Month: June 2018

A former hospice nursing supervisor in North Texas has pleaded guilty to her role in a $60 million health care fraud scheme that prosecutors allege involved overdosing patients for profit. Jessica Love pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud as part of an agreement filed Monday. Love worked as a registered nurse case

A deputy sheriff in Texas is accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl and threatening the child’s mother with deportation if she reported him. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar says 47-year-old Jose Nunez was arrested Sunday on a warrant for super aggravated sexual assault, pending formal charges. County jail and court records show Nunez is

A jury has convicted an Albuquerque man of stabbing to death his wife’s ex-husband in 2016. The Albuquerque Journal reports the jury returned the verdict Friday in the murder case against Terry Lee White. Prosecutor Natalie Strub in her opening statement Tuesday said White’s DNA was found under the fingernails of former Bernalillo County firefighter

Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was

An internal investigation by New Mexico’s child welfare agency into its handling of the case of a 7-year-old girl who authorities say was sexually exploited has resulted in 11 suspensions, demotions and terminations. State Children, Youth and Families Cabinet Secretary Monique Jacobson confirmed the disciplinary action in an interview with the Albuquerque Journal. She said

Jason Mraz’s summer tour hasn’t even started yet, and he’s already announced a fall tour which includes a stop in the Borderland. The Live In Stereo tour will feature Jason performing with his longtime percussionist Toca Rivera for a series of intimate acoustic performances. The trek gets underway November 23 at Newport News, Virginia and

A state senator from San Antonio is resigning, months after being convicted on 11 federal counts of money laundering and wire and securities fraud. Democrat Carlos Uresti was convicted in February and is awaiting sentencing of up to 20 years in prison. Uresti is appealing and wasn’t up for re-election until 2020, but announced that

FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Mexico after its fans used an anti-gay slur during the team’s 1-0 win over Germany. Some Mexican supporters chanted the slur when Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer prepared to take a goal kick in the 24th minute of Sunday’s game at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow. Fans in Mexico use

Defending his administration’s immigration policies, President Donald Trump says the U.S. won’t be a “migrant camp” or “refugee holding facility.” “Not on my watch,” Trump further stated. Unbowed by mounting bipartisan criticism of a policy that separates some immigrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, Trump says, “I say it’s very strongly the Democrats’

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says officials will not apologize for enforcing immigration laws that result in the separation of children from their parents. Nielsen was speaking Monday at the National Sheriff’s Association conference in New Orleans. Last month, Homeland Security began referring all cases of illegal entry to the Justice Department for prosecution. Nielsen

Facing a rising tide of outrage from Democrats and some Republicans over the forced separation of migrant children and parents at the U.S.-Mexico border, President Donald Trump dug in Monday, again falsely blaming Democrats in the escalating political crisis. Democrats have turned up the pressure over the policy, and some Republicans have joined the chorus

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz has triumphed over late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel in their much-hyped charity basketball game that Kimmel dubbed the Blobfish Basketball Classic. With each basket worth a single point, Cruz topped Kimmel 11-9 in a two-hour one-on-one match they agreed to abbreviate Saturday at Texas Southern University after neither appeared capable

Jack White, a Grammy-winning singer and guitarist behind the iconic song “Seven Nation Army,” will be taking over the El Paso County Coliseum in September. White will be performing on Sept. 19. The commission said in a news release that White’s concert will be a phone-free show. Fans’ phones and other photo or video-capturing equipment

Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets intended to serve as blankets. One teenager told an advocate who visited that she was helping

At least five people were killed and several others hurt Sunday as an SUV carrying more than a dozen people during a suspected “smuggling event” crashed while fleeing from Border Patrol agents in South Texas, authorities said. The SUV carrying 14 people went out of control at more than 100 mph and overturned on Texas

This morning, on Father’s Day, thousands of marchers turned out to Tornillo to protest family separation at the border along with Representatives Beto O’Rourke (D-TX) and Joe Kennedy (D-Mass) Thousands of protesters flooded the Tornillo port of entry Sunday to protest family separation at the border, following President Trump’s zero-tolerance policy to separate children from

Across the U.S. protests are taking place, as those who are against the separation of families are speaking out. Friday, the Department of Homeland Security said that nearly 2,000 children had been separated from their families. Here in the borderland, thousands of marchers turned out to the Marcelino Port of Entry in Tornillo, along with

One person died and another one was taken to the hospital after crash on Railroad and Diana Sunday morning. Police said it involved two vehicles. Authorities haven’t said what caused the crash.

Another weekend, another holiday and another closure of Interstate 10. “As far as the eye can see, it’s just traffic,” said Tyrone Green, who drove from Las Cruces to El Paso to play Topgolf with his children for Father’s Day. This time, the westbound lanes of Interstate 10 are closed at Sunland Park so crews

First lady Melania Trump “hates” to see families separated at the border and hopes “both sides of the aisle” can reform the nation’s immigration laws, according to a statement Sunday about the controversy over separation of immigrant parents and children at the U.S.-Mexico border. Mrs. Trump didn’t refer specifically to the Trump administration’s “no tolerance”

A car traveling west on Interstate 10 collided with the rear end of a semi-truck about 12:30 p.m. Several people are injured and traffic is being diverted off the interstate. Traffic in West El Paso is also backed up because of a scheduled closure along Interstate 10 East from Sunland Park to Mesa. The closure

Mexico has upset Germany 1-0 in their opening World Cup game, leaving the defending champions with a tougher task to qualify for the knockout stages. In his World Cup debut, Hirving Lozano scored Mexico’s winning goal in the 35th minute, picking up Javier Hernandez’s pass inside the penalty area and dodging Mesut Ozil before firing

Shooting broke out at an all-night art festival in Trenton, New Jersey, early Sunday, sending people stampeding from the scene and leaving one suspect dead and 20 people injured, a local prosecutor said. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo Onofri told a news conference Sunday that 16 of the 20 injured were treated for gunshot wounds. Four

One motorcyclist was taken to the hospital with serious injuries after crashing into tree in West El Paso. El Paso police said it happened just before 10 p.m. near the intersection of Kansas and Cincinnati. Special traffic investigators are currently at the scene, and traffic is being blocked off in the area. Tune in to

State leaders are speaking out against the Trump administration’s “Zero-Tolerance” policy on immigration — a policy they say is the cause for undocumented immigrant children being separated from their families. Now a march is being organized to advocate for immigrant rights. The Department of Health and Human Services has said it is planning to house

Drizzles of drain did not deter dozens from rafting the Rio Grande on Saturday, a yearly tradition. “We love the water, so it was really fun,” said Francisca Hakes, on a homemade raft for her family of five. “The kids kept going in and out. We just had the best time.” “People were calling me

Six police officers have been shot dead in the central Mexico state of Puebla by suspected fuel thieves. Puebla state security secretary Jesus Morales vowed to investigate the incident late Friday and said police had arrested two suspects. A vehicle carrying natural gas was recuperated from the area near where the officers were killed. The

The Border Patrol says it’s investigating an incident involving an indigenous man who is seen on video being struck by an agent’s vehicle. The agency said Friday its Tucson Sector has been made aware of the video taken Thursday on the Tohono O’odham Nation. Paulo Remes, a resident of the Tohono O’odham Nation, told the

An agency in Texas that contracts with the federal government to house thousands of immigrant children has signed a lease to turn a Houston warehouse into a temporary shelter. The Houston Chronicle reports that the application submitted to the state by Southwest Key Programs requests a license to hold up to 240 children. Southwest Key

There are now more than 200 school districts in Texas that have adopted policies allowing staff to carry firearms, a number that spiked in the weeks following a deadly high school shooting in Florida. Dax González with the Texas Association of School Boards tells the Corpus Christi Caller-Times that as of last month there were