EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Borderland migrant advocates released images only to ABC-7 showing the injuries an Ecuadorian woman suffered when she became entangled in concertina, or razor wire, put in place by Texas National Guardsmen. Razor wire along the border was put in place as part of governor Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star. Courtesy:
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Borderland experienced the first winter wallop of the year, and much of it was destructive, beginning on Monday. 60 mile per hour winds toppled a tree, crushing two cars and a motorcycle. Cold temperatures stuck around, but the winds calmed down on Tuesday and Wednesday. But when Thursday rolled
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Cannabis sales are soaring in a small city just west of the state line. According to recent numbers, Sunland Park dispensaries sold a whopping $32 million in cannabis merchandise, from marijuana in leaf form, to gummies, oils, and creams. Once New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Cannabis Regulation
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El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — 2023 was a year filled with cheers, jeers and tears. We cheered when UTEP named a new, vibrant head football coach. Former coach Dana Dimel was fired after a losing season. Scotty Walden was named to replace him. Many in the community jeered when we learned two city leaders together
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A source with a group of non-governmental organizations, or NGO’s, shared a video with ABC-7 of migrants walking along a road outside, heading towards Ciudad Juarez. That source says these are not migrants who are getting rides from smugglers, rather people who have chosen to walk the trek all the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A less than illustrious Miner football season led to the end of the Dana Dimel head coaching era. This week, UTEP ushered in the start of the Scotty Walden era. The university introduced Walden to the public as the new head football coach Wednesday. That new head coach wasted no
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Red Sands in El Paso County’s far eastside has gone from a place of pleasure for families looking to go off-road riding, to a place of danger. Just last month, a 37-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit and run driver. Then, less than two weeks later, gun
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three Texas judges have sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to intervene if Texas’ SB-4 bill becomes law. The bill would make illegal entry into Texas a state crime. One of those judges is El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. “We urge the federal government to take
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Attorney, Jo Ann Bernal’s efforts to shut down allegedly illegal massage parlors is ongoing with the closure of yet another spa. The latest spa forced to temporarily close it’s doors was the Asian Spa Massage on the eastside on Yarbrough, where a woman who only spoke Mandarin
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Vatican in Rome hosts a gathering of bishops, and others, to discuss such topics as women’s participation in church, whether or not women can become ordained deacons. It’s called a Synod. Right now, a male deacon can marry couples, or even preside over funerals: women cannot. This despite the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The majority of us will switch back the clock an hour as part of daylight saving time this weekend. Most Americans, not all, have been changing the clocks twice a year as part of day light saving time since it became law in 1918. But now, lawmakers across the U.S., like right
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The acting deputy for Homeland Security, Kristie Canegallo, visited El Paso last week and gave ABC-7 an exclusive interview. She was in town to tour the Bridge of the Americas and the cutting edge technology used on the bridge. That technology peeks into cars as they drive through a low frequency
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The increase in migrant activity led to Texas Governor Greg Abbott initiating Operation Lone Star, which prompted more Department Of Public Safety troopers in the Borderland. DPS has a broad pursuit policy, pursuits that many times end in car crashes and rollovers highlighted in the ABC-7 special report, Smuggler’s Pursuit.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott began cracking down on migrant crossings, illegal or otherwise, by initiating Operation Lone Star, increasing the number of Department of Public Safety Troopers in the Borderland. Those Troopers operate under a broad-ranging pursuit policy. Since the start of Operation Lone Star, the Borderland seen a rise of DPS pursuits.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Conditions with the war in Israel are constantly changing from one day to another. You may recall Israel declared war against the militant group, Hamas, when militants swooped into border towns a week ago, killing and injuring hundreds, taking hostages as well. This Sunday on ABC-7 Xtra, Las Cruces Rabbi
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This week, health officials reported the fourth known case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in an El Pasoan. WNV is transmitted by mosquitoes. The main way mosquitoes breed is in standing water, usually left behind after rainfall. What makes this virus so dangerous, is there is no known cure. According to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — When police chief Greg Allen died in January, one of his assistant chiefs, Peter Pacillas, was named interim police chief. Chief Pacillas is one of several candidates now being considered for the permanent position of police chief. The selection process is no easy task, city officials say. The new chief
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Things are quickly evolving along the border, and all El Pasoans have a front row seat to those changing conditions. John Martin, Director of the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, warned of a third migrant wave coming our way weeks ago. True to his prediction, the number of migrants crossing the border is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The CDC is urging Americans to get the latest vaccine to protect against a new and stronger variant of Covid-19. Members of the medical community say this new strain is more transmitible and poses higher risks than previous variants. The CDC is recommending everyone over the age of 6 months
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The value of the Mexican peso has increased by an estimated 18%, but a strong peso could be a double-edged sword: good news for some, bad news for others. The signs on marquees up and down currency exchange houses in downtown El Paso show a changing economy. The value of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Edmundo Calderon is the City of El Paso’s Chief Internal Auditor. He has worked for the City for the past 19 years. A few months ago he started looking into City Councilmembers’ use of taxpayer-funded gas cards. His findings detail alleged misuse of those cards by several members. Now, Calderon
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Robert Almonte travels the country lecturing and advising law enforcement agencies on how to improve policing. Before that, he served as a U.S. Marshal, a D.E.A. agent, and an El Paso Police officer. Almonte was one of the founding members of a group that brought together several agencies to crack
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — We are learning new information regarding the case of the father acquitted of killing his 2-month-old baby in 2017. A week after the acquittal, however, Jose Angel Varela remains behind bars at the El Paso County jail. Officials now tell ABC-7 that Varela was in the Borderland illegally, working as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All eyes and ears were on a whistleblower’s congressional subcommittee testimony last month regarding the existence of life beyond Earth, and extraterrestrials right here on the big blue planet. Former Pentagon employee David Grush told Congress last week that UFO’s are real and that the government is withholding knowledge of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Artificial Intelligence combines the latest powerful software with top-of-the-range hardware to, not just replicate programs fed to the computer, but actually think for itself and make decisions, sometimes faster than the human mind. A.I. is being used to power research in a huge range of fields, from medical research to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Tech Health Sciences Center El Paso was established as a standalone university within the Texas Tech system in 2013 and had an immediate impact on the medical community in the borderland. Since then it has changed the way borderland residents view medical education and healthcare needs. This Sunday on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) –This fourth of July will be spent in mourning for one El Paso family. Ruben Aguayo and his wife are on a quest to get the proper recognition for their son, who was brutally murdered in 2021. 31-year-old Luis Angel Aguayo spent eight years in the Navy special forces as an
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fewer migrants are crossing into the Borderland since the expiration of Title 42. That was the pandemic era health policy that gave immigration enforcement officials the power to turn migrants away due to the pandemic. However, Department of Public Safety troopers remain in the borderland as part of Governor Greg
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has been bringing you exclusive reporting on the use of your taxpayer dollars by city leaders and staff, specifically the use of gas cards and city issued credit cards, also known as “P” cards. While few current or former city leaders are coming forward to talk about the issue,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is acknowledging our nation’s youth is suffering a mental health crisis, and he’s pointing to social media as one of the culprits. In fact, he issued a major advisory warning about the profound risk social media poses to children and teens. The Surgeon General wrote in part, “Nearly
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