Month: April 2018

A local mechanical engineer for NASA is in the running to win a $10,000 cash prize for his motorcycle design. He entered his design in “The Wrench Scout Bobber Build Off”, a competition only open to amateurs. Las Crucen Alfredo Juarez has always had a passion for motorcycles. He bought a MIG welder in college

A not-for-profit project created GO, SÍ EL PASO! It is a children’s book that promotes childhood literacy, artistic expression, and cultural exchange. In 2017, organizers held a contest for students of local high schools, to submit their artwork for the book. ABC-7 is told all the illustrations in the book are from local students. The

An unconventional form of therapy is helping dozens of patients across the Borderland. Richards Music Therapy Service has been providing music therapy services to El Paso, Las Cruces and surrounding communities since 2012. “Music therapy is a form of therapy that uses music as a means to achieve a goal, whether those goals are musical

More than two weeks after a double murder near Hatch, a judge ruled suspect Cristal Cardenas, who police say killed her ex-boyfriend and his girlfriend, will remain in pre-trial custody. The judge said it would not be safe to release her into the public. Cardenas is accused , along with her boyfriend Luis Flores, of

Border apprehensions have been on the rise since April of 2017, according to Customs and Border Protection. In April of 2017, there were a total of 15,766 apprehensions along the southwest border. The figure increased to 19,940 in May of 2017 and more than tripled in March of 2018 to 50,308. “The crisis at our

The instant-hit status of “Roseanne” is triggering the enduring Hollywood impulse to copycat success. Even with series pilots nearing completion for the 2018-19 TV season, producers are eagerly pitching revivals of sitcoms that, like “Roseanne,” had their day 20 or 30 years ago, according to an industry insider. There are networks and streaming services trying

Federal law enforcement authorities are in the process of seizing online classified site Backpage.com and its affiliated websites. A notice that appeared Friday afternoon at Backpage.com says the websites are being seized as part of an enforcement action by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service and the Internal Revenue Service. The notice doesn’t characterize or

Arizona and Texas announced Friday that they were preparing to deploy National Guard members to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to President Donald Trump’s call for more border security. The Texas National Guard announced Friday it will deploy 250 personnel to the border with Mexico within the next 72 hours. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said

Cocksure and uncouth, Conor McGregor was never afraid to defy authority. He dressed in fur coats and swung chairs at news conferences, reaped the riches of his dalliance with boxing, and demanded his boss cut him an ownership stake in the MMA promotion that made him one of the sport’s most notorious names. What McGregor

A Santa Teresa couple pleaded guilty Friday of committing bank fraud of more than $900,000. Michael Nedal Annabi, 39, and his wife, 34-year-old Perla Maldonado are accused of participating in a three-year scheme beginning in 2013. The couple allegedly would obtain loans and lines of credit by giving fake identification and income information to banks

A grand jury has indicted an Arizona mother on two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of child abuse in the deaths of her two small children. Authorities say Brittany Velasquez’s daughter and son died March 26 in Superior, where they were left strapped in car seats in a vehicle for 14 hours. Court

Civil rights activists say a dramatic immigration raid at a Tennessee meat processing plant may be the biggest employment crackdown under President Donald Trump’s administration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Tammy Spicer says in a Friday statement that the agency took 97 people into custody Thursday after executing a search warrant at Southeastern Provision,

Work will begin soon to replace existing vehicle barriers along the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico with a new bollard wall. U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced that a groundbreaking near the Santa Teresa port of entry on Monday will mark the official start of construction along a 20-mile stretch of the border. The

El Paso Electric crews found a bobcat trapped in power lines 34 feet above the ground in Las Cruces. The bobcat was removed from the electrical structure. Dim lights were reported at approximately 8 a.m. Thursday on the 5700 block of Mesa Grande Drive. Power was fully restored to the one customer affected.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Friday ordered a “zero tolerance” policy aimed at people entering the United States illegally for the first time on the Mexican border. Sessions told federal prosecutors in border districts to put more emphasis on charging people with illegal entry, which has historically been treated as a misdemeanor offense for those

A University of Texas professor at the center of a scandal over the school’s failure to discipline employees for off-campus crimes has been found dead. Tenured pharmacy professor Richard Morrisett was discovered in his home Thursday morning A statement Friday by Gregory Fenves, president of the University of Texas System’s flagship Austin campus, didn’t provide

The U.S. National Guard faces a vastly different environment than it did on its last two deployments to the border with Mexico, with far fewer illegal crossings and more Central Americans than Mexicans coming. Still, its role is shaping up much the same: moving more Border Patrol agents from behind-the-scenes jobs to the front lines.

An advocacy group says a reporter with a Spanish-language outlet in Tennessee is in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement after he was arrested during a protest. Latino Memphis Director Mauricio Calvo said Friday that Manuel Duran is being held in LaSalle ICE Processing Center in Jena, Louisiana. Duran was reporting on a

El Paso Police need help identifying a man accused of breaking into and stealing bottles of alcohol from an East Side liquor store. According to police, the suspect was recorded by security cameras on February 11, 2018 breaking the glass front door of Cowtown Liquors and walking out with two bottles of whiskey. Witnesses say

Doña Ana County Sheriffs arrested a man who allegedly set two mobile homes on fire Monday in Vado. According to a criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7’s New Mexico Mobile Newsroom, 35-year-old David Meza set fire to mobile homes that previously belonged to his late grandparents. Meza allegedly told investigators his uncle became the owner of

President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy National Guard troops to the border with Mexico has drawn resistance from some governors, most of them Democrats, but they could be powerless to deny the commander in chief’s request for soldiers. Governors have some leeway to say no to presidents, but if Trump uses a federal law to

The U.S. Treasury Department accused a prominent Mexican concert promoter Friday of laundering money for the Jalisco drug cartel. The department named promoter Jesus Perez Alvear, better known as Chucho Perez, to the foreign narcotics kingpins list, a designation that freezes his U.S. assets and bars Americans from doing business with him. Perez Alvear has

An Air Force officer who served on the president’s security detail faces a possible court-martial in Texas for encouraging service members to send him photos of their genitals from locations around the world and rewarding contributions with commemorative T-shirts, patches and coins. 2nd Lt. Travis Burch was charged earlier this month at Goodfellow Air Force

It was a special day for special needs athletes, the 32nd annual James Butler Spring Special Olympics took place at the Socorro Athletics Complex. Hundreds athletes gave 100 percent and left it all out on the track. Many of these families were told by doctors that their child would never run, walk or compete in

Authorities say a woman used a “large-bladed kitchen knife” to sever the head of her 7-year-old son in rural western New York. Police arrested 36-year-old Hanane Mouhib after Abraham Cardenas was found dead Thursday night in a home in the town of Sweden, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) west of Rochester. She was charged with

A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit challenging Massachusetts’ ban on “assault weapons” and large-capacity magazines, saying in a ruling released Friday that the weapons fall beyond the reach of the Second Amendment. U.S. District Judge William Young said “assault weapons” are military firearms and aren’t protected by the constitutional right to “bear arms.” Regulation of

Albuquerque police are searching for two people after six dogs were found abandoned and dead inside an SUV. Police say the dogs were discovered Wednesday inside the vehicle with the windows rolled up in northeast Albuquerque after employees of a nearby plant nursery alerted authorities. The owner of the dogs says she hired a man

April is the birth month of the beloved Queen of Tejano music and the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema at Montecillo is celebrating Selena Quintanilla-Perez with a weekend full of events and movie parties. A series of Selena Movie Parties will begin at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 13, and continue through Sunday, April 15. The parties

Dunkin’ Donuts is giving away samples of its cold brew coffee as part of a special nationwide Cold Brew tasting event. On the website, Dunkin’ is encouraging customers to stop by your local shop on April 6 between 10 AM and 2 PM. Participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants across the country will be offering complimentary 3.5-ounce

A second-grade student at Putnam Elementary School in West El Paso is set to be honored today for saving his mother and younger brother after a fiery crash last week. ABC-7 sat down with Luis Garcia, age 9, and his mother to hear what happened. Reyna Espindola said her tire blew out as they were