Mauricio Casillas, main co-anchor

Mauricio Casillas, an El Paso native and former ABC-7 anchor, is returning to KVIA-TV to join Marcel Clarke as co-anchor of ABC-7’s weekday 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts. 

Mauricio returns to El Paso after four years reporting and anchoring at NBC4 in Washington, D.C., where he covered major breaking news, politics, public safety and stories affecting communities throughout the nation’s capital. He also reported in Spanish for Telemundo Washington. 

Mauricio began his career at ABC-7 in 2016 as the station’s first-ever morning traffic reporter. He soon moved into reporting and anchoring, including Good Morning El Paso, ABC-7 at 4 and ABC-7 at 10, before becoming anchor and executive producer of Good Morning El Paso. During his six years at KVIA, he earned an Emmy for Best Morning Newscast in the small-market category. 

He left El Paso in 2022 to join NBC4 Washington, where his work earned two additional Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award. 

Mauricio and his wife, Diana, are both El Paso natives. The couple welcomed their son, Luca, in March 2025. They are thrilled to be back in the Borderland surrounded by family.

Mauricio graduated from Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s in journalism and a Master’s in mass communication.