Month: June 2017

After deciding to attend UTEP for engineering rather than going to a different college to continue playing football, it looked as though recent Burges graduate, Cruz Jacobo, had played his last game ever. However, Jacobo , who plays defensive end, offensive tackle and tight end, will be extending his football career as he represents the

The Borderland has been baking with triple-digits temps for the past couple of days. While avoiding the heat is encouraged, some simply can’t. “We are breaking a sweat, for sure,” Michael Payan, of Empire Dent and Body, said. “Most buildings are insulated, unfortunately this one is not, and we have to do what we can

While a television news crew was gathering footage for a story about crime in the Albuquerque downtown area, someone stole the station’s vehicle. The Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/2rMiw1n ) reported the odd story Friday about the KOB-TV truck. KOB News Director Michelle Donaldson says the vehicle was recovered within a half hour without police assistance by

Saturday hundreds of families met at the Mexican U.S. border to see each other for the first time, some in decades. It’s part of the Border Network of Human Right’s initiative “Hugs not Walls.” This is the fourth time the organization has put on the event. Leaders say its a protest against U.S. immigration policies.

UPDATE: As of 11:25 p.m. Saturday, NMDOT says the freeway has since re-opened. Interstate 10 near Lordsburg is closed for the second time in the past few days. The closure comes less than one week after New Mexico State police say a severe dust storm caused a 25 car pile up that killed six people.

He was a doctor who saved thousands of infant lives and a dear friend to many borderland families.Dr. Luis Ayo died in May and Friday evening he was honored by his peers. Dr. Ayo was born in Bolivia. He came to the United States in 1975. He was doctor for 44 years and neonatal specialist

Las Cruces police arrested a 20-year-old mother Thursday after they said her 2-year-old-son tested positive for meth, according to court records. Jasmine Duran faces one charge of child abuse for the incident, according to the records. ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom visited Duran’s home. A family member who chose not to go on camera answered

Military chiefs will seek a six-month delay before letting transgender people enlist in their services, officials said Friday. After meetings this week, the service leaders hammered out an agreement that rejected Army and Air Force requests for a two-year wait and reflected broader concerns that a longer delay would trigger criticism on Capitol Hill, officials

A 21-year-old North Texas woman is jailed on charges of injury to a child after authorities say she was messaging on Facebook rather than focusing on her 8-month-old daughter in a filling bathtub where the baby drowned. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports three other small children of Cheyenne Summer Stuckey are in the care of

The political career of Joe Arpaio ended last year when the six-term sheriff of metro Phoenix known for cracking down on illegal immigration and housing inmates in tents outside in the desert heat was trounced in an election that focused on his own legal troubles. Now, the 85-year-old who called himself America’s toughest sheriff will

Week two of the trial of five former El Paso Independent School District administrators accused of taking part in a cheating scandal ended with the playing of a profanity-filled recording of a meeting between two of the defendants and a former Austin High School counselor. Former Austin counselor Elizabeth Saucedo testified for more than two

Johnny Depp has apologized for joking about assassinating President Donald Trump and says he meant no malice. The actor released a statement to People magazine Friday in which he called his remarks Thursday night at the Glastonbury Festival a bad joke and said it was in poor taste. Depp’s statement said he was trying to

A former Mexican lawmaker arrested at the California border was charged Thursday with working for the Sinaloa drug cartel, whose once-powerful kingpin, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, was extradited to the United States in January. Lucero Guadalupe Sanchez, a former representative in the Sinaloa state legislature, was charged Thursday in federal court in San Diego with

President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Friday that will make it easier for the Department of Veterans Affairs to fire employees, part of a push to overhaul an agency that is struggling to serve millions of military vets. “Our veterans have fulfilled their duty to our nation and now we must fulfill our

Court documents obtained by ABC-7 reveal how investigators were able to track and arrest the men accused of kidnapping and brutally attacking a Border Patrol agent. The agent, who is identified in court documents as Lorenzo Hernandez, remains in critical condition at University Medical Center. He told investigators he was struck several times with a

The Trump administration is backing a Texas “sanctuary city” crackdown in court ahead of a federal judge deciding whether to put the new law on hold. U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Friday that Texas “has admirably” followed the lead of President Donald Trump’s tougher stance on illegal immigration. The new law takes effect in

BY ABBY LIVINGSTON, MARISSA EVANS AND ANDY DUEHREN The Texas Tribune Republican leaders in the U.S. Senate on Thursday unveiled their plan to overhaul President Obama’s 2010 health care law. Within hours, Texas’ two Republican senators took opposite positions on the measure. While U.S. Sen. John Cornyn took to the floor early Thursday to defend

The El Paso Fire Department will host a free clinic with healthy brunch this Saturday to close out the flu season. Families without health insurance, who have low-income, or who have Medicaid are welcome to attend. It’s a partnership with the El Paso Health Department’s Medicaid Waiver Program. You can get a free flu shot,

The City of El Paso is helping with efforts to improve the look of Downtown. Earlier this month, council approved additional funding for a program that will improve the signs and lighting of downtown buildings. Council approved having the Downtown Management District administer the funding to property owners who qualify. The DMD is no stranger

The state’s population is still booming, and Hispanic Texans are driving a large portion of that growth. New population estimates released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that just over half of Texas’ population increase since 2010 can be attributed to a rapidly growing Hispanic community and its expanding presence in nearly every corner

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There will be two major road closures this weekend. The first one will be along I-10 on Sunday from 4am to 2pm, I-10 Will be closed at Executive and the Downtown Exit. I-10 East traffic should exit on Executive, I-10 West traffic should exit at the Downtown exit ramp. There will also be roads closed

I-10 closed at Sunland Park I-10 East two right lanes from Executive to Schuster I-10 East at Raynor. Paisano closed from Spurr 1966 to Union Depot 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. I-10 Excutive-Asarco left lane. Mesa:long

A 46-year-old man is in custody following a three-hour standoff Thursday evening, said a spokesman for the Las Cruces Police Department. LCPD said around 7 p.m., officers were serving a warrant for aggravated assault on a household member at a home on North Campo St., near the Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in Las Cruces. The

The Parkland Matadors officially introduced Eric Frontz as the school’s new head football coach at a ceremony at the school on Thursday. Frontz was named interim head coach earlier in the year after former coach Josh Kirkland left for the head coaching job at Kyle Lehman in the Austin area. Frontz had previously spent one

A 19 year old woman remains in the hospital Thursday night after a car smashed into her apartment around midnight, seriously injuring her. ABC-7 spoke to a man who saw it happen and sprang into action — trying to save her. El Paso police say it all started because of a fight at a 7-Eleven.

At 10 p.m., the temperature in the Borderland can still be 100 degrees. The summer heat can be dangerous not just for people, but also their pets. One Las Cruces vet has already reported a heat-related dog death. So how hot is too hot to walk your dog? Experts suggest putting your hand on the

UTEP basketball added a new addition to their team in freshman center Joey St. Pierre this offseason. He attended Richmond-Burton HS in Spring Grove, Ill. At 6-10, 280 pounds, Pierre is bound to make an impact for the Miners. He averaged 13.7 points, 7.6 rebounds and 2.6 blocks with three double-doubles in his last high

Federal and state law enforcement officers arrested 14 alleged members of the Orrantia Drug Trafficking Organization, including the alleged ringleader: Mario Armando Orrantia, 51, aka “Quezada.” Those arrested include: Carmen Marquez Castillo, 63 Angela Leon, 34 Humberto Aleman-Limas, 34 Eduardo Rubalcaba, 42 Hugo Arturo Faudoa, 51 Jerry Minsu Flowers, 45 Pedro Jimenez, 43 Erik Mendoza,