EL PASO, Texas — As space at El Paso hospitals gets tighter, ABC-7 has learned patients infected with coronavirus are being sent to two local nursing homes: Mountain View Health and Rehabilitation and St. Giles Nursing and Rehabilitation. Those facilities have set up special Covid units while at the same time, dealing with outbreaks of
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso is familiar with his work and now he wants the community’s help in finding a location for a new mural to express grief over the killing of a Texas soldier. Gabriel Vasquez is the artist behind the El Paso Strong mural, which he created after the Aug. 3 mass
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EL PASO, Texas — El Pasoans gathered Thursday night for a candlelight vigil at Tobin Park to honor missing Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen, who is presumed dead. While she was a Texas native, Guillen had no apparent El Paso connection. But her disappearance made national headlines as people demanded an investigation. The case resonated
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EL PASO, Texas — For the first time since El Paso announced the city’s first case of the coronavirus, Mayor Dee Margo is now urging all assisted living operations to release the data surrounding virus cases in each of their facilities. It comes after ABC-7 learned of a growing and deadly outbreak within the Ambrosio
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EL PASO, Texas — To examine whether there is racial profiling by El Paso police, ABC-7 filed a public records request and received copies of police reports from 2015 to 2019. The reports over the four year period showed whites in El Paso were stopped at higher rates than the percentage of whites in the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Corporal Nicholas Herrera is a member of the New Mexico National Guard and for the last several months, he’s been away from his family while on assignment in Africa. Not only has he missed the birth of third child, but this weekend, he will miss his daughter’s fifth birthday. “It’s
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EL PASO, Texas – Two employees at the El Paso Psychiatric Center tell ABC-7 that not enough was done to protect them and patients from contracting Covid-19 inside the state-run facility. According to city health officials, a local ‘health facility’ has 42 positive cases within its wall, but the city has not named that facility,
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FORT BLISS, Texas — Fort Bliss commanders said Thursday they were stepping back from an announcement just a day prior to raise the risk condition level to “HP Con Delta,” which indicates the cornavirus poses a severe threat at the post. Meantime, officials released photographs and information about one of their quarantine sites for returning
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly-released body camera footage shows a tense moment last year when a Las Cruces police officer disarmed a man accused of assaulting two health care workers. (Watch it in the video player at the top of this article.) Police responded to a behavioral issue at a medical clinic and within
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UPDATE: William Alexander received a 10-year suspended sentence Friday. He was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine, given a decade’s probation and is required to register as a sex offender. ORIGINAL REPORT: EL PASO, Texas — A former El Paso police officer was convicted Thursday afternoon of raping a woman nearly two years ago that
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A former New Mexico State University student is facing charges for allegedly shooting another student during what is being described as a fraternity hazing incident. A police report obtained by ABC-7 on Thursday said the incident happened in Cloudcroft in November of last year. That’s where Kappa Sigma fraternity members told
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EL PASO, Texas – Fire crews were hard at work late New Year’s Eve working to control a fire at an Upper Valley home. Fire dispatchers got the call just before 9 p.m. Tuesday and responded to the 800 block of Forest Willow Creek. ABC-7’s Hillary Floren provided this photo New year’s Eve night Two
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso woman is now facing murder charges after she allegedly drove drunk and crashed into a Northeast El Paso home a few days before Christmas. Margaret Cantu was originally booked on charges for driving under the influence and intoxication assault. El Paso police say Cantu is now facing murder
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EL PASO, Texas – 87-year-old Ruriko Denison has died, according to El Paso police, after she was critically injured when an SUV crashed into her home in Northeast El Paso the day before Christmas Eve. Police arrested 41-year-old Margaret Cantu. According to court documents obtained by the ABC-7 I-team, Cantu has four previous DWI convictions.
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LAS CRUCES, NM – One person is in custody following a SWAT standoff in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Police Department said a person barricaded themselves inside a home on Delta drive earlier Thursday evening. LCPD asked people to avoid the area, but said the scene is now clear. They could not confirm if the
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HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas — The Department of Public Safety is investigating a crash that involved a semi-truck and a passenger vehicle. A spokesman for the department tells ABC-7 that two people were hurt and were taken from the scene in a medical helicopter. It happened on Interstate 10 in Hudspeth County at mile marker 125.
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ANTHONY, Texas — The Anthony Police Department is investigating a traffic incident that left at least one person dead Tuesday night. Police dispatchers said they received the call at 6 p.m. It happened in the 3000 block of Mountain Pass Boulevard. There is a Love’s Travel Stop at that address. A witness told ABC-7 that
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EL PASO, Texas — Court documents show that 73-year-old Juan Martinez was booked into El Paso County jail Tuesday on two counts of intoxication manslaughter and one count of intoxication assault. Martinez is accused of driving drunk and getting on Loop 375 in the wrong direction before causing a crash that killed a 6-year-old Las
Continue Reading HORIZON, Texas — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies on Wednesday identified a man who was struck and killed by a car while crossing the street in Horizon earlier in the week. The victim was 38-year-old Samuel Josue Hernandez. Investigators said he was in a crosswalk at the intersection of Horizon Boulevard and Bowdoin Street when
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A daycare owner in Las Cruces confirmed late Wednesday that the license for one of the locations she owns has been suspended by New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department, or CYFD. Karen Sowards, the owner of Kids Kountry, told ABC-7 that the location at 2920 Mase Lane is temporarily
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso police officer was struck by a car Tuesday night after responding to the scene of a family violence call; the alleged hit-and-run driver was later arrested after a chase. Authorities on Wednesday identified the man as 21-year-old Elijah Andres Miranda of Horizon City. He was being held on
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EL PASO, Texas — Police arrested two brothers Monday night following a viral video that circulated on social media (see it in the video player at the top of this article) showing two men randomly shooting while driving on an El Paso freeway. Josue Efrain Macias, 21 and Ruben Armando Macias, 23, were charged with
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SOCORRO, Texas — A Latino civil rights organization on Friday called on state and local education officials to ban a Socorro High School substitute teacher who recently told a male Hispanic student: “Speak English, we’re in America.” As ABC-7 first reported, the incident was caught on video. The League of United Latin American Citizens –
Continue Reading SOCORRO, Texas — A substitute teacher who filled in earlier this week at Socorro High School is now under investigation after a video surfaced of her telling a male Hispanic student to, “Speak English, we’re in America.” In an exclusive interview with ABC-7, junior Carlos Cobian says he walked into class watching a soccer match
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SOCORRO, Texas — A Socorro High School teacher is on a paid suspension after a video surfaced showing the male educator apparently slapping a female student on her rear end. ABC-7 obtained a copy of the video, which can be viewed in the video player at the top of this article. The Socorro Independent School
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EL PASO, Texas — A drunk driver going the wrong way on Loop 375 in his SUV is to blame for a late night, head-on crash that claimed the life of another motorist, El Paso police said Monday. Authorities indicated 42-year-old Esteban Israel Lopez has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in the wake of Friday
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EL PASO< Texas — Four candidates are running on the Nov. 5 ballot to represent District 3 on the El Paso City Council. District 3 represents parts of the Lower Valley and East El Paso. The seat is currently held by city rep. Cassandra Hernandez. Hernandez was elected to the seat in 2017 after serving
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EL PASO, Texas – People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, says inhumane conditions at the El Paso Animal Services shelter is causing dogs to fight and kill each other. In a letter posted Friday, PETA posted graphic photos allegedly given to them by a whistleblower at the El Paso Animal Services shelter.
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EL PASO, Texas – Ron Martin, the president of the El Paso Police Officers Association, announced Thursday on Twitter that he will be challenge El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles in the Democratic primary next March. “Its time to tell all my friends, family, coworkers and all of El Paso that I will be running
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