Month: June 2018

On the campaign trail, presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has railed against a corrupt and “rapacious minority” of business executives who oppose him because they know they will have to “stop stealing” if he wins the July 1 election. Executives have fired back with newspaper ads charging the leftist politician, who is making his

A Massachusetts family has captured a video of their toddler climbing what is supposed to be a gate stopping children from getting into a pool. Keith Wyman says his family was in their backyard on Monday when his 2-year-old son Cody began to climb the gate blocking the ladder to their above-ground pool. The Wymans

Texas House Speaker Joe Straus is among the GOP lawmakers coming out against the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has resulted in children being separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Straus sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Tuesday. The legislator from San Antonio said there’s no federal law requiring separating

A new road that will give easier access to residents in Socorro is set to open soon, but it has seen it share of delays. Nuevo Hueco Tanks Boulevard is an extension of Eastlake Blvd., south of Interstate 10. There has been talk about paving what was once a makeshift dirt road since 2007 and

Immigration advocates plan to march Tuesday morning, at the helm of Border Network for Human Rights, to protest President Trump administration’s “zero tolerance policy” on immigration. The residents are reportedly from both West Texas and New Mexico and plan to meet at the Edgemere Park located at the intersection of Edgemere Blvd. and Likins Dr.

A road that many West El Paso residents have been waiting to use is finally opening up. The City of El Paso is holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday at 10 a.m. at 6675 S. Desert Blvd. near Canutillo High School to unveil the Isela Rubalcava Drive extension. Part of the road was created in 2006

El Paso County Sheriffs deputies are investigating a crash in the Red Sands area that happened Monday night. Authorities tell ABC-7 there were no serious injuries. The crash involved several vehicles including a jeep and a truck. More information to follow.

The El Paso Independent School District held its first public meeting related to potential school closures., allowing students and parents to voice concerns. The meeting was held at the EPISD Professional Development Center, with more than 100 people showing up. Each person who signed up for public comment had three minutes to speak to the

President Donald Trump announced Monday he is directing the Pentagon to create a new “Space Force” as an independent military service branch aimed at ensuring American supremacy in space – though he may have limited power to develop a new military command. While Trump has previously talked about his desire for a space unit, he

We’re getting our first look at the immigrant child detention facility at the Tornillo Port of Entry, also know as the Marcelino Serna POE. The pictures were taken by Health and Human Services officials and released to the media. No children were inside the tents when the pictures were taken. It does, however, shed some

A Texas Tech University student participating in a University of Texas study program in Russia has died in a fall. University of Texas officials say Elmer Arrieta, a graduate student at Texas Tech’s College of Architecture, has been killed while hiking on Olkhon Island in Eastern Siberia. The 27-year-old Arrieta, an El Paso native, was

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo tells ABC-7 he expects to receive as many as 50 mayors in El Paso Wednesday evening. Margo recently participated in the 86th annual meeting of the United States Conference of Mayors. The mayor got to speak and network with hundreds of mayors from across the nation. The mayor said he

An audio recording that appears to capture the heartbreaking voices of small Spanish-speaking children crying out for their parents at a U.S. immigration facility took center stage Monday in the growing uproar over the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. “Papa! Papa!” one child is heard weeping in the audio file

Saying that Team Mexico World Cup fans are excited after Sunday’s 1-0 win against Germany is an understatement. All over the busy the streets of Downtown El Paso fans are donning Mexico National Team soccer jerseys in support, eager for more winning goals to come. “I’m proud I’ll wear my cap,” said super fútbol fan

The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit needs your help locating a 59-year-old man suffering from dementia. The unit issued a Local Silver Alert for Gavino “Greg” Romero. He was last seen leaving his residence on foot located in the 11600 block of Mocha Dune on Sunday, June 10. Romero has failed to

A family of eight asylum seekers is waiting at the Paso Del Norte port of entry for an oppurtunity to request asylum in the US. The family, who asked to be kept anonymous out of concerns for its safety, fled the Mexican state of Michoacan Thursday after being threatened by criminal elements to give up

With school out for the summer, parents and children are crowding a new splash pad in northeast Las Cruces for relief from the heat. “We really like coming here,” said Angie Smythe, who sat in the shade by the splash pad with her two young daughters. The city’s requires an adult supervisor for children under

Police arrested and charged a man with Intoxication Manslaughter for a deadly wreck in Northeast El Paso over the weekend. Police said a preliminary investigation revealed Jeffery Wayne Abram was driving a 2018 Ford F-150 North on the 7200 block of Railroad at about 7:27 a.m. Sunday. At the same time, 62-year-old Ana Sandoval was

Every summer, UTEP provides an acting camp for young aspiring actors and actresses in El Paso. The camp seeks to provide the children who attend with a fun and instructive experience as they get to learn how to act. The camp, run by UTEP faculty and students, takes kids through a step-by-step, three week acting

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office needs the community’s help locating a wanted sex offender. Santos Gabriel Gonzales is a registered sex offender following a conviction of Sexual Assault of a Child out of the State of Texas. The victim was a 4-year-old girl, officials said. Deputies conducted a home verification check and learned that

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office identified the man killed in a wreck in Montana Vista on Sunday. 23-year-old Dustin Tyler Barrett died at the scene of a single vehicle crash in the Far East El Paso County neighborhood. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the crash on the 14000 block of wagon Trail Dr. just after

By LEANNE ITALIE All four former first ladies have joined the current one, Melania Trump, in an unusual united political front expressing horror at children separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. As Michelle Obama put it on Twitter, in support of Laura Bush: “Sometimes truth transcends party.” Mrs. Obama, a Democrat, wrote those

Amid intense nationwide debate over immigration policies, a California school board is naming a new elementary school after an undocumented immigrant. The school in Mountain View, California, will now hold the name of Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who came to the United States from the Philippines in 1993 when he was 12.

By NOMAAN MERCHANT MCALLEN, Texas (AP) – Politicians and advocates are flocking to the U.S.-Mexico border to visit immigration detention centers and turn up the pressure on the Trump administration amid a growing uproar over its policy of separating immigrant children from their parents. Nearly 2,000 children were taken from their parents over a six-week

The Senate on Monday approved a defense policy bill that includes a pay raise for the military and would block a White House plan to allow Chinese telecom giant ZTE Corp. to buy component parts from the U.S. The Chinese company is accused of violating trade laws by selling sensitive technologies to North Korea and

Microsoft is facing criticism over its relationship with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid the forced separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Social media outrage over the Trump administration’s border policies has drawn attention to a Microsoft cloud computing contract with ICE. Microsoft says in a blog post Monday that it’s

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz announced emergency legislation Monday evening to keep immigrant families together after they cross the border into the United States. The legislation follows comments Cruz made on Saturday that essentially called for more resources to adjudicate asylum claims. He also called for keeping immigrant kids with their parents as long as those

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday called the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” policy that has separated children from their parents at the southern U.S. border “a moral and humanitarian crisis.” Speaking at an awards lunch for the Women’s Forum of New York, Clinton said what was happening to families at the U.S.-Mexico border

A Las Cruces man was arrested by police Monday morning for allegedly attempting to strangle his girlfriend during an argument. Zechariah Hernandez, 21, has been charged with aggravated battery against a household member; a third-degree felony. According to the Las Cruces Police Department, Hernandez grabbed his girlfriend’s neck and started to strangle her when their

A tractor trailer has overturned on the Americas Interchange in Far East El Paso. Loop 375 South onto I-10 east is currently being affected by the wreck. The wreck was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Avoid the area.