Month: August 2018

Health officials in El Paso confirmed the first case of West Nile Virus in El Paso this season. The patient is a man in his early 20s who lives in West El Paso. Health officials said the man had no associated medical conditions and is recovering from the virus. “It seems as though we are

Officers have caught a driver and three undocumented immigrants who fled through a South Texas border checkpoint in an SUV falsely decked out as an emergency response vehicle. Border Patrol Agent Carlos Ruiz said Wednesday that investigators believe it’s a fake fire/emergency medical services vehicle and the driver pretended to be an off-duty employee. A

The flamboyant former leader of Mexico’s powerful teachers union has been released from custody after a court determined there weren’t sufficient grounds to proceed in a years-long money-laundering case, her lawyer said early Wednesday. Attorney Marco Antonio del Toro read a statement from Elba Esther Gordillo in which she said the court had advised her

The landscape around the El Paso International Airport will soon change with the construction of a new hotel, Acequia Park, a Westin Hotel. ABC-7 first reported the new development in 2014, but plans to build the hotel came to a hault that same year after a nearby hotel filed a lawsuit. EP Vida is the

There is a crash on I-10 West and Executive that is blocking the left lane. Traffic is delayed in the area. Take Mesa to avoid this area.

El Paso Fire Department confirmed that crews are battling a fire in East El Paso. The fire happened at the Los Tres Gallegos restaurant on Lee Trevino Dr. and Pebble Hills Blvd. The Battalion Chief on the scene told ABC-7 the fire appeared to have started in the kitchen. The Chief said no one was

A federal district court judge will hear a Texas case on the lawfulness of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, program which provides protective status and work permits to undocumented immigrants. Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen will hear the case Wednesday. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the lawsuit back May. Paxton and

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador visited Juarez to promote Forums for Peace and National Reconciliation amid growing violence. Combating crime, and promoting peace were both campaign promises Lopez Obrador made. Homicides in Juarez are on the rise: In June 177 killings were reported, 177 happened in July as well, adding to the more than

The Chamizal Families of El Paso are demanding accountability from EPA. This morning Familias Unidas del Chamizal joined the City of Sunland Park and the Sierra Club in a class-action lawsuit against the EPA. They claim that the EPA violated the Clean Air Act by failing to list El Paso as a non-attainment area for

Two star prospect quarterback and UTEP signee Brayden Hawkins has left the team. The pro style QB has walked on with the University of Maryland where he has already started practicing. Losing any player isn’t a good thing but the miners had seven quarterbacks on the roster when the team left for Ruidoso. This is

Several closures are effect along Interstate 10 through Thursday Aug. 9 as a part of TxDOT’s “Go 10” Project. The following closures will run from 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. I-10 Westbound will be closed at Executive Center (Exit 16). I-10 Eastbound will be closed at Sunland Park (Exit 13). The I-10 overpass on Sunland

Police tell ABC-7 they are searching for the driver in a hit-and-run that a local DJ critically injured. The hit-and-run, captured on surveillance footage, happened in Central El Paso early Sunday morning. It shows a man who appears to be loading several items into his vehicle, parked in what appears to be an alley. The

A bridegroom has been credited with saving a struggling swimmer just moments after his beach wedding on the Gulf Coast last week. Zac and Cindy Edwards had just gotten married at Orange Beach, Alabama, and were taking wedding photos when a woman came up and said someone was struggling in the surf, WALA-TV reported .

Chicago officials announced Tuesday hundreds of additional police officers will be deployed to city neighborhoods where a burst of gun violence over the weekend left at least 11 people dead and around 70 wounded. Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said 400 additional officers are already patrolling areas on the West and South Sides where most of

The 3-year-old boy with a bowl haircut and striped shirt silently clung to his father in the back of a U.S. Border Patrol truck. Their shoes still muddy from crossing the border, the father and son had just been apprehended at a canal near a border fence in Arizona on a muggy night in July.

Officials with the city of Las Cruces are considering a number of options for improving a vacant lot near Sierra Middle School, including affordable housing. “We’re probably opposing it,” said Martha Trujillo, who lives directly behind the lot. “When you sprinkle affordable housing in with market housing, property values go up,” said Las Cruces City

A Houston man accused of killing his two children told authorities his 8-year-old son said “daddy, I’m sorry” before having his throat cut, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. Jean Pierre Ndossoka is charged with two counts of capital murder in deaths of his children, Marcel Ndossoka and 1-year-old Anna-Belle Faith Ndossoka. The father told

Three New Mexico men accused of federal theft charges for allegedly trying to defraud the Bureau of Indian Education have pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors say 67-year-old Simon Nunez Jr. of Albuquerque, 63-year-old David Parrish of Albuquerque and 56-year-old Leland Martinez of Los Lunas were arraigned Tuesday. The men allegedly misused government-issued credit cards to buy

Disney’s upcoming streaming service won’t try to compete directly with Netflix and Amazon, but will focus instead on quality – namely original programs from Disney’s “Star Wars,” Pixar and Marvel brands. The details from Disney CEO Bob Iger came as Disney reported a growth in earnings for the latest quarter, though results missed expectations. With

El Paso Homeowners are bracing for another city tax hike, but the proposed tax increase may go beyond affecting just homeowners. When it’s finally approved, the City says it will be a four cent increase, meaning you’ll pay $40 more per year for a home valued at $100,000. City leaders say they want to invest

El Paso City Council voted to reject a proposed ordinance requiring the City to protect from development all city owned public lands, which include Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 12 in Northwest El Paso. A group of homeowners collected thousands of signatures on petitions asking city leaders to reconsider an earlier vote approving TIRZ 12 for

Fire officials in Arizona say a man who told them he was trapped in a storm drain for two days needed a special operations team to be rescued. The Arizona Daily Sun reports crews found the man Saturday morning about 30 feet (9 meters) below the ground. Officials believe he crawled into a storm drain

In an effort to identify the shooters in the July 29th shooting on the 1600 block of Arizona Avenue, police are now turning to the publics help in receiving any information about the suspects involved. Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $1,000 for any information that may lead to the

El Paso City Council has approved a $110,000 grant that will allow the El Paso Police Department to buy 35 body cameras for its officers. The grant was made possible by a partnership that includes the Andeavor Corporation, The Cardwell Foundation and The El Paso Community Foundation. Police said the cameras will be used by

More than 700,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the United States during a recent 12-month period overstayed their visas, the Homeland Security Department said Tuesday. President Donald Trump has focused border security efforts on erecting a multi billion-dollar wall with Mexico. But the latest annual figures underscore how visa overstays are a big driver

A missing New York City woman was found shot to death in a Philadelphia basement, and a man found driving her car last week is in custody in Virginia, authorities said Tuesday. An autopsy confirmed the decomposing body found in the home in the Feltonville neighborhood was that of Vianelba Tavera, 50, of the Bronx,

A man accused of detonating a pipe bomb outside an Oklahoma military recruiting station has been found competent to stand trial. Federal court records show the ruling was handed down Tuesday for 29-year-old Benjamin Roden. The former Air Force senior airman was indicted after a pipe bomb exploded in front of an unoccupied Air Force

A New Mexico sheriff says searchers have found the remains of a boy on property where authorities raided a makeshift compound last week in search of a missing Georgia child. Taos County Sheriff Jerry Hogrefe said Tuesday that the remains were found after a search in Amalia. Authorities are awaiting a positive identification of the

Police say a man accused of stealing an idling car from a San Antonio gas station used a handgun he found in the vehicle to fatally shoot one of several people who pursued him. Authorities say one pursuer sideswiped the stolen Kia on Sunday, forcing it to stop. They say 23-year-old Jacob Gabriel got out

New Mexico officials say a female inmate overpowered a health-care worker and escaped from the Curry County Adult Detention Center in Clovis. The Eastern New Mexico News reports 25-year-old Kaitlyn Martinez-Arington escaped Monday and remained at large as of early Tuesday. It’s the third time in less than two months that an inmate has escaped.