Month: July 2019

El Paso County District Attorney Jaime Esparza announced Tuesday he will retire at the end of his term in 2020. Esparza was elected in 1993. In a statement, Esparza said, “It has been an honor and privilege to serve as District Attorney for El Paso, Hudspeth, and Culberson counties. At the end of 2020, after

“Bases Loaded – El Paso and Beyond” is a new exhibit opening Thursday at the El Paso Museum of History downtown. The exhibit celebrates the local and national history of baseball starting with its pre-Civil War origins to the Chihuahuas arriving in El Paso. In addition to tracing the evolution of baseball’s legacy as a

A man recently accused of kidnapping two El Paso boys and taking them across the border to Mexico is now jailed in El Paso on a $500,000 bond, according to jail records. Justin Carrillo, 26, is being held at the El Paso County Jail Annex on a kidnapping charge. Police previously accused him of abducting

The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted unanimously on Tuesday to establish a $160 million endowment to expand financial aid for middle- and low-income UT Austin students beginning the Fall 2020 semester, UT Austin President Gregory Fenves announced. In-state students whose families earn up to $65,000 a year will be eligible for financial

U.S. officials said Tuesday there was a 28% decrease in June in the numbers of migrants crossing at the US-Mexico border. Officials credited the initial impact of Mexico’s crackdown on Central America migration for the decline. Data reflected there were nearly 40,000 fewer illegal migrants for the month. There were about 95,000 border arrests in

Opening arguments and initial testimony took place Tuesday as the trial of a former El Paso Catholic priest accused of child sexual assault got underway in court. Miguel Luna, 68, is charged with aggravated assault of a child in a case that dates back to the 1990s while he was still an active priest; the

Opening arguments and initial testimony took place Tuesday as the trial of a former El Paso Catholic priest accused of child sexual assault got underway in court. Miguel Luna, 68, is charged with aggravated assault of a child in a case that dates back to the 1990s while he was still an active priest; the

Scenic Drive was closed to traffic in both directions for a portion of Tuesday afternoon following a vehicle rollover accident. It happened near the El Paso Police Academy. The overturned car was eventually removed and Scenic Drive reopened to traffic. Police did not indicate a cause for the incident or whether any injuries occurred.

The chief border patrol agent in the El Paso area is disputing allegations made in a New York Times story about conditions at border facilities. “I can’t understand why some people would be making some of the allegations that they’re making,” Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Hull said. “I can tell you that the Clint facility

New Mexico State Police say they’re investigating a fatal shooting involving a Tularosa police officer. They say the officer responded to a report of a man with a rifle who allegedly was firing shots near a restaurant around 9 p.m. Sunday. The policeman arrived on the scene and had some kind of encounter with the

EL PASO, Texas – The community is coming together to help a couple who lost many of their belongings in an east El Paso apartment fire Saturday morning. The blaze broke out around 3:30 a.m. at the Shadow Ridge Apartments in the 9300 block of Viscount Boulevard. Officials said more than 55 firefighters worked to

H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice ran for president as a third-party candidate, has died. He was 89. The cause of death was leukemia, a family spokesman said Tuesday. Perot, whose 19% of the vote in 1992 stands among the best showings by

Jason Blair, who is the head football coach at Hanks High School in El Paso, tried to intervene in another family’s brawl at Disneyland over the weekend that was captured on video and has gone viral. Blair was on vacation with his own family at theme park when the melee occurred. Officers were called to

Southwest University park played host to the Triple-A Home Run derby Monday night. It was a packed house at the home of the El Paso Chihuahuas, the first time that the Sun City has played host to the Triple-A Home Run Derby. El Paso Chihuahua, Ty France, participated in the home run derby getting past

In a startling reversal of fortune, billionaire financier Jeffrey Epstein was charged Monday with sexually abusing and trafficking dozens of underage girls across state lines — including New York, the Virgin Islands, Florida and his ranch in Stanley, New Mexico — according to court documents. It’s a case brought more than a decade after he

A convicted felon accused of stealing horses in May now faces new child abuse charges in Las Cruces, according to police. Police say 31-year-old Ruben Sanchez had a loaded, stolen rifle allegedly pointed at his children in a Jack in the Box drive-thru in east Las Cruces. On Friday at 7 p.m., officers say police

Minor league baseball’s home run slugging king, who played the bulk of his 11-year career in the Padres’ organization with the El Paso Chihuahuas, returned to Southwest University Park on Monday to announce his retirement from the sport. Cody Decker’s revelation came as El Paso prepares to play host to the Triple-A All-Star Game later

Here’s the full police interrogation of Leonel Hernandez in the Richard Madrigal murder case. Watch it by clicking play on the video player below…

Cody Decker is a semi-real life Crash Davis. He’s the active leader in minor league home runs with 204, and if you’re not familiar with Decker, he’s somewhat of a folk hero in El Paso. Decker was with the El Paso Chihuahuas in 2014 and 2015, and led the team in home runs in both

Former El Paso Chihuahuas player Cody Decker made a return to the Borderland Monday morning to announce his retirement from baseball. Before Decker announced his retirement, he wrapped up his 11 season run in the Minor League with a walk off game winning home run for the Reno Aces. Decker was with the El Paso

The City of El Paso Department of Public Health is encouraging parents to bring their children in now to get any immunizations needed for school, instead of waiting until August when wait times are longer. Immunizations for children entering Pre-K all the way up through college are available at all three city health clinics: 5115

Here is the recording of the 911 call reporting the death of KLAQ disc jockey Rick Madrigal. Click on the audio link below to listen to it…

Whataburger may have recently been sold to a Chicago, Illinois-based company, but the fast food joint is still growing in Texas, with a new location that opened up this past week in a spot guaranteed to get traffic. The satellite part of Terminal E at the Dallas-Fort Worth International (DFW) Airport now has its very

The Catholic Diocese of El Paso announced on Monday the new name of a parish in the Lower Valley will be St. John Paul II Catholic Church. In a news release, the diocese said Santa Lucia Catholic Church and San Jose Catholic Church, which are being consolidated, will merge together to create the new church.

Two men were arrested after officers making a traffic stop found 12-pounds of cocaine in their SUV, El Paso police announced Monday. 32 –year old Mauro Pena-Ibarra and 29 –year old Juan Esteban Montes are jailed under $75,000 bond each on drug trafficking charges. Police said the pair were pulled over on the evening of

Police have identified a pedestrian who was struck by a car and killed over the weekend in El Paso’s Lower Valley. Authorities on Monday said the victim was 58 –year old Carlos Alfonso Martinez. The deadly accident happened around 10 p.m. Saturday in the 900 block of Yarbrough near Rodeo, just off of Interstate-10. Traffic

The Department of Homeland Security has asked the Pentagon to authorize 1,000 additional Texas National Guard troops “to provide supplemental holding and port of entry enforcement support” to Customs and Border Protection within the state, the Defense Department said Monday. The Pentagon has not yet approved the request, which was made on Wednesday. Texas Gov.

Texas Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member of the House Committee on Homeland Security, alleged Monday that DHS is engaged in a “cover-up” in the wake of an Inspector General’s report that found “dangerous overcrowding” and poor conditions at Texas border stations. Her comments came following a tour of the troubled Clint border facility,

New Mexico State Police tell ABC-7 that two people were killed and four others were hospitalized after a rollover crash early Saturday morning. The crash happened near mile marker 15, just north of Las Cruces. NMSP say a 17-year-old was driving a 2006 Mazda. State police are unsure of how the Mazda left the highway,