Month: July 2017

Prosecutors say a former high-ranking member of the Zetas cartel in Mexico must serve 30 years in a U.S. prison and forfeit $10 million for his drug-related crimes. Ivan Velasquez-Caballero of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, was sentenced Friday by a federal judge in Laredo, Texas. Officials say the 47-year-old Velasquez-Caballero is expected to face deportation following

A Christian singer-songwriter is representing El Paso in the “Sing Your Praise” competition. Joseph Hobdy, a songwriter and worship leader, is participating in the competition put on by national Christian radio, and is similar to “American Idol” or “The Voice.” Hobdy will be competing against worship singers form cross the county, and it is completely

The FC Toros under-13 team will look to shine a light on the soccer talent in El Paso at the Surf Cup in San Diego in August. Toros will be representing the city against competition from across the nation. And they’re confident they will represent the Borderland well because they’re a close group. “What makes

Aaron Jones, the most prolific runner in UTEP football history and Green Bay Packers rookie, held his first-ever football camp Friday. About 800 enthusiastic campers showed up to see the hometown NFL player. “It’s an honor,” Jones said. “It’s something I dreamed of as a little kid – to come back to my community and

The community came together to raise funds for City Representative Alexsandra Annello’s husband who was seriously injured in a crash just days after the couple’s wedding. Annello’s husband, Alberto “Beto” Halpern, is a senior administrative assistant for County Commissioner David Stout. The couple was involved in a head-on crash near Marfa in June, just two

When she first took the job almost a decade ago, Dr. Beth Vesco-Mock, outgoing director of the Animal Service Center of the Mesilla Valley, had a mission to kill as few animals as possible. Seven years ago, an idea struck Vesco-Mock: If the ASCMV was at full capacity, why not drive her animals to other

Otero County Sheriff’s Deputies allegedly found 12 marijuana plants after executing a search warrant at the home of a Chaparral woman with a revoked medical marijuana permit. The search warrant was executed at a home on the 100 block of Irma Road early Friday morning. “I got busted last year, everybody knows that,” said Candace

ABC-7 viewers say they have had difficulties accessing Monument One, a historical marker near private property at the spot where Texas, New Mexico and Mexico meet. Monument One is the first in a series of obelisks and markings that go all the way from El Paso to Tijuana, but to visit Monument One you have

Giving back to the community through music. As the Bel Air High School drumline prepares for the upcoming football season, they’re taking some time to raise money for charity. Friday, they’ll be holding a 24-hour drum-a-thon. The group has set up a GoFundMe account with a goal of raising $20,000. Half of the money raised

A 31-year-old Las Cruces man pleaded guilty to coercing a seven-year-old girl into performing a sexual act on him in 2016, the office of Doña Ana County District Attorney Mark D’Antonio announced Friday. Noel Mendoza was arrested June 28, 2016. The victim told investigators Mendoza had used chocolate syrup to entice her into performing a

A Texas sheriff’s deputy who was indicted along with her husband on murder charges in the death of a man they confronted outside a restaurant has been fired, authorities announced Friday. Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Chauna Thompson’s firing came after the conclusion of an internal affairs probe which followed complaints by the victim’s family that

El Paso Police are responding to a deadly wreck at Artcraft and Berringer in West El Paso. Police have closed the westbound lanes on Artcraft near S. Desert. Traffic at the heavily congested intersection of Artcraft and I-10 is backing up on N. Desert. Avoid the area. Click here to launch ABC-7’s interactive traffic map.

The victim of an assault allegedly participated in a drive-by shooting that left a woman with life-threatening injuries, a complaint affidavit states. The shooting happened shortly before 9 pm July 16, 2017 on the 3800 block of Hayes in Central El Paso. Police said 27-year-old Tony Calhoun, 32-year-old Jennifer Levy, 53-year-old Jeanette Jackson and 21-year-old

The high school band director accused of having an improper relationship with a student allegedly touched the girl inappropriately at a park and the band room, court documents state. Albert Licon, 38, was charged with Improper Relationship Between Student and Teacher. Police arrested Licon, the band director at Montwood High School, and booked him into

The man and woman arrested at Cielo Vista Mall this past weekend are accused of kidnapping a woman in Houston and creating a backpage.com advertisement with the goal of prostituting the woman, court documents state. State police officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety arrested Mikhail Jordan King, 27; and Keinangela Evans, 18, July

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas on Friday joined 19 other Democratic attorneys general around the country urging President Donald Trump to keep a program that gives temporary resident status to young immigrants in the country illegally. In a letter to the president, the attorneys general said the 800,000 immigrant students covered under the Obama-era

White House press secretary Sean Spicer, President Donald Trump’s embattled spokesman during the first six months of his presidency, is resigning his position, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. Spicer’s decision appears linked to the appointment of a new White House communications director, New York financier Anthony Scaramucci. The people with knowledge

A local city representative is looking to boost the El Paso film industry with a pilot program that would offer incentives to filmmakers who create projects in the city. City rep. Peter Svarzbein said he’s been working on this program for several years and now trying to get city council on board. “It’s not just

A Barrio Azteca gang member has been sentenced to three life sentences for serving as the radio communications chief in the 2010 ambush slayings of three people linked to the U.S. Consulate in Juarez, according to the El Paso Times. Ricardo “Chino” Valles de la Rosa faces the maximum life sentence on three counts of

A Chaparral man is being held without bond after Dona Ana County Sheriff’s officials said he stabbed a man doing remodeling work on a home. Officials said 52-year-old Michael Johnson was arrested Wednesday and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and battery. The alleged incident happened July

The El Paso community is coming together to raise funds for the medical expenses of City Representative Alexsandra Annello’s husband, Alberto Halpern. The couple were involved in a head-on crash near Marfa in June, just two days after they were married. Halpern, who is a senior administrative assistant for County Commissioner David Stout, was seriously

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Texas is heading to court over a state law going into effect in September banning the most common second-trimester abortion procedure. The Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood announced on Thursday they’re suing over a provision in Texas’ Senate Bill 8 bill that outlaws dilation and evacuation abortions. In that procedure, a doctor uses

A school program designed to save students time and money for college is expanding in El Paso. The International Baccalaureate program, or IB program, is known as the most rigorous for advanced academics offered to students. Paulina Hernandez, a social studies teach at El Dorado High School, is the school’s IB coordinator. “The curriculum we

In the next five years, Las Cruces city leaders plan to renovate and attract more business to the downtown area, implement daily commercial flights out of the city’s airport, improve city infrastructure and provide greater access to education. All the proposed improvements are part of the city’s strategic plan for the years 2017 – 2022,

Larry Phillip Otero, the drunk driver who killed a man in a wrong-way crash, was formally sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday. Otero was allegedly driving the wrong way on I-10 East at Zaragoza in the early morning of November 14th, 2013 when he struck a car being driven by 29-year-old Gabriel Morales. Morales’

The New Mexico State football team was selected to finish 10th in the 2017 Sun Belt Preseason Poll. The preseason poll was voted on by each member institution’s head coach, which saw NM State tally 41 points – including one first-place vote, which came from NMSU head coach Doug Martin. The 41 points put the

A Texas coffee company is recalling one of its roasts because it was making some men a bit too excited. Bestherbs Coffee LLC issued the voluntary recall for its New of Kopi Jantan Tradisional Natural Herbs Coffee after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found it contains desmethyl carbodenafil, which is similar to sildenafil in

Police say a man riding in a pickup truck accidentally discharged a firearm, striking a female passenger. The shooting happened at about 2 am on the 4300 block of N. Mesa Thursday. The preliminary investigation revealed two men and a woman were traveling on N. Mesa in a pickup. One of the men was driving,