Month: December 2018

Police have confirmed a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in West El Paso. The accident happened around 3:30 p.m. at the 6400 block of N. Desert Blvd, near Artcraft Rd. ABC-7 has a crew headed to the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.

The two incumbents in the El Paso City Council runoffs are now the unofficial winners of both races after 100 percent of precincts have reported. In District 1, Peter Svarzbein recieved 2,799 votes to 1,604 for Veronica Frescas. In District 8, Cissy Lizarraga claimed 1,107 votes to 672 for challenger Nicholas Vasquez. These are unofficial

The UTEP Miners took on UC-Riverside at the Don Haskins Center. Though they were down star point guard Evan Gilyard III they still found it in them to put up numbers. Efe Odigie, Nigel Hawkins and Jordan Lathom came up big for the Miners in the game. At the half UTEP was up 22-17 leaving

Shortly before a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died in U.S. custody, her father signed a form stating that his daughter was in good health. But it’s unclear how much the man understood on the form, which was written in English and read to him in Spanish by Border Patrol agents. The death of Jakelin Caal highlights

WASHINGTON (AP) — With a number of probes moving closer to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump and his attorney unleased a fresh series of attacks Sunday on the investigators, questioning their integrity while categorically ruling out the possibility of a presidential interview with the special counsel. Trump and Rudy Giuliani used Twitter and television

CHRISTMAS PAJAMA PARTY & MARKET: December 16, 2018 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM 1 Ardovino Drive, Sunland Park, NM 88063 Venue: Ardovino’s Desert Crossing Admission: Donation Slow Start Records & Danger Lips Group Presents: X-Mas Pajama Party and Market Ardovino’s Desert Crossing Sponsored By The City Magazine Proceeds and Donations going toward: Down Syndrome Coalition

CHRISTMAS PAJAMA PARTY & MARKET: December 16, 2018 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM 1 Ardovino Drive, Sunland Park, NM 88063 Venue: Ardovino’s Desert Crossing Admission: Donation Slow Start Records & Danger Lips Group Presents: X-Mas Pajama Party and Market Ardovino’s Desert Crossing Sponsored By The City Magazine Proceeds and Donations going toward: Down Syndrome Coalition

In a statement released Saturday morning, State Rep. Joe Pickett of El Paso, said that he will be stepping down after having served in the Texas House since 1995. He said in a statement that he learned he had cancer just before the start of the 2017 legislative session and has since sought treatment for

We are about a week away from the Greater El Paso Football Showcase. This is the second year of the event. Instead of east versus west the coaches get together and draft their teams. Yesterday was the skills challenge, quarterback edition. Players were supposed to drop back and throw a ball into a barrel for

The New Mexico State Fire Marshal concluded Saturday that the cause of Thursday’s Sunland Park house fire was Arson. The fire, which happened on December 13th, claimed the life of 8-year-old Marisa Muñoz, a 3rd grade student at Desert View Elementary. Two other children inside the home were flown to a burn center in Lubbock,

Kanye West continues his Twitter fued with Drake: So much for that apology Kanye West offered Drake a few months ago. On Thursday West offered up a barrage of tweets, which at first seemed to point to the beef being settled between the rappers but then pivoted to West accusing Drake of threatening him and

For many star athletes, picking which college you want to play for is not an easy decision. But for Franklin guard Katia Gallegos, there was no doubt she was headed to UTEP once they made her an offer. “Well, actually, it was not that hard. I had my mind on this school for a long

A hazmat crew is working to clean up a gasoline spill at 4220 Three Saints Road in Chamberino, the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Friday. ABC-7 has learned a 12 inch pipe burst, spilling approximately 30,000 gallons of gasoline into the ditch running alongside Three Saints Rd. The spill extended north and south approximately

Customs and Border Protection officials told ABC-7 the 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in their custody in early December stopped breathing on the hour-and-a-half drive to a Border Patrol station, while in their custody. According to CBP officials, the girl’s father said there were no medical issues of note on his intake form when he

A tragic house fire has united the community of Sunland Park, now coming together to help the devastated family. A fire Thursday morning claimed the life of 8-year-old Marisa Muñoz, a 3rd grade student at Desert View Elementary. Two other children inside the home were flown to a burn center in Lubbock, Texas. The family

When it comes to a 2020 presidential run, Beto O’Rourke is still playing hard to get – even as the buzz around him intensifies. The three-term Democratic congressman murmured “No decision. No decision on that,” when pressed by an attendee during a town hall Friday in his native El Paso who playfully demanded: “You’re going

El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke said Friday the death of migrants can be avoided if the US increased staffing at ports of entry and stopped militarizing the border. “We can stop building walls and stop militarizing the border so that we stop people from trying to enter in isolated places like Antelope Wells,” said O’Rourke

El Paso Congressman Beto O’Rourke said Friday the death of migrants can be avoided if the US increased staffing at ports of entry and stopped militarizing the border. “We can stop building walls and stop militarizing the border so that we stop people from trying to enter in isolated places like Antelope Wells,” said O’Rourke

Congress is racing to avoid a partial government shutdown next Friday over President Donald Trump’s border wall. But you wouldn’t know it by the schedule, as lawmakers left town waiting for the White House’s next move. The House is taking an extended five-day weekend, returning Wednesday night. The Senate returns Monday after a three-day absence.

Detectives with the El Paso Police Department are asking the public for help identifying the man who robbed a West El Paso massage parlor at gunpoint. Police said the armed robber happened the night of Monday, November 12, 2018 at 11:03 p.m. at Relaxation Massage, located at 5864 N. Mesa. The man walked into business,

El Paso Locomotive FC will play its first game ever at Southwest University Park on March 9 against OKC Energy FC, the United Soccer League announced Friday. The exact time of the game has not yet been determined. March 9 is expected to be a landmark day for the USL with a record 17 games

Democratic New Mexico Gov.-elect Michelle Lujan Grisham has appointed Cabinet secretaries at three major agencies that oversee state finances, Medicaid and subsidized nutrition programs, and the regulation of energy and mining industries. Lujan Grisham on Friday emphasized commitments to expanding the state’s clean-energy economy and shoring up health care access in announcing the Cabinet appointments.

Students at East Point Elementary School got to celebrate Christmas nearly two weeks early. El Pasoan and Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones and his brother Alvin teamed up with teachers and administrators at the school to donate nearly two dozen bikes to students. The donations were delivered Thursday by Aaron and Alvin’s father,

Gov. Susana Martinez says the state crime lab has cleared its backlog of nearly 1,400 rape kits ahead of schedule. In her announcement Friday, the governor said a combination of $1.2 million in grant funding and the hiring of two temporary forensic scientists helped officials clear the backlog of evidence kits that had been in

A Texas mother whose two toddlers died after she left them inside a hot vehicle overnight was sentenced to 40 years in prison. Amanda Hawkins, 20, learned her punishment Wednesday for the June 2017 deaths of her two daughters in Kerrville, which is about 65 miles (105 kilometers) northwest of San Antonio, the Kerrville Daily

A man accused of child abuse after authorities say a 3-year-old boy shot his 8-month-old sister in the face in a New Mexico motel room also faces charges in another case involving his girlfriend’s children. Tyrell Bitsilly was arrested in October after police say he fired a gun during an argument inside a car in

An Arizona judge has stripped a prominent Washington-area immigration and reproductive rights organizer of her green card and ordered her deportation. The Washington Post reports the immigration judge on Tuesday also denied 33-year-old Alejandra Pablos’ petitions for asylum, saying the Mexican-born legal permanent resident wouldn’t qualify because reproductive rights activists aren’t deemed a group in

An Arizona judge has stripped a prominent Washington-area immigration and reproductive rights organizer of her green card and ordered her deportation. The Washington Post reports the immigration judge on Tuesday also denied 33-year-old Alejandra Pablos’ petitions for asylum, saying the Mexican-born legal permanent resident wouldn’t qualify because reproductive rights activists aren’t deemed a group in

A former U.S. Army commando is being charged with murder in a long-simmering case alleging he tracked down and killed a suspected bomb-maker in Afghanistan. Army Lt. Col. Loren Bymer said in a statement Friday that Maj. Mathew Golsteyn is charged with killing the Afghan during his 2010 deployment to Afghanistan. Bymer said Golsteyn’s commander

Colorado police investigating the disappearance of a woman last seen on Thanksgiving Day searched her fiance’s property on Friday morning. Police did not immediately disclose any information about the purpose of the search at the property in the tiny community of Florissant, south of Denver. Police announced that they would hold a news conference Friday