Month: April 2019

Officers arrested a man who slashed another man with a sword after the victim allegedly knocked his “Make America Great Again” hat from his head, San Francisco police said Thursday. Leor Bergland, 30, of San Francisco was arrested in a restaurant Wednesday night by officers staking out his neighborhood since the Friday night incident, police

Democratic New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has authorized a nearly 12 percent increase in general fund spending for the coming fiscal year that includes across-the-board pay increases for teachers and state workers. The governor on Thursday signed a $7 billion budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1 without major adjustments to the

The wife of convicted drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has launched an appeal to fashion designers to propose designs for a clothing line named after her husband. Emma Coronel posted a message on her Instagram account this week saying “I invite clothing designers who are starting out and who want to join the project,

Authorities have identified a man found dead near a drainage canal in Dona Ana County last week. They say 55-year-old Manuel Nieto of Chamberino had been released from the Dona Ana County Detention Center on March 26. His body was located Tuesday afternoon. County Sheriff’s officials say it appears Nieto didn’t suffer any obvious trauma.

The Zia Middle School principal accused of distributing child pornography allegedly had nearly 200 suspected child porn videos in a hard drive, a criminal complaint obtained by ABC-7 states. Joel Aguilar Villanueva, 42, made his first appearance in federal court in Las Cruces on Thursday. Villanueva remains in custody pending a preliminary hearing and a

The arrest of nearly 300 people at a Dallas-area technology company was one of the largest enforcement actions of its kind in a decade and punctuates the push by the Trump administration to target companies employing people who federal authorities say are not authorized to be in the U.S. With a helicopter watching overhead, about

Police arresed two men outside an East El Paso post office because they were allegedly in possession of packages containing marijuana and THC. Police charged Robert Barraza, 20, and Oscar Nevarez, 22, with Possession of Marijuana and Manufacture or Delivery of a Controlled Substance. The men were arrested on April 2, 2019 outside the U.S.

After its journey through bankruptcy, Sears is getting ready to open its first batch of smaller stores that won’t carry clothing but will instead focus on appliances, mattresses and home services. The move comes after Sears has shuttered hundreds of stores in recent years. The first three stores called Sears Home & Life will open

Target is raising the minimum hourly wage for its workers for the third time in less than two years. The discounter said Thursday it plans to raise the hourly starting wage to $13 from $12 in June. The Minneapolis-based retailer announced in 2017 a plan to raise its starting hourly wages for workers to $15

Fox News Channel says that Sen. Bernie Sanders will appear on a televised town hall on April 15, making him the first Democratic candidate to venture onto Fox for this type of event in the current presidential cycle. It’s an important booking for Fox, after the Democratic National Committee announced last month that it would

In the growing Democratic presidential field, they seem like a study in opposites. One’s 77, a democratic socialist from the U.S.-Canada border state of Vermont, who exudes a curmudgeonly grumpiness and bursts with detailed policy proposals. The other’s a boyish 46-year-old native of the U.S.-Mexico border city of El Paso, Texas, who livestreams his skateboarding

Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan jumped into the 2020 presidential race on Thursday, portraying himself as a candidate who can bridge Democrats’ progressive and working class wings to win the White House. Ryan, 45, announced his primary bid on ABC’s “The View.” He plans a kickoff rally on Saturday in downtown Youngstown, where a big turnout

Shifting once again, President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to slap tariffs on cars coming to the U.S. from Mexico unless Mexico does more to stop the flow of migrants trying to enter the U.S. Trump had threatened last week to close down the border this week unless Mexico immediately halted “ALL illegal immigration coming into

One teenager is dead and a man is in custody in connection with a hit-and-run near Berino, New Mexico, according to a spokeswoman for the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office. A 16-year-old boy died from his injuries in the incident, according to the sheriff’s office. The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office told ABC-7 the boy

There is a crash on Transmountain as drivers are approaching US-54. The vehicles are on the median. There is no major delay in the area but drivers should look out for this wreck.

Each day, more than 130 people in the United States die due to opioid overdose. The misuse of and addiction to opioids, including pain relievers, is a national crisis. Doctors are fighting back, educating the public and prescribing surgical patients pain relievers that don’t come with the risk of addiction. “There are drugs in the

The El Paso Community is putting one if it’s best and brightest young minds on the national stage to compete in an event that is widely known as the Super Bowl of the Mind. 18-year-old Nathan Dasilva, a student at Ysleta High School, has high sights set on winning the Quiz Bowl Player National Championship

Several Democratic Presidential hopefuls have thrown their name in the hate for the 2020 race. All of them already have their campaign websites up and running, and in an attempt to reach Latino voters, most of them have an “En Español” button that translates the pages into Spanish. As POLITICO first reported, “Every campaign site

One group of cyclists are hoping their 83-day, 4,150 mile North American ride will help raise money toward breast cancer research. 3 Country Ride made a stop in Las Cruces Wednesday, as a part of its journey from Tijuana, Mexico, through 15 U.S. states, ending June 10 in Saint Stephen, Canada. Bob Hood, executive director

Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Kirstjen Nielsen, began a three-city border tour. Her first stop was El Paso. Nielsen visited three different sites, to assess what she calls a ‘crisis’ at the southern border. Nielsen visited the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry, The Border Patrol Station at Hondo Pass, and also a processing

According to Homeland Security Investigations, Joel Aguilar Villanueva, a Principal of Zia Middle School, was arrested on the charges of transportation of child pornography and possession of child pornography. HSI special agents made the arrest this morning in Las Cruces. Villanueva is being held at the Dona Ana Detention Center on a no bond hold.

Shutting down the southern U.S. border would be “crippling” to not just El Paso, but also to Texas and the U.S., the city’s mayor told ABC-7 on Wednesday. He made the assessment in the days after President Donald Trump threatened to close down the border in the wake of the massive uptick of migrants —

Customs and Border Protection officials have confirmed the Bridge of the Americas commercial lanes will be shutting down every Saturday as CBP officers are redirected to help Border Patrol manage the migrant crisis. A CBP official told KVIA the lanes, which are normally open from 6:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturdays, will have their

The Bel Air boys soccer team has been selected as this week’s Community Champion sponsored by Albertsons and the El Paso Community Foundation. The Highlanders are a remarkable 23-1 so far this year and have cruised through the first two rounds of the state playoffs in 5A. Big Red has defeated Canutillo and Amarillo already

Expect major backup on Loop 375 West at Fonseca due to a crash. The right lane is closed and backup is to Balsam. Clearing time is expected to be 2 Hours.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and CASA of El Paso is raising awareness about child abuse and neglect and the need for more dedicated members of the community to step up and become CASA volunteers. When a child is placed in the foster care system due to abuse or neglect, they are often

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a convicted sex offender after he allegedly cut off his ankle monitor and fled a far East El Paso halfway house. On Tuesday, Dewey Taylor Hosxie escaped from the El Paso Transitional Living Center located at 1650 Horizon Blvd. Hosxie left

Khalid charmed us on his debut album by singing about being young, dumb and broke. None of that is accurate on his excellent sophomore effort. The pop-soul-R&B star who knocked many people out with 2017’s “American Teen” is 21 now – still young, sure, but no longer a teen – and he’s far from broke

The Las Cruces Public School district will train principals and staff members to acccomodate the needs of transgender students, as outlined by a seven-page document released to the public on Tuesday. “Until we establish a safe environment and a welcoming environment, education is put on the back burner,” said Ray Jaramillo, the board member for