Year: 2019

UPDATE: On Thursday, The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to ABC 7. The EPCSO said that they first received a phone call about an…

The City of Las Cruces voted Thursday to allocate up to $500,000 to care for asylum seekers released by federal immigration authorities. The vote…

Jose Vallecillo, a 41-year-old metalworker from Honduras, has a good-paying job welding steel freight containers waiting for him in the northern…

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan-Grisham visited Las Cruces Thursday to get a first-hand look at how the City is handling the surge of asylum…

A Massachusetts state court judge was indicted Thursday on obstruction of justice charges for allegedly helping a man living in the U.S. illegally to…

Texas Rangers have arrested a former city manager on charges he abused his position by imposing a quota for the number of traffic tickets city police…

Prosecutors say a Texas mayor on the U.S.-Mexico border has been arrested on charges of trying to rig his own 2017 election victory. Edinburg Mayor…

Authorities in Albuquerque, New Mexico have arrested a 17-year-old boy on suspicion of murder in the fatal shooting of an on-duty Postal Service mail…

Oscar Anchondo, the alleged hit-and-run driver accused of killing a teenager in Berino, New Mexico, is back in custody of the Dona Ana County…

TRAFFIC ALERT: El Paso Police is telling our crews that the closure along Gateway East at Hawkins will not reopen until 9 a.m. The closure also…

Former Vice President Joe Biden formally joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest on Thursday, declaring the “soul of this…

Jim Donnelly (ABC News): You can watch the 2019 NFL Draft on ABC-7 starting Thursday. For the first time in its history, ABC will broadcast all three…

The Sun Bowl will be the site of the Inaugural U.S. Army Drone competition taking place on Tuesday and Wednesday. The next generation of aviation…

The NMSU women’s golf team is once again the WAC champion, but their season is not over yet. The Aggies learned Wednesday that they would be…

Franklin swimmer Kiersten Valdez is officially joining the NMSU swimming program after signing her letter of intent Wednesday at a ceremony in the…

The Annunciation House held a news conference Wednesday to discuss the opening of a new hospitality center used to accommodate the massive amount of…

Eleven student athletes from Montwood High School signed Wednesday to play their sport at the next level. Goalkeeper, Zoey Lopez, will sign with the…

Authorities on the U.S.-Mexico border have distanced themselves from an armed civilian group that detains asylum-seeking families, but the United…

Beloved Las Cruces playwright, director and professor Mark Medoff died Tuesday at 79 years old. “When people ask me why we stayed here, instead…

The Texas house of representatives has passed two bills that would end twice a year time changes. House joint resolution 117 allows voters to weigh…

The new tent facility to house migrants at the Border Patrol station in Northeast El Paso is currently under construction and expected to be…

Jim Benvie, with a group of self-described “border patriots” keeping an eye on the Anapra Gap near Sunland Park, told ABC-7’s…

Las Cruces Attorney Kelly O’Connell confirmed to ABC-7 his client, Larry Hopkins, was attacked Tuesday while being held in jail. Hopkins is the…

A Texas police officer is charged with murder for fatally shooting a man who ran over his foot. Burnet Police Chief Paul Nelson says former Patrol…

ABC-7 confirmed the city manager for Las Cruces, New Mexico, has tendered his resignation. The ABC-7 New Mexico Mobile Newsroom obtained a letter…

Larry Mitchell Hopkins, a member of the United Contitutionalist Patriots, an armed civilian group that has detained migrants near the U.S.-Mexico…

Speaking before the Doña Ana County Commission on Tuesday, the Chief Border Patrol Agent for the El Paso sector painted the picture of an…

President Donald Trump made a new threat Wednesday to send armed soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump tweeted that “Mexico’s…

YWCA CEO Dr. Sylvia Acosta talked about the loss of federal funding from Housing and Urban Development and how it affects the organization’s…

Taylor Sanchez is coordinating a course coming to Las Cruces on April 27 that offers dog owners the chance to introduce their canine to muzzled…