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
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a technologically advanced world consumed by digital media, one rideshare driver is proof that authentic connections can still happen anywhere. Armando Esparza has been a rideshare driver for Uber and Lyft since 2021. Esparza told ABC-7 that this new occupation has provided flexibility and freedom unlike ever before. His
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juarez started its Campaña Canje de Armas 2023 in August, aiming to decrease violence south of the border. With a budget of nearly $1 million Mexican pesos, officials on all three levels of Mexican government, along with the Chamber of Commerce in Juarez, will pay residents if they
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– ABC-7 sat down with El Paso Defense Attorney Omar Carmona to get Xtra perspective on the case against Jessica Weaver. She is facing a first-degree felony charge after her 3-year-old toddler drowned in a water park this summer. Weaver faces a charge of Injury to a child by Omission. She is
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The number of migrants dying in the desert around this region is up almost double from last year, according to official figures from Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Amidst the record-breaking temperatures registered this summer, El Paso border authorities have reported more rescues and more deaths by dehydration and heat
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Each September, ABC-7 focuses on a family who has had a child battle cancer in order to shed light not just on the ordeal, also explore the options for both support and treatment in the Borderland. At the beginning of August, Aurora Valdez started 5th grade at
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As drug cartel-related violence spikes in Ciudad Juárez, criminal organizations in Mexico are increasingly attempting to recruit U.S. deported veterans, according to multiple sources who spoke with ABC-7. The veterans’ set of skills, learned while serving in the military, makes veterans deported into Mexico a valuable asset for criminal organizations,
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KVIA) — Ranchers in Hudspeth County say that while the Borderland has seen small relief from recent rains, this year’s lack of rainfall and extreme heat has been nothing short of brutal. It’s been affecting infrastructure such as the power grid, and hampering crops. ABC-7 recently reported on the delayed harvest from
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — You see that temperature of 99 or 109 on your vehicle dashboard as you’re driving to work or the grocery store. Is it accurate? Doppler Dave Speelman talked with a local automotive technician about those temperature probes – where they are located and how reliable? Check out “What’s on Doppler’s
Continue Reading
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Many Borderland residents lovingly remember Juan Gabriel as one of the most iconic singers from our area. El Divo de Juárez passed away on August 28, 2016, while he was on tour in California. Since then, the City of Juarez has commemorated his passing every year with different celebrations. This year
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan and Red Cross volunteer Humberto “Beto” Flores gets ready to head to Hawaii in the coming weeks to help with relief operations for those affected during the Maui Wildfires. At least 114 people died in the fires, with that number expected to rise as about 850 people are still
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Thanks to a shirt, some coffee and a class act, one of the best to ever don the Dallas Cowboys jersey, will be rooting for the Miners this season. Earlier this year, head coach Dana Dimel and Justin Garrett, a former UTEP wide receiver and the current director of player
Continue Reading
El Paso, Texas (KVIA) — Sports often unite people, but for one local team, playing sports allows them to not feel alone in this world. 915 Stars consist of about 20 athletes ranging in age from 17 to 46 years old, who all have varying levels of special needs. But when they’re on the pitch,
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the City of El Paso does a nationwide search for the next CEO of city government, there’s one thing Mayor Oscar Leeser tells ABC-7 he would do differently. ABC-7 learned former City Manager Tommy Gonzalez did consulting work for the City of Durango, Colo., while he was working for El
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– ABC-7 has obtained the 911 call made by a 6-year-old that led to a stash house bust. In that phone call a girl is heard asking for help after she says she was abandoned by her mother. “I think my mom abandoned me. Could you tell her… that to come back,”
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 9-year-old Daniela Aguirre sat in the shade at Chamizal Memorial Park, trying to get out of the record temperatures El Paso can’t seem to get a break from this year. She said she is exposed to the sun a lot now that the school year has started. “Walking to my
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Nearly two years after her 23-year-old son was shot and killed and no one was arrested, a mom is insisting to ABC-7 that there is more to this investigation than what witnesses told El Paso police. It has taken almost a year for ABC-7 to navigate through the conflicting stories, that
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has obtained the document officially stating the findings of the City of El Paso’s Ethics Review Commission’s investigation into District 3 Representative Cassandra Hernandez’s use of her taxpayer-funded fuel card. ABC-7 also has the official Letter of Reprimand issued to Hernandez as a result of the Commission’s findings. The
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — If you are planning on attending a showing at the Plaza Classic Film Festival this week, you may consider seeing some work produced by local filmmakers. Doug Pullen, the Program Director for the El Paso Community Foundation, said that over the years they have tried to include El Paso creatives
Continue Reading
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Pasoan Maribel Veach still remembers the exact moment gunfire erupted inside the Cielo Vista Walmart. Veach was inside the store when the sentenced killer, Patrick Crusius, began his calculated attack. She remembers precisely where she was standing. The front cash register preparing to make her regular weekly grocery purchase.
Continue Reading
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
Continue Reading