces also had crop damage. Jay Hill, co-owner or Hill Farms, told ABC-7

Thursday’s hearing for a proposal by CVS pharmacy to rezone the Chico’s Tacos property at Montana and Chelsea has been postponed two weeks. The pharmacy wants to build its sixth El Paso location at the site. The City Plan Commission was scheduled to discuss CVS’s proposal Thursday. In 2013, there was a proposal to build

Police identified the motorcyclist involved in a deadly crash with a Sun Metro bus Wednesday afternoon as Edward A. Stanton, 24. The crash happened shortly after 5 p.m. near George Dieter and Bob Mitchell. According to police, the driver of the bus, 57-year-old Jose Torres, was traveling south on George Dieter. Torres was making a

I-10 West was briefly shut down early Thursday morning after a semi-truck rolled over near mile marker 75 in Hudspeth County. That is about 3 miles east of Fort Hancock. The crash happened around 2 am Thursday morning. Emergency crews tell ABC-7 that nobody was taken to the hospital. The semi had been removed from

The El Paso Sports Commission announced Wednesday the Major Arena Soccer League is expanding to El Paso this fall. The El Paso Coyotes will play at the County Coliseum. M.A.S.L. Founder, Kevin Milliken, said El Paso is a perfect fit for the indoor soccer league. “We are really a North American league,” Milliken said. “And

The film industry in Albuquerque and Las Cruces is growing fast. The same cannot be said for the Sun City. El Paso City Representative Peter Svarzbein hopes better tax incentives for the film industry will create more jobs and keep El Paso’s talent from leaving home. New Mexico offers up to 30 percent for films

Police are investigating a fatal crash involving a Sun Metro bus, according to a police dispatch supervisor. Special Traffic Investigators confirms a male motorcyclist was killed near the intersection of George Dieter and Bob Mitchell in East El Paso, the police supervisor said. The crash was reported at about 5:07 p.m. Wednesday. Police told ABC-7

It was the 18th annual State of the City Wednesday evening. It’s Mayor Oscar Leeser’s third, and according to him, El Paso is in good shape. This address had a different feel, but Leeser’s message is consistent. His focus is on El Paso’s economy and it’s paying off. It was flashier than previous State of

Officials are using a different method to alleviate dust storms on Interstate 10. Arizona Department of Public Safety Spokesman Kameron Lee told ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom a company is spraying “Gorilla Snot” on a property that sits 30 miles west of the New Mexico-Arizona state line. Officials say dust on the property has been

A jury panel has been selected in the trial of the man accused of driving drunk through a construction site and killing two construction workers in 2014. It was May 11th, 2014 when I-10 had to be shut down overnight for the construction of Spur 1966. Police say then 18 year old Jan Michael Nieves

As El Paso continues to see a rising number of Cuban migrants crossing the border, the Catholic Diocese is opening up two new shelters to accommodate them. Migrants are flying in by the hundreds to the Juarez airport and then walking over to El Paso. The Catholic Diocese expects at least 4,000 total over the

Conservative Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett is on a list Donald Trump has released of 11 potential Supreme Court justices he plans to vet to fill the seat of late Justice Antonin Scalia. Willett is an outspoken conservative with a robust social media presence, perhaps the most robust in American jurisprudence. His Twitter feed

Suicide, rape and post-traumatic stress disorder are all difficult to talk about publicly. But six survivors — all veterans — are sharing their stories and experiences with those issues before a live audience. The Telling Project is a national performing arts nonprofit organization based out of Austin, Tex. It uses theater to deepen our understanding