Month: June 2017

I-10 West closed at Resler I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Day Time Closures: 9am-3pm I-10 right lane cloed from Sunland Park to Buena vista I-10 West Sunland Park exit ramp reduced to one lane. Mesa:long term closure Jan 18th 6 am –

The County Historical commission held its regular meeting at the El Paso County Courthouse Tuesday. The meeting covered several topics. One included a discussion about members of the commission speaking to media and how they should represent themselves. The talks came after recently appointed County Historical Commission chair Joseph Nebhan wrote a letter openly disapproving

The El Paso County Democratic Chairwoman wants to educate voters about “undervoting”, a move that both mayoral candidates state would hurt El Paso more than it helps. Dee Margo is facing David Saucedo in the June 10 mayoral runoff election. Chairwoman Iliana Holguin said undervoting could be an option for Democrats who don’t want to

The Dona Ana County District Attorney’s office plans to retry Tai Chan for a third time, according to a court document obtained by ABC-7. The notice of intent was filed by Dona Ana County’s Deputy District Attorney Gerald Byers Friday. It states that the DA’s office gives the court and the defendant, Chan, notice that

Two police officers were killed and one wounded in a prison disturbance Tuesday in a northern Mexican border state, authorities reported. The Twitter account of the Tamaulipas state security spokesman said a police and military operation was launched to contain the unrest in the state capital, Ciudad Victoria. It reported unspecified detonations inside the prison

President Donald Trump is raising the idea of lining his proposed southern border wall with solar panels. That’s according to a GOP aide with knowledge of a meeting Tuesday where Trump discussed the idea. The meeting with GOP congressional leaders focused on health care, tax reform and other agenda items, but Trump also used the

Horrible living conditions. That’s how a Chaparral woman says dogs in her neighborhood are forced to live, and she wants something done about it. Michelle, who asked ABC-7 not to use her last name, said she is fearful of retaliation. Michelle has been trying to save dogs in her neighborhood for the past ten years.

Las Cruces Border Patrol agents arrested a registered sex offender at an immigration checkpoint over the weekend. Ubaldo Morales Sotelo, 35, was arrested Saturday night after trying to smuggle his passengers into Albuquerque, Border Patrol officials said. Agents from the Las Cruces station watched a 2007 Kia van allegedly driven by Morales approach the immigration

The US Consulate in Juarez is working to bring an El Paso boy allegedly abandoned in Juarez by his mother back to the U.S. The police department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit confirmed the child found is a four-year old United States citizen. An investigation revealed the boy’s biological mother, 25-year-old Ruby Esmeralda Gonzalez, took the

An open records request submitted by the ABC-7 I-Team revealed the 16 food stamp fraud suspects arrested in May used two different convenience stores to trade benefits for cash. ABC-7 has since learned the arrests in May are connected to a food stamp fraud investigation in November 2016. Back on May 20 and May 21,

Federal authorities say agents have arrested 70 people in Oklahoma and Texas as part of a three-day sweep targeting immigrants with criminal records or who were in the U.S. illegally. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a release that the sweep concluded Saturday and the vast majority of those arrested came from Mexico. The

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that by 2050 global demand for fresh water is projected to grow by more than 40 percent and at least a quarter of the world’s population will live in countries with a “chronic or recurrent” lack of clean water. He told the Security Council that “strains on water access are

Recently appointed County Historical Commission Chairman Joseph Nebhan resigned at Tuesday’s meeting. “The historic commission is no longer about history or the preservation. It’s about politics and legalities, we can’t do our job,” Nebhan told ABC-7, “This is a volunteer organization and it’s so orneriness on us. We can’t do anything, we cant talk to

Las Cruces police arrested two men suspected of burglarizing vehicles early Tuesday morning. Benjamin Barela, 21; and Dominik Kevin Haines, 19, are both charged with two counts of auto burglary and conspiracy. Police say at around 2:30 a.m. On Tuesday they were called to the 3000 block of Majestic Ridge after a resident saw the

A crackdown on illegal immigration under President Donald Trump has driven some poor people to take a drastic step: opt out of federal food assistance because they are fearful of deportation, activists and immigrants say. People who are not legal residents of the U.S. are not eligible to take part in what is formally known

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott revived a so-called “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people Tuesday a week after the last try collapsed when powerful social conservatives deadlocked with Republican moderates backing business opponents such as Google, Facebook and the NFL. Abbott wants Texas the first state since North Carolina to require that transgender people use the bathroom

A former Santa Fe sheriff’s deputy accused of killing his partner while in Las Cruces will face a jury for the third time. Different jurors have declared a mistrial twice in the case. Chan admitted to shooting fellow deputy Jeremy Martin in the back as he ran away after a violent fight inside their room

The transgender woman taken into federal custody while filing a protective order at the El Paso County Courthouse appeared before a judge for arraignment hearing Tuesday. Irving Gonzalez – also known as Ervin Gonzalez – pleaded not guilty to financial forgery charges. Gonzalez, who is undocumented, was arrested in February while getting a protective order

The police department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit Identified the child found in Juarez as a four-year old United States citizen. The investigation revealed the boy’s biological mother, 25-year-old Ruby Esmeralda Gonzalez, took the child to Juarez on February 22, 2017 and left him in an abandon building, police say. Gonzalez returned to the United States

Tuesday is the last day for early voting before this weekend’s runoff election. There are four city council seats that need to be filled and the race for mayor. This year’s mayoral runoff election has received 12,250 votes, El Paso County has 364,537 registered voters. Candidate Dee Margo will go up against David Saucedo. ABC-7

(AP)- Russian hackers attacked at least one U.S. voting software supplier days before last year’s presidential election, according to a government intelligence report leaked Monday that suggests election-related hacking penetrated further into U.S. voting systems than previously known. The classified National Security Agency report, which was published online by The Intercept, does not say whether

Voter turnout for the May 2017 election was abysmal, and it seems the June 10 runoff will fare the same. Early voting statistics from El Paso County Elections department showed that two days before early voting ended, only 11,915 ballots were cast. Early voting began May 30 and ends June 6. That’s a little more

El Paso Sheriff Richard Wiles said opting out of a program to house federal inmates in El Paso jails would cost taxpayers more money, but Commissioner Vince Perez says it’s time to review the deal that, he says, taxpayers are subsidizing. El Paso County receives $80 a day from the federal government for each federal

The contract for the much anticipated County historical survey of downtown has now been signed. Commissioner David Stout said he expects it to begin in the next couple of weeks. The County approved funding for the survey 16 months ago. The nearly $140 Million contract is with Hardy-Heck-Moore Inc. — a historic preservation firm based

County Commissioners got into a heated discussion over the sale of alcohol at the County SportsPark during Monday’s meeting. Commissioner Carlos Leon introduced a motion to ban the sale of alcohol at the park because he said there are a lot of youth sports being played. “This park is really a youth park. When I

Former UTEP star running back Aaron Jones is an El Pasoan through and through, but he’s already fitting in nicely in the NFL with the Green Bay Packers. Jones has become fast friends with fellow rookie running back Jamaal Williams out of BYU, even as the two compete for playing time. The two first met

The former car wash manager accused of shooting and killing a patron in a dispute over dog feces was found not guilty of First Degree Murder Monday. Leo Molina, who managed his family’s car wash, killed Gregory Fernandez in October 2015. Molina said he killed the man in self defense. The jury also found Molina

At least one fake 911 operator has been calling Dallas residents to ask for their Social Security numbers and immigration status. The Dallas Police Department said in a statement on its blog that its 911 center received numerous reports of one or more individuals posing as a 911 operator. The caller would ask for the

El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar announced Monday she will not seek reelection. Escobar said announcing her intentions today will allow qualified community residents to consider running for County Judge. The County is planning for a county-wide primary in March 2018. “My thanks go out to each and every one of you for all you

The Texas Attorney General added the El Paso County and Sheriff Richard Wiles to lawsuit claiming practices and policies ignore federal immigration laws. Attorney General Ken Paxton claims the county and the county sheriff will continue its’ policies even after Senate Bill 4 goes into affect. In the lawsuit, Paxton said the County does not