Month: August 2017

Mexican authorities are searching for an industrial measuring device containing radioactive material that was stolen from a van in the border state of Nuevo Leon. The equipment belongs to the civil engineering department of the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon. It contains cesium 137 and americium-beryllium. Authorities say that the material poses serious health risks.

Prosecutors from the Doña Ana County District Attorney’s office will ask a judge on Friday to keep the two brothers accused of murdering a 14-year-old girl behind bars while awaiting their trial, a spokesman said. It is part of the state’s new bail and pretrial detention system — which went into effect July 1st —

President Donald Trump has thrown his support behind legislation that looks to curb the level of legal immigration into the United States by proposing a skills-based system. Top White House aides have been working with Republican Sens. David Perdue and Tom Cotton on a bill that — if passed — would dramatically remake the current

Family members tell ABC-7 the 14-year-old girl shot and killed at a house party over the weekend sneaked out of her home to attend the party, which court documents state was hosted by two NMSU athletes. Police arrested two brothers in connection to the shooting death of 14-year-old Jocelyn Marrie Trujillo. 20-year-old Julio Gutierrez-Barrera is

Police officers assigned to the department’s Auto Theft Task Force arrested and charged a man accused of selling a vehicle with a lien and stealing two vehicles from an auto dealership’s car lot. Police charged 21-year-old Michael Dewayne Owens Jr, of Fort Bliss, Texas, with two counts of Theft of Vehicle and one count of

Ten people were slain in several locations in a central Mexico state, among them a police chief in one city and four members of a family in another town, authorities said Monday. The federal Attorney General’s Office said Police Chief J. Santos Juarez Rocha of the city of Celaya and one of his bodyguards were

Educators from the Socorro Independent School District participated in this year’s Digitally Nurturing Academics “Level Up: Taking Learning to the Next Level” conference ahead of the school year as thousands of students prepare to receive laptops. This is the first year that all SISD students will have access to a laptop as part of the

A business is seriously damaged after a truck crashed through the front of a shopping center in West El Paso. El Paso police were called to the Colony Cove III on North Mesa Street near North Resler Drive around 3:30am Wednesday. The driver’s truck ended up inside the Eagle Cleaners shop. No one was injured.

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(AP) A new lawsuit lays out an explosive tale of Trump allies, the White House and Fox News Channel conspiring to push a false story about Democratic leaks and an unsolved killing in order to distract attention from the Russia investigation that has been swirling around the president The lawsuit was filed Tuesday against Fox

Emergency responders told ABC-7 a woman is being treated in an incident previously reported as a water rescue. It happened in Socorro Wednesday morning around 12:50 a.m., near Bovee and Socorro roads. Emergency officials told ABC-7 the woman “was never in the water.” Police say she was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.

Officials with UMC presented their proposed budget for fiscal year 2018 to commissioners court. The budget calls for a slight increase in taxes. UMC is projecting $635 Million in expenses and $630 Million in revenue. That coupled with the uncertainty of the Affordable Care Act has officials worried. “We’ll have a lot of work to

The Vanz Warped Tour returned to Las Cruces Tuesday after a three-year hiatus. Tuesday’s festival, in which more than 60 bands played at the New Mexico State University Intramural fields, marked the 23rd year the iconic alternative music tour was held in the City of the Crosses. “When they announced that they were coming back

The borderland has seen a lot of rain, resulting in the delay of Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) projects. The state agency’s District Engineer, Bob Bielek, told ABC-7 the Go-10 project has hit a speed bump. “We have an issue with one of the bent caps on the new bridge at I-10 and Mesa that

You’ve heard the saying — opposites attract. Well as it turns out — when it comes to pets, that saying is also very true. Meet Bosco and Toby. They’re a highly unlikely pair of dogs. Bosco is a 3 year old Australian Kettle dog mix and Toby is a 3-year-old pure bred French poodle. Both

Las Cruces Police arrested a man accused of throwing a knife at his girlfriend, stabbing her in a leg. Matthew Castillo, of the 1100 block of Montana Avenue, is charged with a felony count of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and a misdemeanor count of battery against a household member. On July 30, 2017,

The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive environmental reviews and other laws to replace a stretch of border wall in San Diego, moving to make good on one of the president’s signature campaign pledges. Critics including the Center for Biological Diversity criticized the move as overreach and a threat to the environment. The

El Paso Police charged the man allegedly responsible for Monday evening’s SWAT standoff in Far East El Paso with Aggravated Assault. Police said 18-year-old Felix Beard Jr. got into a fight with 22-year-old Dontavis Shakur Beard inside a home on the 12600 block of Tierra Alzada. After the fight, Felix Beard Jr locked himself inside

Will sports be allowed in any way, shape or form inside the City of El Paso’s multi-purpose performing arts center? The City of El Paso hopes a judge in Travis County will give it the green light to bring its vision of the project to reality. ABC-7 will be streaming the hearing live. It was

Will sports be allowed in any way, shape or form inside the City of El Paso’s multi-purpose performing arts center? The City of El Paso hopes a judge in Travis County will give it the green light to bring its vision of the project to reality. ABC-7 will be streaming the hearing live beginning at

A California man pleaded guilty Tuesday to killing his 5-year-old son after a family trip to Disneyland, setting off a search for the boy that lasted more than two months before his body was found near a lake. Prosecutors contend Aramazd Andressian Sr., 35, killed his son, Aramazd Andressian Jr., to get back at his

The Diario de Juarez newspaper is reporting 49 homicides in the border city during the month of July. Investigators with the Chihuahua state police told the paper that 30 of the victims were killed by gunshots. The other 19 victims died either by stabbing or physical assault. Two of the victims were decapitated. 83 persons

Animal Services told ABC-7 it euthanized the dogs that mauled and killed 4-year-old Jacob Brooks Thursday night. Police said the boy was left unattended in a trampoline in the backyard of the family’s Lower Valley home. No charges have been filed. A family member released a letter explaining more about what happened when a group

Animal Services euthanized the dogs that mauled and killed 4-year-old Jacob Brooks Thursday night. Animal Services told ABC-7 six dogs were picked up at the home, four of which were involved in the attack. Two smaller dogs were inside the home at the time of the incident. The four dogs euthanized were three shepherd mixes

Albuquerque police say a driver is dead after being shot by an officer during a traffic stop. A Police Department spokesman says the officer perceived a threat but was not injured during the Monday night incident. The spokesman, Officer Tanner Tixier, did not elaborate on the perceived threat. It’s not known if the driver who

Some Socorro residents were evacuated after a declaration of disaster was signed after heavy rains flooded the area Tuesday morning. Acting mayor Rene Rodriguez signed the declaration that will last seven days. The most affected area is Coker Road. First responders evacuated at least 11 people from three homes, according to Jose Landeros, who works

Soccorro Independent School District officials plan to step up their security in the upcoming school years. SISD superintendent Dr. Jose Espinoza said every school in the district has a minimum of 15 cameras, and acknowledged that elementary schools have the most vulnerable population. “There was years in the past that our middle schools, our elementary

Both El Paso and Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Departments will be partaking in the National Night Out event Tuesday evening. The goal of the event is to connect law enforcement with the community they protect, by also promoting crime prevention. Each department will be holding their own activities in El Paso and Las Cruces. Both

House lawmakers tentatively approved a series of bills Monday aimed at helping Texas curb its unusually high rate of women dying less than a year after childbirth. The primary measure, House Bill 9, would direct the state’s Task Force on Maternal Mortality and Morbidity to continue studying pregnancy complications and maternal deaths until 2023. Last

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