Month: March 2017

I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed Complete road closure of I-10 west at Copia overpass Ramp K (US 54 south to I-10 West) closed. Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks): 9 pm-5 am I-10 East and west left lane closures to be expected for the next six weeks in both directions of the

A Hudspeth County Sheriff’s deputy injured during a high-speed pursuit was flown to University Medical Center on Monday evening. Hudspeth County Sheriff Arvin West said the deputy crashed and possibly suffered some broken bones, but is in stable condition. The deputy was flown from the Van Horn airport to University Medical Center in El Paso.

A local newspaper in Kansas, The Wichita Eagle, is reporting that UTEP women’s basketball head coach interviewed for the vacant head coaching position at Wichita State. Adams is a native of Kansas, but has been with UTEP a long time – since 2001. However, last year’s UTEP squad finished a mere 8-23. Wichita State’s last

Police arrested a man suspected of stabbing his girlfriend twice after she used a knife on him during a heated argument. 21-year-old Jesus Moreno Jr. is charged with one count of “Aggravated Battery Against a Household Member.” Sunday, March 26, Las Cruces Police were dispatched to the report of a double-stabbing at 1024 W. Picacho

Irvin Gonzalez, 33, the transgender woman whose arrest at the El Paso County Courthouse made national headlines, entered a plea agreement Friday to federal charges of illegal re-entry. ABC 7 obtained the plea agreement that states under case circumstances Gonzalez’s “time served” is sufficient, and that her removal from the United States is “presumptively mandatory.”

The former Border Patrol agent suspected of having a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old girl pleaded “no contest” to two counts of “Criminal Sexual Penetration of a Minor,” both fourth degree felonies 43-year-old Orlando Gomez will undergo a 60 day evaluation before being sentenced. He is facing three years behind bars. Gomez, of the 4500

6:00 PM UPDATE: A source with knowledge of the investigation tells ABC-7 the man kidnapped in Sunland Park Monday morning has been found in Fabens. The victim is reportedly being interviewed by FBI agents, the source said. Sunland Park police said three armed men broke into the home, assaulted the victim and his father, and

An East El Paso woman contacted ABC-7 after finding a certified mail package on her doorstep, addressed to her, that she says she never signed for. Mary Montreal told ABC-7 she found that certified mail package — containing important court documents — on her porch in East El Paso March 2, 2017. Montreal took pictures,

6:00 PM UPDATE: A source with knowledge of the investigation tells ABC-7 the man kidnapped in Sunland Park Monday morning has been found in Fabens. The victim is reportedly being interviewed by FBI agents, the source said. Sunland Park police said three armed men broke into the home, assaulted the victim and his father, and

Police told ABC-7 the suspect in Sunday’s shooting on the 100 block of Calle Madero is now in custody. The shooting March 26, 2017 began as a feud between “taunting” neighbors, police said. Police said at least three shots were fired and a man was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Monday, police chief

A Las Cruces family is mourning the loss of a 3-year-old Blayne Caballero after he was killed in a house fire. The young boy’s parents, his 23-year-old Mark Caballero and 21-year-old Helen Huckabay , were able to safely escape the blaze along with their 7-month-old daughter, according to Las Cruces Fire Department. The cause of

Federal immigration agents arrested 26 immigrants suspected of living in the country illegally as they reported for labor-detail sentences for unrelated crimes in Fort Worth, according to local authorities. Tarrant County Sheriff Bill Waybourn told local television station KXAS that his office participated in the arrests Sunday morning at the request of U.S. Immigration and

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Monday warned so-called sanctuary cities they could lose federal money for refusing to cooperate with immigration authorities and suggested the government would come after grant money that has already been awarded if they don’t comply. Sessions said the Justice Department would require cities seeking some of $4.1 billion available in

ESPN’s Ian Rapoport reports NFL owners have approved the Oakland Raiders’ proposal to relocate from the Bay Area to Las Vegas. The move has been anticipated for months. The Raiders got approval for $750 million from Nevada taxpayers last year to build a stadium in Las Vegas, and team owner Mark Davis is putting up

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is investing over $500,000 to make bridge wait times in El Paso shorter. Starting Monday, CBP officials said construction will begin on improving Ready Lane traffic. “Ready Lane processing is generally about 30 percent faster than non-Ready Lane traffic,” Beverly Good, CBP El Paso Port Director Beverly Good said in

French energy company Total is launching a multi-billion-dollar petrochemical joint venture in Texas as it tries to profit from the “business-friendly environment” under the current U.S. administration. The plan announced Monday in Paris is the company’s largest-ever investment in petrochemicals, and part of its strategy to benefit from cheap shale gas in the U.S. and

As a billionaire developer, Donald Trump built casinos, luxury condo towers and lush golf courses. Now, as president, Trump aims to develop perhaps his most ambitious and surely his most contentious project yet: A wall along the nearly 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border. How? At what cost? And who would benefit? Much remains unknown. Ultimately, though, experts

Recently 2-year-old Reagan Zmoos was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes – A life long chronic disease that affects the body’s production of insulin. “I knew it wasn’t a little thing,” said Zachary Zmoos. “You feel it right in your gut the moment your hear .. we’re pretty sure you’re daughter has type 1 diabetes,” Kylea

I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed Complete road closure of I-10 west at Copia overpass Ramp K (US 54 south to I-10 West) closed. Overnight El Paso Street Car closures (six weeks): 9 pm-5 am I-10 East and west left lane closures to be expected for the next six weeks in both directions of the

Hence closed with a great flourish to stamp his ticket for the Kentucky Derby after winning the 14th running of the $800,000 Sunland Derby (Gr. III) by an expansive three and three-quarter lengths at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino on Sunday. The rapidly improving Street Boss colt trained by Steve Asmussen earned 50 qualifying points

Police say a feud between neighbors led to a man being hospitalized after a shooting in Sunland Park Sunday afternoon. Police were called to the 100 block of Calle Madera around 4 p.m. Officials say the feud began Friday with “taunting” between neighbors. Details are limited, but police say at least three shots were fired

Authorities say two people are dead and four others wounded following a shooting outside an apartment complex in Houston. Harris County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Thomas Gilliland says the incident occurred Sunday evening at the Haverstock Hills apartments on the city’s northeast side. Two men were killed in the shooting, and two other men and two

A member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus is resigning after the hard-line group helped scuttle the Republican health care overhaul. Texas GOP Rep. Ted Poe says in a statement Sunday that “saying no is easy, leading is hard but that is what we were elected to do.” Poe was one of the few caucus

LAS VEGAS (AP) – Police say a man sitting at the back of a public bus on the Las Vegas Strip started shooting “for no apparent reason” as passengers got off at a stop in the heart of the tourism corridor. Police said Sunday that 55-year-old Rolando Cardenas is accused in the shooting. Authorities say

CINCINNATI (AP) – At least five people remain hospitalized, two of them in critical condition, after a Cincinnati nightclub shooting that killed one man and left 15 people injured. A University of Cincinnati Medical Center spokeswoman said that as of 4:40 p.m. Sunday, two people there were in critical condition and that three were in

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Crews have removed the floor of the historic Oakwood Cemetery chapel in Austin in what’s expected to be part of an effort to identify buried remains discovered last fall. The Austin American-Statesman (http://atxne.ws/2o6JXli ) reports about 50 people attended a meeting Saturday on how to proceed, such as contacting relatives when

DALLAS (AP) – Revamped technical efforts and nearly $20 million in improvements should help avoid prior glitches as standardized testing begins this week, Texas Education Agency officials say. The upgrades are meant to solve previous online problems with the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR. The exams help determine whether students get

It took a crew of 40 firefighters over two hours to put out a fire at an East El Paso hotel. It happened just before 9 a.m. at the Ramada Inn located on the 8200 block of Gateway Boulevard East. Fire officials tell Abc-7 flames were spotted by a receptionist who called 911. Crews were

Las Cruces Fire officials said a fire claimed the life of a 3-year-old boy around 2 a.m. Sunday. Fire crews responded to the blaze at 7742 Charro St. where they found a single-wide manufactured home ablaze. The 3-year-old boy was unresponsive, according to fire officials, and was pronounced dead shortly after crews arrived on scene.

For anyone with a child or who knows a child seeing them hospitalized can be one of the most difficult moments in ones life. ABC-7 spoke with one family who’s going through that struggle after their 6 year old underwent 3 brain surgeries. Friends and family gathered at the 501 Bistro. They celebrated the courage