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1st U.S. Capitol rioter convicted of felony gets 8 months in prison

July 19, 2021 10:21 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — A Florida man who breached the U.S. Senate chamber carrying a Trump campaign flag has received an eight-month prison term, the…

Stretch of I-10 in Luna County dedicated as memorial for slain officer Darian Jarrott

July 18, 2021 9:11 PM Associated Press

DEMING, New Mexico — A stretch of Interstate 10 in Luna County in southern New Mexico is now a memorial corridor honoring a New Mexico State…

Several shot outside stadium, halting Padres at Nationals game

July 17, 2021 7:55 PM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — The game between the San Diego Padres and Washington was suspended in the sixth inning Saturday night after a shooting outside…

Juárez smugglers threaten El Paso border agents: ‘Bullets can cross river’

July 17, 2021 4:31 PM Jim Parker

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A sign found hanging this week from a pedestrian bridge near the Rio Grande in Juarez carried a “warning” directed at El…

Gunman caught in west Texas standoff that killed 1, hurt 4

July 15, 2021 5:44 PM Associated Press

LEVELLAND, Texas — Authorities captured the suspect late Thursday following an hours-long police standoff where one officer was killed and four…

Central El Paso man jumped by group of men & stabbed

July 15, 2021 2:43 AM Edwin Delgado, Jim Parker

EL PASO — A man was taken to the hospital early Thursday morning after being stabbed in central El Paso, according to police. Officials said the…

Gunman found criminally responsible for killing 5 at Maryland newspaper

July 15, 2021 2:26 PM Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland — A jury has found a gunman criminally responsible for killing five people at a Maryland newspaper. The jury of eight men and…

DPS says Horizon man shot dead after taking trooper’s taser

July 13, 2021 2:58 PM Jim Parker, Dylan McKim, Saul Saenz

UPDATE #2, July 14: A Horizon City man shot dead by a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper at a gas station had driven erratically to catch up…

Police say no charges in northeast El Paso boy’s shooting of brother with BB gun

July 10, 2021 6:54 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 14: Police on Wednesday released new details about a boy who was shot and wounded with a BB gun over the weekend in northeast El…

FBI agent wounded, suspect killed in New Mexico shootout

July 14, 2021 2:35 PM ABC News

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — Police activity in Albuquerque on Wednesday afternoon turned into gunfire, with an FBI agent getting shot and wounded,…

Woman accused of aiding in Vanessa Guillen’s death indicted by grand jury

July 14, 2021 11:09 AM ABC News

FORT HOOD, Texas — A woman accused of helping Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s suspected killer dismember and dispose of Guillen’s body last…

U.S. Senate Dems move toward federal cannabis legalization

July 14, 2021 11:03 AM ABC News

WASHINGTON, DC — For the first time in U.S. Senate history, Democrats on Wednesday moved toward ending the federal prohibition on cannabis, removing…

Backpacks blamed for 5-hour bomb scare in east El Paso

July 13, 2021 7:40 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 14: El Paso police said Wednesday that suspicious items triggering a bomb scare at an east side store plaza for over five hours turned…

2 years after Erika Gaytan vanished, family goes to church praying for closure

July 13, 2021 9:51 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — Tuesday was an emotional day for the family of Erika Gaytan, as it marked exactly two years since the disappearance of the El Paso…

El Paso DA seeks to hire graduate law students as assistant district attorneys

July 8, 2021 12:02 PM Rachel Phillips

EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso District Attorney is seeking the opinion from the Texas Attorney General on whether she can hire graduate law students…

‘We Build the Wall’ co-founder indicted on yet another charge

July 8, 2021 6:49 PM Associated Press

SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The co-founder of the “We Build The Wall” project aimed at raising money for a private border wall in Sunland Park has…

Victim ID’d in July 4th shooting in far east El Paso; no arrests yet

July 5, 2021 5:11 AM Mauricio Casillas, Dylan McKim, Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police on Thursday identified the victim of a July 4th shooting on the city’s far east side as 42-year-old Nelson Maldonado.…

Man’s body found in van in east El Paso isn’t a homicide case

July 7, 2021 3:00 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 8: Investigators said Thursday that no foul play was suspected in the death of a man whose body was found a day prior in a van in the…

Police say northeast El Paso boy’s ‘suicide’ death is ‘suspicious’

July 7, 2021 4:13 PM Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police said Thursday that a boy’s death the day prior at a home in the 4200 block of Fred Wilson Avenue occurred under…

No foul play in death of man found in central El Paso drainage area

July 6, 2021 11:32 AM Jim Parker

UPDATE, July 8: El Paso police said Thursday that a body found in a drainage reservoir under the Cotton overpass wasn’t a case of foul play. However,…

Land secured for new El Paso fire & police training academy

July 7, 2021 7:53 PM Brenda De Anda-Swann

EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a deal with the Public Service Board for the transfer of 306 acres in…

Federal judge largely faults Air Force for 2017 Texas church shooting

July 7, 2021 2:32 PM CNN Newsource

By Ashley Killough and Paul LeBlanc, CNN A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the negligence of the United States government was mostly responsible…

Texas Amber Alert issued for abducted 2-year-old boy

July 7, 2021 12:12 PM ABC News

SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A statewide Amber Alert was issued Wednesday asking for the public’s help in locating a 2-year-old Texas boy who is…

Anthony, Sunland Park among safest places to live in New Mexico

July 7, 2021 11:09 AM ABC News

ANTHONY, New Mexico — Two El Paso-area communities are among the safest places to live in New Mexico, according to a new report from Safewise.…

El Paso man arrested after road rage incident ends in gunfire

July 6, 2021 7:24 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police detectives on Tuesday announced the charging of a suspect in a road rage incident that occurred in late May.…

Bond denied for ‘dangerous’ Las Cruces man accused of park beheading, using head as soccer ball

June 21, 2021 5:10 AM Mauricio Casillas, Jim Parker, Wil Herren

UPDATE, July 6: Joel Arciniega-Saenz, a homeless person who Las Cruces police say admitted to killing a man by cutting off his head and using it as a…