Month: August 2017

A small group of Texas House Republicans have gotten in each other’s faces during a brief but intense exchange after the chamber passed a contentious property tax bill. The House voted Monday to require local governments to hold elections if property taxes increase by 6 percent, letting voters possibly “rollback” such increases. The state Senate

At least four people have been shot and killed in the Pacific resort of Acapulco, which has become a hotspot in Mexico’s rising drug violence. An Associated Press journalist saw the four bodies, including a man who lay on a central avenue in Acapulco in broad daylight Sunday with a pink towel over his face.

Police officers arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting an elderly woman and holding her against her will Friday. Ruben Gonzalez, 57, of the 1400 block of Wade Street, is charged with a first-degree felony count of kidnapping and a second-degree felony count of criminal sexual penetration. Police said the woman, 72, was working in

Las Cruces police arrested two Alamogordo women suspected of shoplifting more than $1,000 in merchandise from the J.C. Penney store at the Mesilla Valley Mall. Deandra Cordova, 32, and Michelle Perea, 40, were arrested Saturday August 12, 2017. Cordova is charged with fourth-degree felony counts of shoplifting and conspiracy. Perea is charged with a fourth-degree

A July 2018 trial is scheduled for an Albuquerque woman charged in the 2016 rape and murder in her 10-year-old daughter. The Albuquerque Journal reports that Michelle Martens’ trial would be the first for the three defendants charged in the death of Victoria Martens. Fabian Gonzales is now scheduled to go to trial October 2018,

Truth or Consequences Police Officer Anthony Zagorski Aryam “Mika” Chavez to class on her first day of school at Hillrise Elementary School. Chavez, a first grade student, is the daughter of slain Hatch Police Officer Jose Chavez. Saturday marked the one year anniversary of Chavez’s death. The officer was murdered in Hatch when he pulled

El Paso police have identified the person killed in a crash on I-10 and Artcraft Road Sunday night. Investigators say 8-month-old Alberto Zapata died after the pickup he was riding in with his father and mother rolled over on the freeway ending on its side in the center median. Police say the child was properly

Police in Texas acting on a tip found 17 immigrants locked inside a tractor-trailer parked at a gas station about 20 miles from the border with Mexico, less than a month after 10 people died in the back of a hot truck with little ventilation in San Antonio. Edinburg Assistant Police Chief Oscar Trevino tells

Cristiano Ronaldo has been banned for five games after shoving a referee following his red card during Real Madrid’s 3-1 victory over Barcelona in the Spanish Super Cup on Sunday. The Spanish football federation said on Monday that Ronaldo has been suspended for one game for the red card and four games for pushing referee

Confederate Army Gen. Robert E. Lee was vilified during the Civil War only to become a heroic symbol of the South’s “Lost Cause” – and eventually a racist icon. His transformation, at the center of the recent violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, reflects the changing moods in the United States around race, mythology and national reconciliation,

The Doña Ana County Republican chairman, Roman Jimenez of Las Cruces, called out “violent, leftist protesters” as the real racists, days after violence in Charlottesville, VA, according to NMPolitics.com. The post, which has since been deleted, said, “These violent, leftist protesters are the brainless robots that are created by evil Soros money. The white ones

Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman wants to hire new lawyers in his U.S. drug trafficking case, but there’s questions about how they’ll get paid. Guzman is set to appear Monday in federal court in Brooklyn where a judge is expected to address questions about whether he can replace his public

Mexican drug lord and escape artist Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman wants to hire new lawyers in his U.S. drug trafficking case, but there’s questions about how they’ll get paid. Guzman is set to appear Monday in federal court in Brooklyn where a judge is expected to address questions about whether he can replace his public

Thousands of students at Las Cruces Public Schools are back in class Monday. More than 24,000 students make up the school district, which has a total of 40 campuses that bring in students from the city of Las Cruces, White Sands Missile range, the town of Dona Ana and a third of Dona Ana County.

Residents organized a vigil in Las Cruces Sunday in response to the weekend’s events in Charlottesville, VA. State Rep. Bill McCamley, D-Las Cruces, helped organize the event, which was held at the Plaza de Las Cruces. “It’s important that we as a community come together and say that, no, being a Nazi and in the

The freeway is back open after a three-vehicle crash in East El Paso shut down I-10 East near Lee Trevino. The crash, which happened around 4:30 a.m. Monday, involved one police car. Emergency dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Heavy storms hit Northeast El Paso Sunday afternoon battering Trans Mt road with strong winds, lightning and even rainbows. Lots of rain in Las Cruces with some flooding in the northeast part of town. Most of the storm has headed towards Northeast El Paso .

A group of legal scholars is urging President Donald Trump to keep a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation. Around 100 law professors and immigration attorneys are scheduled Monday to send Trump an open letter outlining the legal authority he has to preserve the Obama administration program known as Deferred Action

VA video taken on the set of “Mission: Impossible 6” shows Tom Cruise limping after performing a stunt where he jumps between buildings. The video was published Sunday by TMZ. It captures a tethered Cruise leaping to a building, hitting its side and then crawling over the top and running away. After he finished the

Hundreds of motorcyclists bid a final farewell to Bandidos Motorcycle Club President Juan Martinez. The procession stretched for miles with bikers visiting from several parts of the U.S. with law enforcement making a large presence. Bikers followed the white hearse carrying the body of Martinez. The Harleys rumbled as they drove into Evergreen Cemetery. Hundreds

The nation’s only Latina governor is joining Democrats and fellow Republicans in denouncing violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, linked to white supremacists. GOP New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez said Saturday she was asking her state residents to pray for the victims in Charlottesville and to condemn “the white supremacists responsible for this cowardly attack.” She says

The UTEP Miners got an early start to their season Saturday afternoon at the Don Haskins Center. The team held a scrimmage in preparation for their trip to Costa Rica on August 15th. The Miners will be playing 3 exhibition games against Universities from Canada. Saturday’s scrimmage was between the returning players against the incoming

Today marks the one year anniversary of when 33-year-old Jose Chavez, a two year veteran of the Hatch Police Department, was shot and killed. Chavez was shot during a traffic stop. Officials say Officer Chavez pulled over two men near an R-V park in Hatch; when he approached the car he was shot in the

A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others and ratcheting up tension in a day full of violent confrontations. Shortly after, a Virginia State Police helicopter that officials said was assisting with the rally

A motorcycle crash sent two people to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. Fire Dispatch told ABC-7 the crash happened on I-10 West and Copia Street just before 7 p.m. ABC-7 is working to get more details on the incident, and as soon as we get more information we will let you know.

Authorities are on the scene after a vehicle plowed into a group of people marching peacefully through downtown Charlottesville. An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately afterward the incident, which occurred approximately two hours after violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters. The nationalists were holding

U.S. Border Patrol agents detained nearly 90 immigrants found walking near a canal in a South Texas city, including 50 children. A Border Patrol statement Friday said all 86 people were apprehended in Hidalgo and are believed to be from Guatemala. Agents based in nearby Weslaco saw a large group of people walking toward them

Hundreds of people are marching in South Texas toward the Rio Grande to oppose the wall the U.S. government wants to build on the river separating Texas and Mexico. Led by an altar boy carrying an incense holder, the procession set out after dawn Saturday toward La Lomita chapel in Mission. The border town would

El Paso Police have charged a man with murder in the shooting death of the El Paso Los Bandidos president at an east El Paso bar, announced EPPD Friday evening. The arrest coming the same night a rosary was held for the slain president. Police said 34-year old Javier Gonzalez was initially arrested and charged

The police department’s Gang Unit arrested and charged five alleged members of the Bandidos with Unlawful Carrying of a Weapon. The arrests were made following a traffic stop on the 5000 block of Pershing shortly after 10pm Thursday. Police said 35-year old Zachary Carrizal, 55-year old Terry Claunch, 35-year old Charles Newbold, and 37-year old