By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press CHERAN, Mexico (AP) — Regular citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the pine-covered mountains of western Mexico. Over the last decade they have seen illegal logging clear the hillsides for plantations of water hungry avocado trees; where there are avocados, the water dries
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By Victor Blackwell and Devon M. Sayers, CNN A second local investigation into the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson, the Georgia teenager who was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat, has been closed with no charges filed, according to a report released by Lowndes County Sheriff Ashley Paulk. Paulk called the teenager’s death a
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EL PASO, Texas-The El Paso police department just added three new four-legged officers to its force. Now EPPD has as many as 20 dogs in the unit. ABC-7 was given a rare look at how the police officers and K-9 handlers train the dogs. Sergeant Armando Castañeda, trainer and a member of the unit, says
Continue Reading By Ellie Kaufman, CNN President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order designating sexual harassment as an offense in the US military’s judicial code. Biden took the step after it was included in this year’s National Defense Authorization Act. A provision in the NDAA required that the President take this step to make sexual
Continue Reading By Cheri Mossburg, CNN Nearly three weeks after the body of a teenage girl was found dumped on a busy freeway off-ramp in Los Angeles, local leaders are pleading for tips from the public and offering a large reward as an incentive to solve her killing. Tioni Theus, 16, was found in the early morning
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A man who allegedly sold a weapon in the Dallas area to the gunman who took four hostages in a North Texas synagogue earlier this month has been charged with a federal firearm crime, a federal prosecutor said Wednesday. Henry “Michael” Williams, 32, was arrested on a state warrant in Texas on Monday, officials said.
Continue Reading By Hannah Rabinowitz The man who was photographed inside the US Capitol wearing a “Camp Auschwitz” sweatshirt on January 6, 2021, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor trespassing charge on Wednesday. Robert Packer, 57, could face up to six months in prison when he is sentenced in April, though many defendants who pleaded to the same
Continue Reading By Rosa Flores and Amir Vera, CNN The man suspected of killing a Harris County, Texas, deputy during a traffic stop over the weekend was wanted for crimes committed in 1996 in the county and also wanted for murder in El Salvador, the Harris County district attorney said Thursday. The announcement came during a multi-agency
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Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story listed Lupe Amalia Rodriguez’s age as 56, according to an El Paso police news release. El Paso police now list Rodriguez’s age as 46. EL PASO, Texas – Police arrested a 46-year-old woman in connection to a case where a dog was left confined to a yard
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CROCKETT, Texas — A woman allegedly tried to buy a baby from a Walmart shopper in Crockett, Texas. That’s north of Houston. Police say earlier this month, Rebecca Taylor approached another woman at a Walmart self-checkout aisle and told her she wanted to buy her baby. The 49-year-old allegedly offered the woman $250,000, which she
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EL PASO, Texas — Companies representing themselves as ‘the city’ are showing up announced to El Paso homes, testing their water on the spot and telling them they shouldn’t be drinking their water. David Villaneuva told me he was taken aback when two men showed up at his door and told him his water was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico – A man found with a gunshot wound in central Las Cruces just minutes after midnight Tuesday has died. According to Las Cruces police, they have a person of interest in the case, and there is no immediate threat to the public. The man was found near the 1300 block of
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EL PASO, Texas – A crime spree across El Paso’s westside Monday, Jan. 24, ended with the arrest of one man on five charges and bonds totaling nearly $100,000. Police say it all started when a man parked his truck in his driveway on the 6900 block of Granero. According to investigators, the man left
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SOCORRO, Texas — El Paso police say a sergeant witnessed an overnight shooting at Mississippi and Stanton near UTEP. Investigators say 25-year-old David Gerardo Calderon was outside a parked car in a parking lot on Sat. Jan. 15 arguing with other people. Police say Calderon fired one shot into the air causing people to run
Continue Reading By Geneva Sands, CNN Domestic violent extremists will “likely continue” to plot and encourage physical attacks against electrical infrastructure in the United States, according to a recent Department of Homeland Security intelligence briefing obtained by CNN. Since at least 2020, domestic extremists have developed credible, specific plans to attack electricity infrastructure, the memo dated January
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Chihuahuan state officials say they’ve arrested two people in connection to the deaths of two women whose bodies were dismembered and dumped in bags along a highway. Investigators say 25-year-old Jaqueline Isela C. R. and 24-year-old David R. were captured in connection to the investigation. According to investigators, Julissa Ramirez and Nohemi
Continue Reading By Gregory Lemos, CNN The Harris County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office on Monday said one of its officers was struck and killed overnight while conducting an off-duty motorcycle escort. According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, Sgt. Ramon Gutierrez, 45, was escorting a heavy load along a service road with others. He “was off
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso County Sheriff’s office says two off-duty officers were attacked with a knife while working an assignment at the Cielo Vista Walmart on 7101 Gateway west. Police arrested Jeremy Coltharp for aggravated assault on a peace officer. Officials say Coltharp had assaulted a Walmart sales clerk the previous week
Continue Reading By Dakin Andone, Theresa Waldrop, Rob Frehse and Laura Ly, CNN Plagued by a spate of high-profile incidents of violence during his first three weeks in office, New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Monday laid out an ambitious blueprint to combat gun violence — from increasing officers on patrol and combating the influx of
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EL PASO, Texas – Police say a 22-year-old El Paso man left a toddler inside of a car while he was at the casino overnight. At around 2:20 a.m. on Sunday, officers say they found a 14-month-old inside of a car at the Speaking Rock Entertainment Center parking lot. Police say the child was found
Continue Reading By Randi Kaye, CNN Before taking his own life, Brian Laundrie wrote in a notebook he was responsible for Gabby Petito‘s death, according to the FBI. “A review of the notebook revealed written statements by Mr. Laundrie claiming responsibility for Ms. Petito’s death,” the FBI’s Denver Field Office said in a statement released Friday. The
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BUDA, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-year-old girl who was abducted in Buda, Texas. According to the alert, Hillary Salcedo was last seen wearing a blue jean jacket and a red shirt. The alert was sent just before 7:50 p.m. Thursday. The suspect in the abduction was described as
Continue Reading By JILL COLVIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol insurrection is asking Ivanka Trump, daughter of former President Donald Trump, to voluntarily cooperate with its investigation. The committee sent a letter Thursday requesting a meeting in early February asking to discuss her father’s actions, including a
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EL PASO, Texas – The El Paso Sheriff’s Office is asking for help identifying several juveniles following an act of vandalism at the county parking garage in downtown El Paso. According to deputies, the juveniles broke fire extinguisher cases, took four extinguishers, and sprayed powder all over the parking garage. First responders were called out
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UPDATE: El Paso police say the man who walked into the Mission Valley Command Center police station was taken to a hospital, but his injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Police say the victim was asking for help but did not cooperate with investigators. Police say they do not know how he was shot.
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EL PASO, Texas – Eric Lira, a “naturopathic” therapist from El Paso, is being held at the El Paso downtown detention facility. He was taken into custody on Jan. 12. The arrest stems from an FBI investigation in which U.S. prosecutors say he used his medical connections in Juarez to send at least one athlete
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua – Four women were killed in juarez in the past three days, including two women from El Paso. The remains of the El Paso women were found in bags dumped in Juarez on Sunday. The women were reportedly dismembered. According to Canal 44, the women have been identified as Julissa Ramirez and
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting death of a 33-year-old man. He was was found in the desert area of Red Sands in the far eastern part of the county with a gunshot wound. It’s unclear if he was dead when deputies found him, or if he
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Crews are making railroad repair in Los Angeles after a train derailed near the location where thieves have been raiding cargo containers, leaving the tracks littered with empted boxes of packaged goods sent by retailers. It isn’t known if Saturday’s derailment was caused by the debris left behind by thieves in
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – A note sent to law enforcement by the FBI And Department of Homeland Security says faith based communities will “likely” be the target of violence by both domestic violent extremists and those inspired by foreign terrorists. The note, obtained by ABC news, asks law enforcement partners to “maintain strong operational security
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