Month: March 2018

Andrew McCabe, the onetime FBI deputy director long scorned by President Donald Trump and just fired by the attorney general, kept personal memos detailing interactions with the president that have been provided to the special counsel’s office and are similar to the notes compiled by dismissed FBI chief James Comey, The Associated Press has learned.

Family and friends gathered Friday afternoon to dedicate memorial signs to Patrick Nieto, a Mesquite man who was killed in a drunk driving crash in 2014. The memorial was held where Nieto was killed on Highway 28 and Castillo Road in La Mesa. The signs read, “Please Don’t Drink and Drive, In Memory of Patrick

The beautiful sound of bagpipes echoed through the streets of El Paso today for a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Family and friends lined the streets downtown dawned in green. The parade was hosted by St. Patrick Cathedral School. The church is celebrating it’s centennial and the school is celebrating 95 years.

The search for a man missing since a North Texas chemical plant exploded and caught fire on Thursday has been postponed because of dangerous site conditions. Cresson Mayor and Assistant Fire Chief Bob Cornett said Saturday that fires are still burning at the 15,000-square-foot Tri-Chem Industries plant in Cresson. Cornett says, “They’ve pulled everybody out.

The U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned a national group of scientists to study the viability of diluting surplus weapons-grade plutonium and storing it permanently at the federal government’s underground repository in New Mexico. The panel of about 15 scientists from universities, corporations and laboratories around the nation will evaluate the storage potential at the

The U.S. Department of Energy has commissioned a national group of scientists to study the viability of diluting surplus weapons-grade plutonium and storing it permanently at the federal government’s underground repository in New Mexico. The panel of about 15 scientists from universities, corporations and laboratories around the nation will evaluate the storage potential at the

Authorities in Texas have arrested at least a dozen people for animal cruelty after interrupting what they believe was ritual sacrifice. The San Antonio Express-News reports that Bexar County sheriff’s deputies found dead and dismembered animals in a San Antonio-are home Friday night after receiving calls that animals were being sacrificed. Sgt. Elizabeth Gonzalez says

Immigration officials have agreed to release a Salvadoran woman who said a guard groped her inside an immigration detention facility. Advocates said in a statement Saturday that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement decided Friday to grant deferred action to Laura Monterrosa-Flores, who has been held for months at the T. Don Hutto Residential Center outside

As schools around the borderland battle to keep their students, private Catholic school are turning more to fundraising, including crowdfunding, to provide services. Our Lady of the Valley, which ABC-7 reported would be closing at the end of the school year, has started a GoFundMe to make up their financial deficit. Diocese officials say financial

If you look at any sports web site or a watch a few minutes of NCAA Tournament coverage, you’re likely to run into someone picking NMSU to upset Clemson in their NCAA Tournament matchup on Friday. In fact, six of eight experts polled by CBS Sports selected 12th-seeded NMSU to not only beat 5th-seeded Clemson,

While some fans couldn’t travel to San Diego to watch their Aggies play in the NCAA tournament they got to watch the game on the movie screen. Allen Theatres Cineport 10 at the Mesilla Valley Mall handed out free tickets to watch the game Friday evening. As fans donned their crimson Aggie T-shirts and bought

New Mexico State’s trip to the NCAA Tournament has come to an end, after falling to Clemson 68 – 79. Zach Lofton is leading the way in scoring for the Aggies with 13 points. Friday’s showdown against the fifth-seeded Clemson Tigers is NMSU’s 21st all-time appearance in the NCAA Tournament. The Aggies are 7-22 all-time

Microsoft announced Friday morning they will be bringing their TechSpark program to El Paso, a civic program designed by the company to foster economic opportunity and job creation in communities. The El Paso project, which will be led by Jonathan Childress, aims to stimulate economic growth in Texas by concentrating on regional internet connectivity, digital

Mexican authorities have informed the former governor of a state bordering Texas that they have accepted a U.S. request to extradite him to the United States to face money laundering charges. The Foreign Relations ministry says it informed Eugenio Hernandez of the decision Friday. Hernandez served as governor of Tamaulipas until 2010 and was arrested

Detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit arrested and charged a second suspect in connection to the shooting death of 16-year-old Trevion Veal. 20-year-old Richard Soriano has been charged with murder and booked into the county jail on a $1 million bond. Monday, police arrested 17-year old Moses Jack Popp, also charged with with murder.

Criminal complaints obtained by ABC-7 state detectives identified the suspects allegedly involved in the shooting death of a teenager with the help of Facebook accounts and text messages. Detectives with the Crimes Against Persons Unit arrested and charged 20-year-old Richard Soriano and 17-year old Moses Jack Popp in connection to the murder of 16-year-old Trevion

Federal investigators arrested a former New Mexico Mounted Patrol Lieutenant for allegedly distributing child pornography. According to a criminal complaint, 45-year-old Steven Vaillancourt II was communicating with a woman about sharing and producing child pornography of the woman’s minor children. ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom reports, that up until his arrest, Vaillancourt was a lieutenant

Detectives with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Clint Independent School District employee accused of stealing nearly 150 IPads from the district. On March 15, 2018, investigators charged 37-year-old Philip Andrew Acosta with theft of property. Investigators said Acosta is the Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Technology and Information Services for

A federal jury Friday convicted 36-year-old Norma Juarez Taha on federal kidnapping charges. Court documents obtained by ABC-7 state Taha drugged and kidnapped a 20-year-old Muslim woman in El Paso on February 13, 2017. Taha, who described herself as a “Mexican Muslim,” allegedly kidnapped the woman because the victim “brought shame to the Muslim community

A Texas Peace Officer’s Crash Report obtained by ABC-7 states the driver of the 2003 Honda Accord who allegedly led a UTEP police officer on a chase struck pedestrian and two vehicles off campus. ABC-7 also obtained the UTEP incident report for the wrecks that happened on or near campus on March 6, 2018. That

Nightlife sales in El Paso shot up last year, mixing up the list of hotspots. Our news partners at El Paso Inc. reported Sun City residents spent $139 million on alcohol at bars and restaurants throughout the city between January and November 2017. Around $1.9 million was spent at Malolam Cantina, putting it at the

There is a heavy delay on I-10 West and Executive due to a TxDot overnight road closure. Crews have shut down the freeway to clear the closure, take the downtown exit and take Mesa to avoid this area.

Thursday night, The New Mexico State Aggies held their first practice in San Diego, CA in preparation for their NCAA Tournament first round match-up against Clemson. Some experts have picked the Aggies to pull off the upset against the Tigers, but Clemson isn’t phased one bit. ABC-7’s Trevor Thompson is in San Diego where he

Florida officials said Thursday that four people have been found dead in the rubble of a collapsed South Florida pedestrian bridge where the frantic search for any survivors continued past nightfall. Fire Chief Dave Downey said at an evening news briefing that four deceased people were found amid the chaotic scene of concrete rubble and

Businessman William “Billy” Abraham was back in bankruptcy court Thursday afternoon, telling ABC-7 a child support lien has tied his hands as he tries to settle his debt with creditors. “The child support lien, that illegally, just slapped down at the county court, has made it difficult because I’ve had to operate without a bank

Former Democratic congressional hopefuls John Carillo, Norma Chavez and Enrique Garcia are petitioning the State of Texas to inspect the election records of the Democratic Party of Texas and El Paso County, alleging fraud and claiming the results of the Democratic congressional primary are “not the true outcome.” Former El Paso County Judge Veronica Escobar

Tom Benson, a successful auto dealer who brought the New Orleans Saints their only winning seasons and the “Benson Boogie,” has died. Benson, who has also owned the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans since 2012, was 90. The NFL and NBA teams announced Benson’s death on Thursday. He had been hospitalized since Feb. 16 with flu

America’s largest business lobby is warning President Donald Trump against slapping big tariffs on Chinese imports. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is sounding the alarm as the White House weighs whether to punish China for forcing U.S. companies to hand technology to Chinese companies. “Simply put, tariffs are damaging taxes on American consumers,” U.S. Chamber

243rd District Court Judge Luis Aguilar has submitted paperwork to remove his name from a runoff election ballot, the El Paso County Democratic confirmed Thursday. Party chairwoman Iliana Holguin told ABC-7 the paperwork has been turned in to the Texas Democratic Party and the Secretary State and it should finalized by the end of the

A 17-year-old boy who pleaded guilty to a fireworks prank at Cielo Vista Mall in 2017 will now be spending time in jail. El Paso Police said the prank caused more than $13,000 in damage to mall property. At the time, police arrested Gabriel Sebastian Gonzalez and another 15-year-old boy. In February 2018, Gonzalez pleaded