Month: October 2018

The Chihuahuas are looking for a new manager after Rod Barajas was promoted by the Padres. Barajas, who led the Chihuahuas to three division titles in three seasons as manager, will now serve as the bench coach for the Padres. The Chihuahuas went 228-196 under Barajas and added a Pacific Coast League Championship in 2016.

A pair of former high school standouts from El Paso will meet on the gridiron Friday night in a Pac-12 battle in Tucson. Tristan Cooper of Andress, now a hard-hitting defensive back for Arizona, will try to help his Wildcats slow down former Del Valle quarterback Steven Montez and his Colorado Buffaloes. Cooper says he

What will happen to the hundreds of migrants released to El Paso and Las Cruces churches this week? “We have a partnership with the government to get them to their sponsor,” said Pastor George Miller of El Calvario United Methodist Church in Las Cruces. In total, the federal government released 378 legal migrants this week

People living in the Sunland Park, New Mexico area say they are seeing immigrants crossing into the U.S. illegally through a gap in the border barrier. That gap in question is southwest of the Cristo Rey monument. People living along the wall on the Mexico side tell ABC-7 they see immigrants crossing from Mexico into

The man accused of mailing crude pipe bombs to prominent Democrats and left-leaning donors may have had Texas Congressman Beto O’Rourke in his sights, The Dallas Morning News first reported Wednesday. O’Rourke Campaign Spokesman Chris Evans told ABC-7 O’Rourke received several threatening Facebook messages from pipe bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc earlier this year. Evan said

Migrants from different parts of Central America are waiting in line at the Paso Del Norte bridge to seek asylum. ABC-7 spoke with one man who left Honduras with his girlfriend Dec. 20, 2017. He said he got to the port of entry on Sunday and has been waiting to claim asylum. Herson Valeriano Soto

Mexico’s Supreme Court issued two more rulings Wednesday ordering that complainants in individual cases be allowed to use marijuana for recreational purposes, establishing a precedent that a blanket prohibition on pot is unconstitutional. The court found that adults have a fundamental right to personal development which lets them decide their recreational activities without interference from

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. More than three million Americans are diagnosed with the learning disorder every year. According to the Mayo Clinic, Dyslexia is a disorder affects the parts of the brain that process language. It involves difficulty reading because of problems identifying speech sounds and learning how to relate to letters and words.

A semitrailer jackknifed along Interstate east near Brown which is causing major backup on I-10 east and westbound. According to TXDOT, all lanes going east on I-10 in that area are closed. Expect backup on both I-10 East and Westbound.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the number of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexican border could go as high as 15,000 as he draws a hard line on immigration in the lead-up to the midterm elections. With his eyes squarely on next Tuesday’s contests, Trump has rushed a series of immigration declarations, promises and

El Paso’s explosive turnout surge in this year’s election is being driven by women, particularly younger women, an analysis of voting data shows. The number of women casting ballots through Tuesday’s ninth day of early voting is almost 16,000 more than the total number of women votes in the last midterm election, including early voting

El Paso’s explosive turnout surge in this year’s election is being driven by women, particularly younger women, an analysis of voting data shows. The number of women casting ballots through Tuesday’s ninth day of early voting is almost 16,000 more than the total number of women votes in the last midterm election, including early voting

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is pushing back on suggestions that the move to send thousands of active-duty troops to the Southwest border is a political stunt ahead of the midterm elections next week. Mattis told reporters Wednesday at the Pentagon that the deployment of more than 5,200 troops is based on a request from the

The Pentagon said by the end of this week about 5,200 troops will make their way to the Southwest border. It’s part of “Operation Faithful Patriot” which is an effort to help Customs and Border Protection bolster up security at the border in anticipation of caravans carrying thousands of Central American migrants looking to make

President Donald Trump is criticizing Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan for dismissing his call to end so-called birthright citizenship for the children of non-U.S. citizens born in the country. Trump tweets that Ryan “should be focusing on holding the Majority rather than giving his opinions on Birthright Citizenship, something he knows nothing about!” Ryan, who

Candidates in El Paso’s four City Council races face a difficult challenge this year, getting people to vote for them when those voters have had little contact with the candidates and likely know little about the races. This is the first year El Paso is electing City Council representatives in the November general election in

Thousands of Central American migrants in a caravan that has already advanced 250 miles into Mexico hope they won’t have to walk anymore, at least for a while. Red Cross personnel on Wednesday bandaged the swollen feet of Honduran farmer Omar Lopez in the southern city of Juchitan, where the caravan was paused for the

There is a crash on I-10 West and Downtown that is creating a delay. Drivers should take Missouri or North Loop to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

As Americans participate in early voting ahead of Election Day on Nov. 6, a new study shows just how much power those voters have — and how it varies depending on where they live. Although the U.S. gives all citizens age 18 or older the right to vote, (aside from felons in most states), ballots

Halloween is a day for costumes, candy and trick-or-treating, but it is also a day of spookiness and scary stories. ABC-7 asked Borderland residents about some regional folktales and superstitions, like the Chupacabra, an animal-killing creature only seen at night. Another folktale, La Llorona or weeping woman, who is said to be seen around the

*Bidistrict scores provided by the El Paso Volleyball Officials Association Class 6A: Coronado def. Frenship in 3 sets Franklin def. Midland in 5 sets Montwood def. Amarillo Tascosa in 5 sets Class 5A: Chapin def. Hanks in 3 sets Burges def. Eastlake in 3 sets El Dorado def. Jefferson in 3 sets Class 4A: Monahans

On Tuesday afternoon, the federal government released 378 migrants to the care of local churches and organizations across El Paso and Las Cruces. “There’s a surge right now,” said Ruben Garcia, director of the Annunciation House. He said this group has “no connection” to the caravan of thousands of migrants crossing through Mexico. “It was

There is no New Mexico Law that prohibits registered sex offenders from passing out candy or decorating their yards during the Halloween season, the Doña Ana County Sheriffs Department told ABC-7. Kelly Jameson, a spokeswoman with the department, told ABC-7 the only exception is if the registered sex offender is on probation or parole. “New

Democratic Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke suggested Tuesday night that President Donald Trump floated the idea of using an executive order to end birthright U.S. citizenship to sway next week’s midterm elections, saying the White House wants to play on the country’s “worst impulses.” A three-term congressman from El Paso, O’Rourke is challenging Republican Sen.

A Houston man had to have his jaw wired shut for 3 weeks after being attacked and robbed while doing a good deed, allegedly by a man in a “Jason” mask. ABC Houston affiliate KTRK reports Joana Cruz, 20, and Jackson Revelo, 18, have both been charged with aggregated robbery following an incident that took

El Paso City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to move forward with plans to bring The Great Wolf Lodge to the city. Alfonso de Gortari, managing director of international development for Great Wolf Resorts, said that although this is just the first step in a process, he’s pleased at the progress made in a year and

President Donald Trump said Tuesday he wants to end a constitutional right that automatically grants citizenship to any baby born in the United States. Trump, in an interview with “Axios on HBO,” said his goal is halting guaranteed citizenship for babies of noncitizens and unauthorized immigrants. U.S. citizenship through birth comes via the 14th Amendment

From KVIA’s news partners at El Paso Inc.: For the second time in three years, El Paso ISD is asking voters to approve what’s called a “penny swap,” which would bring in $7.5 million in additional state money without raising the local school tax rate.If approved in the Nov. 6 election, all 8,400 of El

NATO’s secretary general said Tuesday he is confident the Western military alliance and Russia “will act in a respectable way” as both hold training exercises in the same area off Norway’s coast. “This is not a Cold War situation,” Jens Stoltenberg said as he attended the Trident Juncture war games NATO is holding with around

A prosecutor in the trial of an Iowa father whose infant son was found dead and maggot-infested in a baby swing last year has told a jury the child “died of diaper rash.” Assistant Iowa Attorney General Coleman McAllister told jurors Tuesday that 4-month-old Sterling Koehn had been in the same diaper for nine to