Month: November 2018

A small group of Central American migrants marched peacefully to a border crossing in Tijuana Thursday to demand better conditions and push to enter the U.S. Mexican police watched closely as authorities from the National Human Rights Commission and the Grupo Beta migrant support agency told the migrants their needs would be addressed. They urged

A police investigation is underway in Central El Paso after a train struck a pedestrian. Police reported the collision at about 1:45 p.m.Thursday. It happened at Elm and Piedras. Police said one person was rushed to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. No other details were released. ABC-7 is working to learn more about the person

An 11-year-old Ohio boy accused of leading police on two separate high-speed chases in a year has been placed on house arrest. Cleveland.com reports the Ohio boy denied charges of grand theft, criminal damaging and failing to comply with a police order on Wednesday in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court. He’s has a court appearance in

A small New Mexico border town once attacked by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa is rejecting talk of a wall and troops while embracing its legacy to draw tourists. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has cited Pacho Villa’s 1916 raid of Columbus as an example of why President Donald Trump was deploying active-duty troops along the

President Donald Trump made a Thanksgiving Day threat to close the U.S. border with Mexico for an undisclosed period of time if his administration determines that its southern ally has lost “control” on its side. Trump also said he has given the thousands of active-duty troops he sent to the border before the Nov. 6

Authorities say a Pennsylvania man strangled a newborn child delivered by a teenage girl he had sexually assaulted on numerous occasions and hid the baby’s body in a safe. Lawrence County authorities say 38-year-old Christopher Lee Kennedy, who has no known address, faces numerous counts. He was arrested Wednesday and It wasn’t known Thursday if

Bridge wait times have gotten even longer as El Paso customs officers have been relocated to California to deal with an immigrant surge. Before we get in line at the border — the critical questions: how long is the wait, and which port of entry is faster? There are several resources to check bridge wait

It’s only hours away from Thanksgiving and many will soon be with their families. For some that means dealing with the rigors of holiday travel at the airport and scurrying to get to their families the night before Thanksgiving. “I’m going to Colorado, Breckenridge,” said El Pasoan Jazmine Sauls. Expecting long lines and long waits

Environmental officials are reminding everyone this holiday season to not dump cooking oils and greases down the sink. According to the Environmental Services Department, nearly 50 percent of all sewage overflows nationwide are caused by homeowners who improperly dispose of fats, oils and grease, which can clog pipes and wastewater lines, causing messy back ups

When you’re cooking your turkey, you need to be aware of four safety issues: thawing, preparing, stuffing and cooking to adequate temperature. Never leave a turkey out on the counter to thaw overnight. Bacteria can grow rapidly in raw turkey when its temperature is between 40-to-140 degrees. The C.D.C. recommends it be thawed in the

Almost four years after a fatal attempted Las Cruces burglary, the family who had already lost one son made the difficult decision to pull their second son off life support. “It was very hard,” said Melissa Molina-Machado. “He always told me to give him a fighting chance, which I did.” On Valentine’s Day of 2015,

The New Mexico State men’s basketball team used an incredibly balanced attack Wednesday night to put away an overmatched Eastern New Mexico squad by a final of 92-65. The Aggies saw 12 players score with four of them in double-figures. Terrell Brown was the high man for NMSU with 14 points including four three-pointers. Forward

The Centennial Hawks are winners of the Sweet Play of the Year for teams in New Mexico. Their winning play came in a regular season game against Mayfield. In a contest that was scoreless in the fourth quarter, the Hawks came up with a defensive touchdown to propel them to a victory that kept their

Facebook’s outgoing head of communications is taking the blame for hiring Definers, the public relations firm doing opposition research on the company’s critics, including billionaire philanthropist George Soros. In a Facebook post that went up late Wednesday, Elliot Schrage said the responsibility to hire Definers rests with him and that he approved the decision to

Holiday shoppers be ready, construction will continue on the braided ramps project in East El Paso this Thanksgiving holiday. The new westbound Hawkins exit ramp opened Wednesday, while the old westbound on ramp will not open until closer to Christmas, and the new flyover westbound on ramp will open in January. The eastbound Hawkins on

John Allen Chau spent summers alone in a California cabin as a wilderness emergency responder, led backpacking expeditions in the Northwest’s Cascade Mountains, almost lost his leg to a rattlesnake bite, and coached soccer for poor children in Iraq and South Africa. But kayaking to a remote Indian island, home to a tribe known for

Mexican immigration agents on Wednesday detained almost all of the Central American migrants on a fourth caravan that recently entered Mexico seeking to reach the United States. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said 213 migrants were detained and taken to a processing center. Those found to lack proper documents may face repatriation to their home countries.

While Americans are rushing to the supermarket for last minute holiday purchases, a group of migrants in Las Cruces is enjoying a first Thanksgiving meal. “I’m very happy and grateful,” said Cesar Augusto Domingo, who told ABC-7 he traveled 1,900 miles from Guatemala with his 5-year-old son, Emerson. In total, 17 men, women and children

A man was charged Wednesday with killing one woman and sexually assaulting two others after herding them at gunpoint into the back room of a suburban St. Louis religious supplies shop. The arrest of 53-year-old Thomas Bruce, of Imperial, ended a two-day manhunt that followed the brazen Monday afternoon attack at a Catholic Supply store

A black Democratic lawmaker called on Texas to immediately remove a Confederate plaque that rejects slavery as an underlying cause of the Civil War after the state’s attorney general said Wednesday that a legislative vote isn’t needed. “We could get out the screwdrivers today,” said Eric Johnson, a state representative in Dallas. The plaque is

Families in the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts are facing a challenging Thanksgiving more than two months after natural gas explosions and fires leveled homes and left thousands without heat or hot water. More than 2,000 homes are still without gas service in Lawrence, North Andover and Andover after gas lines were overpressurized during an otherwise

In an extraordinary rebuke of a president, Chief Justice John Roberts chastised Donald Trump Wednesday for going after a judge who ruled against his migrant asylum order as an “Obama judge.” Trump quickly lashed back defending his own criticism. It’s the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint

In an extraordinary rebuke of a president, Chief Justice John Roberts chastised Donald Trump Wednesday for going after a judge who ruled against his migrant asylum order as an “Obama judge.” Trump quickly lashed back defending his own criticism. It’s the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has offered even a hint

An Arizona jury on Wednesday acquitted a U.S. Border Patrol agent of manslaughter in the shooting of a Mexican teen through a border fence, another loss for federal prosecutors in the second trial over the 2012 killing. Jurors in Tucson found Lonnie Swartz not guilty of involuntary manslaughter but didn’t come to a decision on

Some residents of a Dallas apartment complex leaped from third-floor windows onto mattresses, and a woman dropped her baby to a bystander to escape the flames. Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans says several residents and bystanders, assisted by police officers, went door-to-door to alert others to the fire Wednesday morning. Authorities say three people, including

After 19-year-old Emily Scheck’s mother discovered she was a lesbian, the college student said, she lost the support of her parents, financial and otherwise; gained the support of thousands of others; and nearly had to choose between the generosity of strangers and her college running career. Heading into Thanksgiving, she said she has learned something.

After 19-year-old Emily Scheck’s mother discovered she was a lesbian, the college student said, she lost the support of her parents, financial and otherwise; gained the support of thousands of others; and nearly had to choose between the generosity of strangers and her college running career. Heading into Thanksgiving, she said she has learned something.

El Paso City Council nominee Richard Wright is asking for an official recount of the District 8 race but the El Paso County Elections Office says the deadline has passed. According to the El Paso County Elections Office, Wright finished in third with 2,400 votes, which is 15 votes behind Nicholas Vasquez. The statute on

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Wednesday the White House has given him explicit authority to use military troops to protect Customs and Border Protection personnel, with lethal force if necessary, at the southwest border. This could, under certain circumstances, mean directing troops to temporarily detain migrants in the event of disorder or violence against

The towering metal fence that divides the United States and Mexico at the edge of the Pacific Ocean has an imposing new feature: row upon row of razor wire. The wire that’s typically used in battlefields and on prison barriers is the most visible result of the $210 million military deployment along the U.S.-Mexico border,