Month: May 2019

New photos capture the dramatic rescue of a 7-year-old boy from Honduras who nearly drowned in the river separating the U.S. and Mexico until Border Patrol agents rescued him. The San Antonio Express-News reported Wednesday on the rescue of four adults and five children who tried to cross the Rio Grande in inflatable children’s pools

International Kangaroo Care Awareness Day was celebrated Wednesday morning at Las Palmas Medical Center. It’s a day where parents in the neonatal intensive care unit at Las Palmas are encouraged to perform kangaroo care, or skin-to-skin contact. It has many benefits for parents and babies including a more stable heart rate for baby, and it

Bob Bielek, the district engineer for the El Paso sector of the Texas Department of Transportation, submitted his resignation last week. In a statement emailed to ABC-7, a TxDOT spokeswoman said, “On behalf of TxDOT leadership, we appreciate Bob’s service to the Department and the El Paso District and wish him well in his future

For the first time, Mexico’s Senate has approved a law requiring written contracts, paid vacation and annual bonuses for domestic workers. The bill. already approved by the lower house, opens the way for domestic workers be registered in Mexico’s social security system, which also provides health care. The new law will prohibit hiring domestic workers

There is a crash on I-10 East at Asarco that is blocking the center lanes. Drivers need to take Paisano or Mesa to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

There is a crash on I-10 East at Asarco that is blocking the center lanes. Drivers need to take Paisano or Mesa to avoid this area. No injuries reported.

TRAFFIC ALERT There is a crash on I-10 West and Yarbrough. The crash is blocking the right lane in the area. A major delay is building take Gateway or Montana.

Bike lovers in El Paso could be on the verge of a big win with the arrival of a plan that would bring more than 8 miles of new bike lanes to the city. “We’re looking towards incorporating this multimodal by following our bike plan,” said Yvette Hernandez, Director of the Capital Improvement Department Yvette

The Bel Air baseball team is giving Big Red Nation plenty more to cheer about just weeks after the boys soccer team captured a state title. The Highlanders have made it to the third round of the 5A playoffs in baseball and are now just one of 32 teams left across Texas in that classification.

Ezra Castro, better known as Bills superfan “Pancho Billa,” died Tuesday after a lengthy battle with cancer. Castro, an El Paso native, became known across the country as one of the biggest supporters of the Buffalo Bills and even got a chance to read out a draft pick at the 2018 NFL Draft. Castro played

A wreck involving two tractor trailers and a vehicle at I-10 East and Montecillo is causing a backup. The wreck is in between Executive and Sunland Park. If you are heading east, take Mesa or Paisano instead.

The Texas Humane Legislation Network hosted events across the state to encourage members to reach out to lawmakers about SB 295. The bill passed the Texas Senate with bi-partisan support and would enact harsher penalties for people who leave their pets tethered outside, making animal cruelty a class C or B misdemeanor. The bill also

The City of Deming declared a state of emergency and is now using the New Mexico State Fairgrounds to coordinate with migrants released by Border Patrol in Luna County. Deming City Administrator Aaron Sera told ABC-7 the City started receiving migrants Sunday morning. Sera said the Fairgrounds are primarily being used to help migrants make

Back in the ’90s Glamour Shots was the go-to place for families and professionals whenever they wanted to get glammed up for a special photo shoot. Whether it was fun family photos or graduation photos, Glamour Shots provided customers with makeovers and photography sessions defined by big hair, heavy eye shadow and fun poses. At

Police say investigators have cleared a series of vehicle burglaries in West El Paso after the arrest of a suspect. Nichalas Santibanez, 29, of the 300 block of N. Festival, was charged with seven counts of credit or debit card abuse, four counts of burglary of a vehicle and a single count of Theft over

El Paso Police said a failed suicide attempt is to blame for a wreck that shut down a portion of Montana in East-Central El Paso early Tuesday. The crash happened around 4 a.m. It blocked traffic for nearly four hours before it was cleared before 8 a.m. Police at the scene told ABC-7 one person

El Paso Police said a failed suicide attempt is to blame for a wreck that shut down a portion of Montana in East-Central El Paso early Tuesday. The crash happened around 4 a.m. It blocked traffic for nearly four hours before it was cleared before 8 a.m. Police at the scene told ABC-7 one person

El Paso Police made 35 arrests and issued 118 citations during a Cinco de Mayo crackdown on motorcycle gangs. Police released the figures Tuesday in response to an ABC-7 request for information. Several ABC-7 staffers and viewers noticed police pulling over groups of motorcyclists during the entire Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend. The three day

An American man was arrested after running over several people with a truck in a chaotic chase to the San Ysidro border crossing with San Diego, police in the Mexican city of Tijuana said. A police statement Monday night said that the man threatened a person with a knife on a Tijuana boulevard about 1

An overnight road closure remains in place along I-10 East and Airway. There are heavy delays in the area. Take Paisano, Alameda or Loop 375 to avoid this delay.

There is a crash on Loop 375 West and Boone st. The crash is blocking the left lane in the area. Take Paisano or Alameda to avoid this crash.

A Texas police officer shot and killed a woman who police say grabbed his Taser and used it on him, moments after she seemed to say “I’m pregnant” in an altercation captured on video. Pamela Turner was shot around 10:40 p.m. Monday at an apartment complex in the Houston-area community of Baytown, police Lt. Steve

Police arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting a teenager over the past two years. The man’s girlfriend was also arrested because she allegedly failed to report the allegations to police. 39-year-old Sigmund Gomez and 35-year-old Sara Ybarra were both arrested on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Gomez is charged with eight felony counts of criminal

A closed private prison in central New Mexico may reopen to hold immigrants being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Torrance County Commission is set to vote Wednesday on whether to sign an agreement with ICE and reopen the Torrance County Detention Facility owned by the Nashville, Tennessee-based CoreCivic. The prison has been

El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles spoke with Stephanie Valle about the second arrest in the murder of Deputy Peter Herrera on ABC-7 at 4 Monday. Arlene Piña, 20, was arrested late Friday and charged with capital murder of a peace officer. Wiles told ABC-7 that Herrera, who died March 24 after being shot during

Montana Gov. Steve Bullock announced Tuesday that he is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, distinguishing himself among nearly two dozen candidates as the field’s only statewide elected official to win a state that President Donald Trump carried in 2016. The 53-year-old governor is running as a centrist Democrat who has advanced party values while navigating

Federal immigration and homeland security agents arrested 50 people after a federal grand jury returned a 206-count indictment criminally charging 96 people for their alleged roles in a large-scale marriage fraud scheme. Houston Homeland Security Investigations Special Agent in Charge Mark Dawson said this is “one of the largest alleged marriage fraud conspiracies ever documented

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office will be honoring our fallen heroes. It’s hosting the Third-Annual Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony at its headquarters at 3850 Justice Drive. The sheriff’s office said it will hold a special tribute for fallen Deputy Peter Herrera. Herrera was shot and killed in the line of duty in late March

Homeland Security officials considered arresting thousands of migrant families who had final deportation orders and removing them from the U.S. in a flashy show of force, but the idea was tabled as the Trump administration grappled with straining resources and a growing number of Central Americans crossing the border. Two Homeland Security officials and two

Authorities say an intoxicated 12-year-old girl went on joy ride in the family car with three other children inside, leading police on pursuit on a New Mexico highway. The Alamogordo Daily News reported Wednesday that the car fled from Alamogordo police and drove onto U.S. Highway 70 where she passed a New Mexico State Police