Month: May 2017

A court document obtained by ABC-7 states the West El Paso woman allegedly murdered by her son was decapitated. ABC-7 has learned 31-year-old Fernando Alonzo Alarcon has been extradited from New Mexico to El Paso, where he will be charged with Murder. A document identified the victim as Graciela Acosta. The document states Acosta’s friend,

Frustrated with his ever-growing weight that peaked at 675 pounds, Ronnie Brower began dieting and working out on his way to losing an astounding 458 pounds. His four-year fitness journey, chronicled on Facebook, earned him the admiration of a woman at his gym who similarly was trying to lose a lot of weight. Brower and

A Kmart in central El Paso was broken into early Friday morning. The incident happened just before 6 am on the 6300 block of Montana. ABC-7’s Round the Clock crew spotted six different police units and a fire truck outside. Fire crews are assisting police with the investigation. Employees tell ABC-7 they haven’t been inside,

As Americans prepare to celebrate mom on May 14, ABC-7 profiled one woman who became a mother through fostering. Ruby, who asked ABC-7 to not use her last name or the name of her children for privacy concerns, said she and her husband were married in their mid-30s and immediately tried to have children. “I

May is Motorcycle Awareness Month and the Texas Department of Transportation is promoting a campaign to urge drivers and motorcyclists to stay safe on the roadways. The “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” campaign is aimed at decreasing the number of crashes in the state of Texas. TxDOT officials said it is also a

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I-10 East and West reduced to one lane Mesa-Sunland Park. I-10 East road closed at Executive I-10 West Mesa exit I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West

The Chapin softball team got the best of Eastlake in game one of their best-of-three regional quarterfinal series at UTEP Thursday night. The Huskies emerged with a 3-1 win over the Falcons in a game that featured fewer runs than many anticipated from the high-powered offenses. The teams will tangle in game two on Friday

EPPD officers arrested three Albuquerque men allegedly involved in a crime spree that began with the burglary of multiple vehicles at two west El Paso gyms. They are identified as 33-year-old Al Marion Bennen, 36-year-old Master Jefferson and 29-year-old Corderro Jefferson. Police say on Tuesday the men broke into ten cars at the E-P Fitness

Neonatologist Dr. Luis Ayo, credited with saving the lives of thousands of infants born prematurely, died Thursday morning after battling a heart condition for many years. Ayo was 69. “He left such a footprint,” former NICU nurse and co-worker Irene Perreault said. “He is going to be missed by so many because he left such

The University of Texas El Paso and New Mexico State University, separated by a state line and a 40-minute drive down I-10, are on two very different paths. A decade ago, the enrollment rate at both universities was nearly identical. Now, one university is thriving, while the other is clearly struggling to make ends meet.

The El Paso Police Department Thursday released statistics on murders that have occured since January 1, 1960. As of May 10, 2017, El Paso has recorded 12 murders. The city has averaged 23 murders per year during the past 57 years. According to the statistics, that number has gone down since the new millennium. Since

Nurses have to be tough enough to handle life-or-death situations, yet soft enough to comfort and understand patients. It’s Nurse Appreciation Week, and ABC-7 stopped by the Hospitals of Providence to get an idea of what it takes to be a nurse. “First of all, it takes a very special person to become a nurse.

A jury has sentenced the man accused of driving drunk, crashing and killing his probation officer turned lover to 30 years in prison. The same jury Wednesday found Zavala guilty of Aggravated Assault. Zavala was originally charged with Intoxication Manslaughter for the death of his passenger, 43-year-old Cynthia Mendoza. A Grand Jury indicted Zavala on

The son of a legendary El Paso car salesman again testified in court for more than six hours as he fights to regain control of his late father’s three dealerships. 47-year-old Richard Poe II is fighting the legitimacy of a stock transaction his father, Dick Poe, made just 10 days before his death with the

The New Mexico Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a request to override budget vetoes, leaving negotiations about how to solve the state’s budget crisis – and restore funding to the Legislature – in the hands of the governor and lawmakers. In a two-page order, the court said it was too soon to consider any possible

Undermining previous White House explanations, President Donald Trump declared Thursday he had planned to fire FBI Director James Comey all along, regardless of whether top Justice Department officials recommended the stunning decision. His assertions came as Comey’s temporary replacement joined in, contradicting other administration statements on the snowballing controversy. In an interview with NBC News,

A Grand Jury has indicted two U.S. citizens and four Chinese nationals in connection with an alleged scheme to obtain legal residency for foreign nationals through fraudulent marriages, federal officials said. The indictment charges 44-year-old Yi Lee, a naturalized U.S. citizen residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico; 31-year-old Santiago Aveles of Las Cruces; 39-year-old Chia-Jung

Luis Miguel has settled a lawsuit filed by his former manager that led to the Mexican singer’s arrest last week, court records show. Attorneys for Miguel’s former manager, William Brockhaus, filed documents stating a $1 million judgment they obtained against Miguel last year has been satisfied. The Grammy-winning singer was scheduled to appear in a

When transgender wrestler Mack Beggs won a girls’ state championship, his victory drew jeers and complaints that his steroid therapy treatment had given him an unfair advantage against girls who risked injury just by getting on the mat with him. Now Texas lawmakers are pushing a bill that could ultimately deny Beggs, a Dallas-area junior,

A mother who spent years searching for her missing daughter in northern Mexico and organized others to look for their disappeared relatives was shot to death in her home, authorities said Thursday. The group Citizen Community in Search of the Disappeared in Tamaulipas, to which Miriam Rodriguez belonged, said she was killed Wednesday night while

Las Cruces Police said a grand jury indicted 21-year-old Jose Luis Rodriguez-Antuna for his alleged involvement in deadly hit-and-run March 30, 2017. The collision claimed the life of 52-year-old Michael A. Chadwick, a legally-blind pedestrian, crossing Barker Road in Las Cruces. Police charged Rodriguez-Antuna, of the 200 block of Branding Iron Court, with a third-degree

Jurors in the retrial of the man accused of shooting and killing his fellow deputy heard from a security guard at the Hotel Encanto. Tai Chan, a former Santa Fe County Deputy, is on trial for shooting his partner, Jeremy Martin. Chan was tried in 2016, but that trial ended in a hung jury. Thursday,

A jury Wednesday found David Zavala, the man accused of driving drunk and killing his probation officer, guilty of Aggravated Assault. Zavala was originally charged with Intoxication Manslaughter for the death of his passenger, 43-year-old Cynthia Mendoza. A Grand Jury indicted Zavala on a charge of Aggravated Assault. EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of this

Jesse Hanes, the man accused of shooting and killing Hatch police Officer Jose Chavez, was expected to change his plea in court Thursday. ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom has learned the court hearing was delayed a second time. A federal grand jury indicted Hanes on car-jacking and firearm charges in August. In October, he pleaded

Not long after mayoral candidate Dee Margo received seven huge endorsements from Mayor Oscar Leeser and six city representatives, candidate David Saucedo made an announcement of his own. “It’s not a surprise. The minute I mention corruption, we came out on the news all of a sudden birds of a feather flock together. And all

A jury Wednesday found David Zavala, the man accused of driving drunk and killing his probation officer, guilty of Aggravated Assault. The 27-year-old Zavala was originally charged with Intoxication Manslaughter for the death of his passenger, 43-year-old Cynthia Mendoza. A Grand Jury, however, indicted him on Aggravated Assault charges. EDITOR’S NOTE: An earlier version of

The Texas House recently passed a bill that could roll back some state-mandated exams. House Bill 515 would eliminate two standardized exams currently required or suggested for high school graduation, including the U.S. history test. The bill would bring down the number of exams to the minimum number allowed by federal law. State Rep. Cesar

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I-10 East and West reduced to one lane Mesa-Sunland Park. I-10 East road closed at Executive I-10 West Mesa exit I-10 East Sunland Park ramp closed I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane closed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West