Month: January 2019

Read an updated article on this story here. ORIGINAL STORY: Houston police say five officers have been struck in a shooting and have been taken to local hospitals. In a tweet, Houston police say the officers were “struck with gunfire following an encounter with a suspect” Monday afternoon in a neighborhood in southeast Houston. Mayor

The Franklin High school student, Nathalie Diaz, who was critically injured in a car crash is speaking with ABC 7 about her ordeal. Diaz was a passenger in a Vehicle that crashed into another vehicle in November of 2018. The crash happened at the corner of Edinburgh Drive and Leeds Drive. Diaz was riding in

The 2018 New Mexico State baseball team has been selected as the “Team of the Year” by the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame and will be honored at the organization’s annual banquet on April 7 in Albuquerque. The team went 40-22 overall and won the program’s first-ever WAC Tournament to secure a spot in

Multiple ducks have lost their home because the City of Las Cruces is draining the pond at Young Park. “They’re healthy,” said Gimo Jimenez, an animal control supervisor with the City. “However, they don’t have a lot of water to move around in and get out of the way of predators.” The City is replacing

The elections department administrator for the County of El Paso told ABC-7 she will examine a list of more than 4,100 residents of El Paso County who voted, and possibly, are not U.S. citizens. Late last week, Texas Secretary of State David Whitley questioned the citizenship status of 95,000 voters, who he claims voted as

New Mexico has a democratic governor for the first time in eight years. Does that mean the state could soon legalize marijuana? “It’s going to directly impact the economy over time,” said state Rep. Angelica Rubio, D-Las Cruces. “Especially when it’s combined with a lot of different ideas that are coming about from this legislature.”

The government is back open, but the effects of the partial government shutdown were far-reaching. Immigration hearings for non-detained migrants were canceled during the shutdown. Immigration attorney Cynthia Lopez said the shutdown made an already vast backlog of cases even worse. “Essentially if someone has been scheduled for a court hearing these past few weeks,

Civil rights groups demanded Monday that Texas officials walk back their recent suggestion that tens of thousands of non-citizens may have voted in the state since 1996, an announcement that spurred President Donald Trump to renew unsubstantiated claims of rampant voter fraud. The ACLU, along with a dozen other voter and minority rights groups, sent

The nation’s immigration courts were severely backlogged even before the government shutdown. Now it could take years just to deal with the delays caused by the five-week impasse, attorneys say. With the shutdown finally over, the courts reopened Monday morning to immigrants seeking asylum or otherwise trying to stave off deportation, and hearings were held

Prosecutors in Nevada said Monday they’ve filed murder charges that could bring the death penalty against a 19-year-old Salvadoran immigrant in four recent killings carried out over a six-day span. Wilber Ernesto Martinez-Guzman acted alone in the deaths of a couple in Reno and two women in their homes in nearby Gardnerville, prosecutors Mark Jackson

A new government report says that the U.S. budget deficit is set to hit $897 billion this year and predicts that economic growth will slow as the effects of President Donald Trump’s tax cut on business investment begin to drop off. The Congressional Budget Office Report predicts a $118 billion increase over last year’s $779

Police officers who pulled over a Las Cruces man driving a car without license plates allegedly found more than 160 pounds of marijuana inside the car. Police charged 22-year-old Fernando Garza, of Las Cruces, with Possession of Marijuana Over 50 Pounds, Under 2,000 Pounds. The officers pulled Garza over at 5:47 p.m. on Friday, January

Police said a man driving a car with the headlights off was found to be intoxicated and the man’s passenger was allegedly in possession of cocaine. Fernando Gomez, 21, is charged with DWI. Cynthia Contreras, 19, was charged with Possession of a Controlled Substance (Cocaine) and Fraudulent Possession of Identifying Information. Gomez, driving a 2007

An elderly man killed his wife when he accidentally stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brakes as he was backing a car into a driveway, police said. Investigators identified the driver as 89-year-old Jose Manuel Huerta and the woman who died as 86-year-old Sofia Huerta. The accident, police said, happened at 7335 Mimosa

President Donald Trump said the odds congressional negotiators will craft a deal to end his border wall standoff with Congress are “less than 50-50.” As hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers prepared to return to work, Trump told The Wall Street Journal that he doesn’t think the negotiators will strike a deal that he’d

There is a crash on I-10 West and Copia that is blocking the right shoulder and the right lane. Take Montana or Gateway West to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

UPDATE: El Paso Police have confirmed a 20-year-old died at the scene of a shooting in Northeast El Paso. The victim has not been identified. The suspect is still at large. Crimes Against Person is investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call 915-212-4040. Original story: One man is dead after a shooting in northeast

The Legislature is beginning public deliberations on a new bill that would legalize medically assisted suicide for terminally ill patients. A New Mexico House panel for health policies was scheduled Monday to hear the proposal from Democratic Rep. Deborah Armstrong of Albuquerque and Sen. Liz Stefanics of Santa Fe sets out protocols for the prescription

This weekend, El Paso police say a 20-year-old man was shot to death in the northeast. Two years ago, a 46-year-old man was shot to death one block away. “My brother was shot down dead, cold blooded,” said Tomás Moncada. “He never made it home.” In February 2017, police say Marco Moncada was shot multiple

It was a 1:30AM start for the Australian Open final in Melbourne, Australia. This would be the 53rd time Novak Djokovich and Rafael Nadal have competed against each other. Djokovich would start fast and never let up. The six time winner of this tournament was looking to make it seven and break the three way

It was a rainy day in Orlando, Flordia for 2019 Pro Bowl. The NFC and AFC’s best went head to head in a game with basically no tackling. All the superstars were there like Dak Prescott and Patrick Mahones. On the first drive of the game Mahones led his squad down the field for the

Authorities say a Virginia fugitive who was featured on “America’s Most Wanted” two decades ago was arrested after a three-hour standoff with deputies in Florida. Flagler County Sheriff’s Office says 46-year-old Michael Eugene Moore has a fugitive warrant in Virginia. Moore was featured on the TV show, accused by authorities of stabbing his wife repeatedly

Traffic is surging in the railroad industry in southeast New Mexico thanks to the oil boom in the state and West Texas. The number of rail cars traveling through the Carlsbad area almost tripled during the region’s recent oil boom as extraction continued to grow in Permian Basin, the Carlsbad Current-Argus report ed. Around 150

During negotiations to end the partial shutdown of the federal government, President Donald Trump has increasingly backed away from his request for a “border wall.” In recent weeks, the president has often referred to the wall as a “smart border barrier” with “see-through” walls. ABC-7 rode along with Border Patrol agents Friday for a closeup

UTEP took on Charlotte at the Don in a C-USA contest. This was a close contest up until the end. The Miners would make mental errors with in the last minute keeping the door open for the 49ers to stay in it. With under 30 seconds left in the game, Evan Gillyard thinks he is

The NMSU Aggies have been hot as of late. With 15-4 record coming into the game they were on a four game winning streak. This game went back and forth. The ex-UTEP player Terry Win III played well for UTRGV leading them in points with 18. 16 seconds left in the game. UTRGV Tyson Smith

Everybody can get on board! The El Paso Locomotive FC had their first preseason game today and we were there! They kicked off 2019 at the Westside Soccer Complex in Canutillo against Texas United. El Paso is in black and Dallas wore red. Locomotive FC will have 7 pre season games before the start of

With the longest government shutdown in US history now officially over, members of congress have headed back to their districts. El Paso’s federal representative, Veronica Escobar, held her first town hall and spoke to constituents about that same shutdown. There will be monthly town halls and quarterly veteran town halls with Representative Escobar. More than

Emergency crews responded to a crash Saturday afternoon on I-10 east at Airway. Details are limited at this time, but police say the crash involved a semi-truck and motorcycle. El Paso police say one person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. All lanes were closed for a few hours, but are now back

El Paso police have shared a photo of a light-colored sedan they say was involved in a fatal hit-and-run Saturday morning. Police say Juan Manuel Pasillas, 47, was hit and killed just after 1 a.m. at Dyer and Sun Valley. He was walking west on Sun Valley and crossed at the Dyer intersection. “The pedestrian