Month: July 2019

Gunmen killed five men and wounded six other people at a popular bar in Acapulco on Sunday, the latest in a string of violent incidents for the once-glamorous Pacific Coast resort city that has fallen on hard times. The Guerrero state prosecutor’s office said the shootings took place in the morning at a watering hole

Police are looking for a missing 48 –year old El Paso woman who suffers from a serious medical condition and requires daily medication. Authorities issued an alert Monday for Angelica Vega, who they say left her home on Sunday morning without her phone or other important personal belongings. Police say Vega was last seen wearing

Authorities say a man facing a DWI charge has died after the patrol vehicle taking him to jail was hit by another suspected drunken driver’s car in a wrong-way crash near Houston. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office says two deputies were transporting the suspect to jail late Sunday when their vehicle was struck head-on by

Authorities said Monday they were following up on multiple leads as they look for a 29-year-old mother who hasn’t been seen since going on a date two weekends ago. El Paso police said in a statement that “specific details will not be released because doing so could hinder the investigation.” Police issued a missing person

The Trump administration is planning to expand a procedure to speed up deportations to include undocumented immigrants anywhere in the U.S. who cannot prove they’ve lived in the U.S. continuously for two years or more. The change casts a wider net of undocumented immigrants subject to the fast-track deportation procedure known as “expedited removal,” which

A New Mexico firefighter who was seriously injured last month in a fireworks explosion has died. Roswell Fire Chief Devin Graham announced that Roswell firefighter Jeff Stroble died Sunday in Lubbock, Texas, where he was hospitalized for injuries suffered in a June 5 explosion. He was 46. Robert “Hoby” Bonham of the Roswell Fire Department

UPDATE: The Pilot Point Police Department posted on Facebook early Monday morning that the Amber Alert has been canceled. Police said Halley Boerner was found and returned home. Police said 33-year-old William Boerner has been arrested in connection, but the relationship between the two is unclear. ORIGINAL STORY: A statewide Amber Alert has been issued

Americans from Texas to Maine sweated out a steamy weekend, as what the National Weather Service described as “a dangerous heat wave” gripped a significant portion of the nation’s midsection and east coast ahead of a Monday cool down for most. In El Paso, Sunday’s afternoon high temperature of 106 at the airport set a

A motorcyclist was rushed to a local hospital with critical injuries after a crash in far east El Paso late Sunday night. Police traffic Investigators said the motorcycle crash happened near Edgemere and Joe Battle around 10:45 p.m.; the motorcycle was the only vehicle involved in the accident. Emergency dispatchers confirmed the victim was critically

It may be the offseason, but New Mexico State 2nd Baseman Nick Gonzales is seeing his stock skyrocket by the day. And he’s doing so over 2,000 miles from campus. The rising junior was All-American last season, and this summer he’s been honing his skills in the prestigious Cape Cod league playing for the Cotuit

There’s a new target in the clash over immigration: hotels. Advocacy groups and unions are pressuring Marriott, MGM and others not to house migrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The U.S. government has occasionally detained migrants in hotels for decades and says it might have to split up families if

It was a hectic start to the morning out at the El Paso Airport where ABC-7 confirmed there was an early morning power outage. Power wasn’t out too long. It has since been restored and according to airport representatives no flights were delayed or cancelled. Officials said a circuit breaker popped cutting power at concourse

Six new El Paso restaurants will soon make their debut on the Food Network’s ‘Diners, Drive-ins and Dives’, according to El Paso Inc. Tasty Kabob El Paso (6110 N. Mesa, Ste. D) Airing: 7 p.m. on Friday, July 26th 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 27th 8 p.m. on Friday, August 23rd 11 p.m. on Saturday,

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rosselló announced Sunday that he will not run for reelection next year and is resigning as the president of the New Progressive Party, following protests over the past week that stretched from the island territory to the U.S. mainland — including in El Paso. “A huge portion of the population is

Texas Republican leaders are urging state district and county attorneys to continue enforcing marijuana laws, a move that follows big city prosecutors’ decision to drop pot possession cases amid confusion surrounding a new law legalizing hemp. A letter sent this past week by Gov. Greg Abbott together with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis

Texas Republican leaders are urging state district and county attorneys to continue enforcing marijuana laws, a move that follows big city prosecutors’ decision to drop pot possession cases amid confusion surrounding a new law legalizing hemp. A letter sent this past week by Gov. Greg Abbott together with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning that Russian agents could seek to further divide Americans by exploiting U.S. passions over whether pineapple belongs on pizza. It’s a cheesy, playful warning — but it’s trying to deliver a serious message. Posted online this past week by the department’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency,

A noise complaint call turned into a memorable moment for partygoers over the weekend in east Texas. When police in Kilgore responded to a house party Saturday night they heard loud music and then spotted a mechanical bull in the house’s backyard. After telling the crowd to keep the noise down, a Kilgore officer climbed

One of the five commissioners responsible for overseeing New Mexico’s horse racing industry at Sunland Park and a half-dozen other state tracks has been ousted over comments she made regarding changes in the way horses are tested for certain medications. The governor’s office confirmed that Freda McSwane was removed from the Racing Commission this past

A moonstruck nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of humanity’s first footsteps on another world Saturday, gathering in record heat at races and other festivities to commemorate Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s “giant leap.” At NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, cars were backed up for miles outside the visitor complex at opening time. In Armstrong’s hometown of

The El Paso Fire Department recovered a man’s body floating in water in Socorro on Saturday afternoon. Emergency dispatchers told ABC-7 that fire crews found the body in the 10710 block of Socorro Road, near the Rio Bosque Park, around 3:15 p.m. Fire crews searched the area for any possible additional bodies, but did not

Mexico’s most notorious drug lord El Chapo was sentenced earlier this week to life plus 30 years, and now he is spending that time in America’s most secure prison. In an operation designed to keep the modern-day criminal ‘Houdini’ from escaping, El Chapo’s lawyer confirms his client was flown by helicopter, and then plane, to

Dozens of Puerto Ricans in the Borderland gathered Saturday afternoon in Lincoln Park in south-central El Paso to demand that the island’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, resign. The local protesters chanted, waved Puerto Rican flags and held signs calling for the governor’s ouster. The demonstrations taking place in El Paso and other U.S. mainland cities mirrored

A 37-year-old Oklahoma man has been jailed on rape complaints after authorities said he sexually assaulted a 4-year-old girl in a bathroom at a McDonald’s play area, which the child was visiting during a day care field trip. Midwest City police say a day care worker knocked on the locked bathroom door earlier this week

Roughly 6,000 people were without power for a portion of Friday night due to an El Paso Electric outage. That outage happened in far east El Paso, impacting the customers in the 79936 zip code. A utility spokesperson told ABC-7 the cause of the outage was unknown, but crews had restored power to affected customers

The florescent blue lights in the cryotherapy room at Sense Therapy give off the aura of a high-end night club or a science fiction film. And though you’ll find no DJ sets or extraterrestrials in the west El Paso cryo-chamber, you will find a scientific method of body healing. Cryotherapy is a therapeutic procedure that

An unlikely pairing of two of El Paso’s city departments is coming together in the hopes of helping lost pets their way home. After seeing an influx of pets come into animal shelters over 4th of July Weekend, El Paso Animal Services and the El Paso Department of Information Technology have announced the launch of

El Paso police on Friday officially confirmed the identity of an 18-year-old woman who was shot in the head and killed last weekend, but there was still no word of any arrests in the slaying. ABC-7 had previously identified Santana Jazmine Marie Castro as the shooting victim based on a makeshift memorial in front of

Kansas-raised Brenna Kleman had a special request for her wedding day: for her 83-year-old grandmother to be her flower girl. That became a reality when Kleman got married to Brock Kendall in April, and her grandmother wore a specially chosen maroon dress with pearls as she threw pink petals into the air in pure joy.

We’ve been programed to believe that if it sounds too good to be true, it likely is. But ABC-7 confirmed motorists can park for free in front of meters in a part of downtown, without getting a citation. ABC-7 discovered this little gem in a spot that’s just walking distance to one of the international