Month: July 2018

Police say the woman shot in Northeast El Paso Sunday afternoon has died and the victim’s husband has been charged. Police said Jamar Lennell Birch, 35, shot and killed his wife, 34-year-old Jennifer Birch. The shooting happened shortly after 4 p.m. on the 10300 block of Mackinaw on July 15, 2018. Police said Jamarr Birch

Police say a traffic stop in Central Texas has led to $4.8 million in drugs found smuggled inside the tires of a pickup truck. Austin police on Monday announced the arrest of the driver during a July 10 stop for allegedly speeding on southbound Interstate 35. The vehicle also lacked a front license plate. Police

Police say a traffic stop in Central Texas has led to $4.8 million in drugs found smuggled inside the tires of a pickup truck. Austin police on Monday announced the arrest of the driver during a July 10 stop for allegedly speeding on southbound Interstate 35. The vehicle also lacked a front license plate. Police

Patricia Aragon told the U.S. asylum officer at her recent case assessment that she was fleeing her native Honduras because she had been robbed and raped by a gang member who threatened to kill her and her 9-year-old daughter if she went to the police. Until recently, the 41-year-old seamstress from San Pedro Sula would

The viral video of an El Paso Police officer pointing a gun at a group of children has caused debate in the Borderland and nationwide. Police say officers were responding to a trespassing call on Sambrano Avenue on July 5. An altercation occurred between people at the scene and the officer. That’s what led to

The viral video of an El Paso Police officer pointing a gun at a group of children has caused debate in the Borderland and nationwide. Police say officers were responding to a trespassing call on Sambrano Avenue on July 5. An altercation occurred between people at the scene and the officer. That’s what led to

Thousands of Twitter accounts in Texas cities were reportedly created by information operatives in Russia and were posed to look like local news accounts, according to National Public Radio. The report says some accounts targeted El Paso, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Odessa. A full list of 1,100 Twitter accounts were linked to the Internet

The smallest country to qualify for the World Cup Tournament took on a country who is going into their third finals match. Early in the first half, France with a free kick outside the box and the shot goes off a Croatian and into the goal! This was the first own goal ever scored in

El Paso Police are responding to a serious crash in South Central El Paso. Police say the crash occurred on Paisano and Valverde. Avoid the area and seek an alternative route. This story will be updated when update become available.

Authorities say at least three of the 22 people injured in a crash involving a passenger bus and three other vehicles on New Mexico highway are in critical condition. Three people died in the wreck early Sunday, but it’s unclear if they were bus passengers or in a semitruck, pickup truck or car tied to

Police confirm a man was shot and killed at Club Hush on 8216 Dyer around 5:00 A.M. Sunday. Officials said shots were fired at a car in the parking lot. A man inside the car was shot and taken Beaumont hospital, where he later died. Police say no arrests have been made in connection with

A 19-year-old West Texas woman has been jailed and held on $250,000 bond on a capital murder charge for the death of her 3-month-old daughter. Ector County sheriff’s authorities say Klarissa Ramirez has taken responsibility for the child’s fatal injuries. Deputies were summoned to an Odessa hospital on April 16 after the unresponsive baby was

Officials say a New Mexico State Police trooper has been wounded and a suspect fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire during a traffic stop. Deputy Chief Robert Eshom said at a news briefing that the wounded officer was involved in a traffic stop at about 2 a.m. Sunday along Interstate 25. Eshom says a

Legendary Eastwood High School basketball coach Gary Pippen is planning to step down, according to sources. Coach Pippen has taught at Eastwood High for more than five decades and been the boys basketball head coach for a quarter-century. He was on the staff when coach Bobby Lesley brought home the state title in 1976. Sources

Forty years ago an El Pasoan in Colorado Springs would be the first black detective in the police department, and he would work to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan. Ron Stallworth was in El Paso signing copies of his book, Black Klansman, ahead of its movie’s release. Stallworth spoke to the crowd in the bookstore,

President Donald Trump’s lament this week that immigration is “changing the culture” of Europe echoed rising anti-immigrant feelings on both sides of the Atlantic, where Europe and the United States are going through a demographic transformation that makes some of the white majority uncomfortable. Historians and advocates immediately denounced Trump’s comments, saying such talk would

The U.S. homeland security secretary said on Saturday there are no signs that Russia is targeting this year’s midterm elections with the same “scale or scope” it targeted the 2016 presidential election. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen spoke at a convention of state secretaries of state, an event that’s usually a low-key affair

Just beyond the portables at Bowie High School is the lush community garden. On Saturday, veterans from around Texas, accompanied by city officials, were whacking weeds and plowing dirt, stopping for sips of water under the hot summer sun. The volunteers are a part of the new Service Platoon of The Mission Continues nonprofit. Joel

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U.S. Border Patrol Agents working the Ysleta area have been busy this week with the apprehension of two MS-13 gang members . Early Sunday morning Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Ysleta Border Patrol Station and working the Texas Highway 62/180 Border Patrol checkpoint began tracking a group of nine subjects attempting to walk around

A South Texas man faces up to 10 years in federal prison after being caught trying to smuggle 30 immigrants in a refrigerated truck trailer hauling a load of limes. Prosecutors say David Rodriguez Sr. of Carrizo Springs was convicted Friday in Corpus Christi of conspiring to and transporting illegal immigrants. The 52-year-old Rodriguez remains

Federal authorities on Friday indicted eight MS-13 gang members in the U.S. illegally who used machetes and other weapons to carry out a string of violent attacks against rival gang members in North Texas last year. U.S. Attorney Erin Nealy Cox said the street gang is one of the largest in the U.S. and described

A West Texas sheriff says remains found early this year in a rural pit are those of two young Puerto Ricans missing since 2015. Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter said Friday that DNA tests determined the remains were those of 20-year-old John Iglesia-Alvarez and 19-year-old Ashley Cruz-Rodriguez, who both were shot. The sheriff’s office had

In a matter of minutes East El Paso received a significant amount of rain Friday night. ABC-7 had issued a First Alert for some severe weather and flooding issues Friday afternoon. Visibility on I-10 was minimal, and several cars pulled over to the shoulder when the rain was at its peak around 7:05 pm. That’s

Some cast members from the Discovery show “Street Outlaws” are in the Borderland this weekend to do what they know best – street racing. The show highlights street racers from across the country and is currently entering its 11th season. Racers from the show including Derek Travis are getting ready for a “six-by-six shootout” race

Governor Susana Martinez announced Friday Stampede Meat will expand to Sunland Park, creating approximately 1,295 new food processing and manufacturing jobs over the next five years. The governor said the company will invest more than $36 million in infrastructure and the renovation of the former Tyson plant. “It’s an honor to welcome Stampede and their

Friday was the second Friday the 13th of 2018, but are people superstitious about the day? Some actually think it’s a day for good luck. “I’ve heard that it’s good luck actually, I don’t think it’s bad luck. It just depends how you view it,” says Ary, a student a UTEP. “I don’t believe it’s

The El Paso Crimes Against Persons (CAP) Unit is asking for the community’s help locating a man missing and considered endangered. Police said 46-year-old Servillon Andrade Hernandez went missing June 28th around 8 p.m from his home in the 10200 block of Kellogg Street in Northeast El Paso. Family members said he left on foot.

A Florida police chief tells ABC-7 the El Paso Police officer seen in video pointing a gun at a group of children could have de-escalated the situation. Daytona Beach Police Chief Craig Capri was cautious not to criticize another police officer, but says an officer should never pull a gun on children, even if they