Month: June 2019

The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a body found in a canal in Clint on Wednesday morning is that of a 19-year old Mexican woman. The Sheriff’s Office identified the victim as Nativad Quinton Crisistomo of Paracho Michoacan, Mexico. A spokeswoman for EPCSO said deputies received a call from the U.S. Border Patrol about

Home-state tensions flared between Democratic presidential candidates and native Texans Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro at their party’s first presidential debate Wednesday night, with Castro saying O’Rourke has not done his “homework” on the issue of immigration. At issue were the inhumane conditions at detention centers for migrants — including Texas — and a photo

The mother of a man who drowned alongside his 23-month-old daughter while trying to cross the Rio Grande into Texas says she finds a heartbreaking photograph of their bodies hard to look at but takes some comfort in knowing “they died in each other’s arms.” scar Alberto Martnez Ramrez and his daughter Valeria were swept

Rio Bravo Middle School in El Paso had to be evacuated Wednesday morning when a gas line ruptured. The school is located on Greggerson and Valley View Drive. About 80 students and faculty members were evacuated to the football field outside the building when the incident happened around 10 a.m. Students and faculty were given

A body was discovered Wednesday evening across the street from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said. The body was found in the 12200 block of Montana Avenue, lying in a desert area that is also near the busy Walmart Super Center. An El Paso police sergeant said foul play was not suspected in

Migrant children being housed at a Border Patrol facility near El Paso appeared mostly clean and were being watched by hallway monitors on Wednesday, less than a week since they reported living there in squalid conditions with little care and inadequate food, water and sanitation. U.S. officials opened the building to journalists, offering an inside

The first Democratic debates are here, and the 2020 contenders sparred Wednesday night in Miami. Here’s a look back at key moments for Texans Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro, as well as others in Wednesday’s debate. All times reflected on the timeline are Eastern Time. 11 p.m.: The closing statements from all 10 candidates The

Receiving asylum in the United States is a process that can take months, and sometimes years. Allegra Love, an immigration attorney in Santa Fe, says there are two main pathways that lead to being granted asylum. Migrants can either stay in detention until their immigration hearing, or they can get a sponsor and be released

Eastlake High School officially has a new head football coach, and the school didn’t have to look too far to find him. Wednesday, the Socorro School District introduced Ruben Rodriguez as the next head football coach for the Eastlake Falcons. Football players, cheerleaders and the Eastlake drum line gathered in the school’s cafeteria for an

With the 2019 RMHC Triple-A All-Star Game just around the corner, Wednesday the roster was revealed for the Pacific Coast League. Three Chihuahuas will be representing El Paso when the All-Star Game comes to town on July 10th. The RMHC Triple-A All-Star Game features the best players from the Pacific Coast League (PCL) taking on

A shootout on the Mexico side of the Ysleta Bridge forced a closure to all traffic for about an hour late Wednesday afternoon, law enforcement said. The bridge was in gridlock around 4:30 p.m. according to El Paso police, who had advised motorists to avoid the area. While the American side of the bridge had

For a second time, a state environmental official has approved a plan to operate a controversial medical waste treatment facility in El Paso’s Lower Valley. The head of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality re-approved the application filed by MedCare Environmental Solutions, Inc., officials said Wednesday. The company would process 100,000 pounds of medical waste

A Las Cruces migrant facility known as the “armory” received a truckload of donations from the Convoy of Hope on Wednesday. The armory shelters migrants while they are being processed and transported to their families or sponsors. Las Cruces Fire Chief Eric Enriquez said, “It’s been two months, we’ve seen approximately 11,000 come through Las

The first 2020 Democratic presidential debates are here, giving the 20 qualifying candidates the best opportunity to break through the crowded field in front of a national audience. This is the first time that candidates will be able to draw contrasts with their rivals in a face-to-face setting. Here is how to watch: When are

Tonight, 10 challengers for the Democratic 2020 presidential nomination will face off in the first debate of the season. After months of campaign coverage, the two-hour event will finally give voters a chance to watch Democratic candidates exchange views on a variety of issues, from health care and immigration to taxes and climate change. While

The perilous conditions migrants coming to the US face captured renewed attention from Democrats running for president on Wednesday, hours before 10 candidates take the stage for the party’s first debate in Miami. The publication of the tragic image of a drowned Salvadoran man and his young daughter, face down in the Rio Grande, after

The first Democratic presidential debate on Wednesday evening will have all eyes on Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who — because of a random draw — will be the only candidate polling in the top five on the stage. The debates, which will be held over two nights with 10 candidates appearing on each night, represent

The U.S. Senate approved bipartisan legislation Wednesday providing $4.6 billion to care for thousands of migrants streaming into the U.S. across the Mexican border. The Senate vote was 84-8 and came after an emotional debate highlighted Wednesday morning by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s display of a blown-up image on the Senate floor depicting a

The El Paso Community Foundation’s Plaza Classic Film Festival will debut El Paso filmmaker Chris Hanna’s new documentary, Now or Never: A Tony Romo Story. The 90-minute film will be shown at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, August 4 in the Philanthropy Theatre, which is inside the Plaza Theater Performing Arts Centre annex. Steve Kaplowitz of ESPN

The two-night Democratic presidential debate begins Wednesday evening. Ten candidates will take the stage including Beto O’Rourke and Julian Castro from Texas, as well as Bill de Blasio, Tim Ryan, Cory Booker, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Tulsi Gabbard, Jay Inslee and John Delaney. Remaining candidates who will face off tomorrow night include Joe Biden, Michael

Video shot by ABC-7 journalist Saul Saenz on Tuesday shows Border Patrol agents just watching as migrants climb a border fence in El Paso’s Lower Valley. There are five migrants seen in the video who looked to be aware of the two border agents and a soldier, or National Guard member, watching them scale the

Employees for the online retailer Wayfair say they plan a walkout from company headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts on Wednesday in protest of the company selling beds to child migrant detention facilities in the El Paso area and other parts of Texas. According to a woman identifying herself as an employee of the company, Wayfair employees

The U.S. House passed with relative ease Tuesday night a $4.5 billion emergency border aid package to care for thousands of migrant families and unaccompanied children detained after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, despite a White House veto threat. The bill passed along party lines after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi quelled a mini-revolt by progressives and

UTEP is being recognized for it’s efforts to promote Latino/a student success. Excelencia in Education, an organization based out of Washington D.C., picked UTEP as one of the first institutions to receive the Seal of Excelencia honor. The inaugural seal acknowledges higher education institutions who are committed to serving Latino students. “It’s nice to be

A man wanted in connection with a shooting and high-speed chase was taken into custody by local authorities Tuesday after a several hour long standoff at a home in Las Cruces, and promptly turned over to the FBI, officials said. Police said the standoff with 29-year-old Patricio Fierro of Deming ended without incident after he

A heated discussion took place Tuesday after El Paso Mayor Dee Margo moved to postpone a resolution rejecting the Migrant Protection Protocol, also known as the ” Remain in Mexico ” policy, for two more weeks. The item has already been postponed twice since May 28. Margo said one of the reasons he is looking

A federal judge in Oklahoma ruled Tuesday that the spokesman for a group of armed civilians that patrols the U.S.-Mexico border will be released to a halfway house in New Mexico while he faces charges that he impersonated a federal agent there. U.S. Magistrate Judge Shon Erwin ordered James Christopher Benvie, 44, of Albany, Minnesota,

The former head of the EL Paso office of the FBI will be named the new head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency by President Trump, both the New York Times and Washington Post reported Tuesday afternoon. Most recently, Mark Morgan was the acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and

Two U.S. soldiers tasked with helping safeguard the U.S.-Mexico border rescued a woman and her child, saving the migrant family from drowning in an El Paso canal as they attempted to cross into the country, the U.S. military said Tuesday. The soldiers “saw a migrant family enter the canal” in El Paso last Tuesday and

President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened Iran with “great and overwhelming force” and potential “obliteration” in some areas if it attacks “anything American” after Iranian leaders said the White House “is afflicted by mental retardation” and they are permanently closing doors to diplomacy in the wake of U.S. sanctions. Trump called statements made by Iranian