Month: July 2019

An 18-year old woman who was shot and killed over the weekend has now been identified. A memorial hanging on the door of the central El Paso house where the slaying occurred names the victim as Santana Jazmine Marie Castro. Police said she was found shot in the head on Saturday by family members at

A half-dozen teenagers have been arrested for their alleged involvement in a fight near a northeast El Paso middle school last month that ended in a stabbing, authorities said Wednesday. The six — a combination of boys and girls ages 14 to 15 — all face juvenile charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon,

Madeline Ottilie is new to the Borderland, joining the ABC-7 team as a Good Morning El Paso reporter and co-anchor and producer of ABC-7 at noon. Madeline comes to El Paso from Los Angeles, where she graduated Magna cum laude from the University of Southern California with a Broadcast and Digital Journalism degree. While at

A new research program at the University of Texas at El Paso is using virtual-reality (VR) technology to understand how natural environments affect health and well-being. Those involved in the program are currently conducting a pilot study on the effects these environments have on stress in men. Since June, 80 men have participated in the

A reward is being offered to identify two men believed to have shoplifted more than $4,000 worth of electronics from a Las Cruces Walmart store last month. Investigators believe the two men gathered more than $4,000 worth of electronics and left the store without paying. Surveillance video obtained by police shows the two men entering

Public health officials said a boy toddler tested positive Wednesday for measles, making it the fourth confirmed case of the virus in El Paso in less than two weeks. Two other toddlers and a woman in her late 40s are the other EL Paso measles victims, officials said previously. Before this current outbreak, which comes

Officials in West Palm Beach are hoping a continuous loop of children’s songs played throughout the night will keep homeless people from sleeping on the patio of a city-owned rental banquet facility. West Palm Beach parks and recreation director Leah Rockwell tells the Palm Beach Post they’re trying to discourage people from sleeping outside the

Apple and Google are rolling out dozens of new emojis that include cute critters, of course, but also expand the number of images of human diversity. Apple Inc. is releasing new variants of its holding hands emoji that allow people to pick any combination of skin tone and gender, 75 possible combinations in all. There

Apparent racist, violent and bigoted social media posts from law enforcement officers have been called to the attention of the public in at least five police departments across the country, including El Paso — where a police internal affairs review is underway. A concerned ABC-7 viewer sent several screenshots of anti-Islamic posts, shared by a

Former Humane Society of El Paso executive director Luke Westerman is due in court in Ohio on Wednesday. Westerman is facing 19 counts of theft and unlawful securities practices. Westerman was in charge of a venture capital firm that he founded in Columbus prior to coming to El Paso to work with the Humane Society

Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was sentenced to life in prison plus 30 years and was ordered to pay $12.6 billion in forfeiture on Wednesday in what is likely the last time he’s seen in public before he goes to Colorado’s Supermax prison. Guzman also spoke in court and said that “there was

An earthquake of preliminary magnitude 4.9 was recorded early Wednesday morning on the coast of the state of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, according to a report by the United States Geological Survey. The light quake was located 50 kilometers south-southeast of San Mateo del Mar and had a depth of 42.9 kilometers, according to the

A former El Paso Catholic priest convicted of sexually assaulting an altar server was sentenced Tuesday evening to 18 years in prison. Miguel Luna was found guilty on Monday of a dozen charges that included six counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child. The assaults took place over a seven-year period back in the

A San Antonio woman’s quest to track down her childhood friend that she met in an El Paso orphanage decades earlier has ended. Becky Rodriquez was using billboards in El Paso to try to find her friend Enedina. The two met during the 1940s when they spent three years together at Saint Margaret’s orphanage. A

Former Del Valle Conquistador, Steven Montez, made the watch list for a very prestigious award. Montez has played great as the quarterback for the Colorado University Buffaloes, and the rest of the country is taking notice. Montez is one of 30 college quarterbacks who made the watch list for the Davey O’Brien Award. The award

The number of confirmed measles cases in El Paso grew to three on Monday, marking what local health officials said was the first resurgence of the highly-contagious respiratory disease in over a quarter-century. The latest victim was a boy toddler, the city health department said. He joined a woman in her late 40’s and another

The number of confirmed measles cases in El Paso grew to three on Monday, marking what local health officials said was the first resurgence of the highly-contagious respiratory disease in over a quarter-century. The latest victim was a boy toddler, the city health department said. He joined a woman in her late 40’s and another

Tuesday’s El Paso heat wasn’t an issue for one grandma and her grand children who handed out free lemonade to neighbors in east El Paso. Maria Elena Lopez is retired and spends her summer afternoons watching her six grandkids and trying to keep them busy. “Sometimes the kids get bored and I wanted to do

Democratic Congressman Al Green of Texas introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump late Tuesday, potentially forcing a vote this week on whether to remove the president from office. The vote would come too soon for most Democrats, as a majority of the caucus appears to oppose impeachment, for now. But Green is seeking

A former mayor of the Mexico town of Madera is under arrest in Las Cruces on federal drug charges. Pablo Granados, 55, is being held in the Dona Ana County Detention Center on conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine. He was arrested at his home in the 1100

El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies said they captured a pair of fugitives — including a woman on their ‘Most Wanted’ list — after finding one in a closet and the other hiding under a pile of clothing. The arrests took place at a house in the 500 block of N. Carolina Drive late last week.

The Trump administration said Monday it will end asylum protections for most migrants who arrive at the U.S.-Mexico border in a major escalation of the president’s battle to tamp down immigration. According to a new rule published in the Federal Register , asylum seekers who pass through another country first will be ineligible for asylum

In a remarkable political repudiation, the Democratic-led U.S. House voted Tuesday evening to condemn President Donald Trump’s “racist comments” against four congresswomen of color, despite protestations by Trump’s Republican congressional allies and his own insistence he hasn’t “a racist bone in my body.” Tuesday’s vote was 240-187 and was solidly opposed by Republicans. Two days

Beto O’Rourke stormed into the presidential race arguing his experience growing up along the Mexican border and a relatively moderate approach to politics would distinguish him in a crowded field. But four months into his campaign, other — previously unknown — candidates are seizing on the issues that were supposed to be the former El

New Mexico State Police said Tuesday they were investigating the death of an El Paso man found lying along a state road two days ago as an apparent homicide. 32-year old William Moore was discovered lying on the ground on State Road 91 near Santa Rosa in Guadalupe County late Sunday morning, investigators said. He

The American Civil Liberties Union and other groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday in order to block new restrictions intended to make it more difficult for Central Americans to claim asylum in the United States. The suit, filed in federal court in California, challenges a new administration rule that would prohibit migrants who have resided

Experts say fossil remains discovered in the 1980s at the Big Bend National Park in southwest Texas have been identified as a new genus and species of duckbilled dinosaur. The Journal of Systematic Paleontology announced the classification of the Aquilarhinus palimentus last week. It was named for its aquiline nose and shovel-shaped jaw. Texas Tech

Congressman Will Hurd, whose district includes east El Paso County, called President Trump’s tweets “racist and xenophobic.” Pete Olson and Chip Roy were also critical, with Olson saying the president should “disavow his comments.” But the bulk of the Texas GOP delegation has remained silent on the matter after Trump said that four Democratic women

Nearly two dozen immigrants were allowed to cross the U.S.-Mexico border to seek asylum on Tuesday, the day the Trump administration planned to launch a drastic policy change designed to end asylum protections for most migrants who travel through another country to reach the United States. The administration announced the plans a day earlier, reversing

Funeral services were held Tuesday for Carlos Ramirez, the Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy who was struck and killed while conducting a traffic stop near San Antonio on July 2. The El Paso native and Burges High School graduate was returned to El Paso last Thursday. The El Paso police honor guard provided an escort to