EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is stepping up their presence in the desert area behind the Socorro Activities Complex following a history of fights and shootings, including a shooting that left four people hurt and one dead in July. Residential neighborhoods are popping up around this desert area and homeowners
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NEW YORK, NY — An alleged victim of deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein filed a lawsuit against Prince Andrew of Britain on Monday, accusing the embattled 61-year-old royal of sexually abusing her at Epstein’s Manhattan mansion and elsewhere when she was under the age of 18, according to court records. The lawsuit, filed by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Police were investigating an apparent drive-by shooting that injured a 29-year-old man at a Las Cruces intersection on Sunday evening. Investigators indicated the shooting occurred near the intersection of Milton Avenue and College Street before 9 p.m., when a car pulled up alongside the victim’s car and a passenger opened fire before
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador touted the importance of public safety during a visit to Juarez on Sunday to inaugurate a new Mexican National Guard barracks aimed at reducing violent crime, which didn’t take a break during his trip. “If we do not solve the problem of insecurity and violence, we
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UPDATE, Aug. 6: Detectives on Friday announced the arrests of three men in connection with a murder that took place late last month outside a house party on Villa Plata Street in east El Paso. 20–year-old Brian Arrington was being held in the downtown jail on $1 million bond on a murder charge, while 21
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UPDATE: Socorro Police said they arrested the owner of a severely malnourished dog on animal cruelty charges following a meeting Friday with an animal rescue group. Mario Huereca, 21, was booked Friday into the El Paso County jail on $2,000 bond. No mugshot was immediately available, authorities indicated. “The dog was (recently) retrieved from the
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man is jailed after police said they found “over 1,000 images of children and infants being sexually assaulted” during a search of his central city home. 28–year-old Oscar Eduardo Montes Carbajal was being held on $125,000 bond at the El Paso County Detention Facility downtown, charged with five
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EL PASO, Texas — Police in El Paso and Las Cruces announced multiple arrests Friday involving three separate cases of child pornography possession. 28-year-old Eduardo Montes Carbajal is charged with five counts of possession of child pornography after authorities said they found over 1,000 images of children and infants being sexual assaulted on electronic media
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SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A civil rights lawsuit says a man was brutally beaten by corrections officers in New Mexico and denied medical treatment at a county jail after guards mistook dentures for contraband. A watchdog group for improving prison conditions in the state filed the federal lawsuit this week on behalf of former
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EL PASO, Texas — Former football player Joshua Long says he’s considering suing the El Paso Police Department after he was tackled and subdued by multiple officers inside traffic court back in April. Long told ABC-7 that he went to court to pay a traffic ticket when an employee told him he was violating dress
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Justice Department is launching a widespread probe into the police force in Phoenix to examine whether officers have been using excessive force and abusing people experiencing homelessness. U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the investigation Thursday into the City of Phoenix and the Phoenix Police Department. The probe will also
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UPDATE, Aug. 4: Authorities released the mugshot of 36–year-old David Saenz, who remained held on a million dollar bond on charges of aggravated assault in a road rage shooting case in June that left a man seriously wounded. ORIGINAL REPORT, Aug. 2: EL PASO, Texas — A 36–year-old motorist has been arrested for a road
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UPDATE, Aug. 4: The man charged in a deadly head-on car collision in far east El Paso told investigators he had been drinking at home and at a quinceneara prior to the crash, according to court documents obtained by ABC-7. Authorities allege Mario Ernesto Martel was driving eastbound along the westbound lanes of Interstate 10
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The Mexican government is filing a civil lawsuit in the U.S. against major gun manufacturers, alleging that negligent business practices contribute to the illegal flow of weapons over the border, The Washington Post and Reuters reported Wednesday. The lawsuit seeks unspecified compensation for damages from Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc.; Barrett
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EL PASO, Texas — Here’s a collection of ABC-7’s on-air and online coverage on Aug. 3, 2021, reflecting the two-year anniversary of El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting that claimed the lives of 23 people. WATCH: Healing Garden unveiled at Ascarate ParkWATCH: Star on the Mountain tribute to Aug. 3 victimsWalmart’s Grand Candela lacks
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UPDATE: The man suspected in Tuesday morning’s shooting that injured a 29-year-old woman at Planet Fitness has been charged with attempted murder, Las Cruces police said. Jose Daniel Chavez, 28, of Mesilla Park, was charged after police said witnesses positively identified him as the shooter. Investigators said they also found a 9mm handgun that he apparently dropped on
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EL PASO, Texas – Local and state officials have shut down a far east El Paso County massage parlor where they contend “illegal activity occurs habitually.” Tuesday’s closure of Day Spa Massage at 800 N. Zaragoza Road came by way of a judge’s order after the El Paso County Attorney’s Office said a 16-month investigation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jessica Garcia spent 16 years with the love of her life, Guillermo ‘Memo’ Garcia. That’s why two years later, after the shooting that changed her life, she’s still coming to grips with what happened. “Not having him is hard. It’s not something that I chose,” Jessica Garcia said. “I didn’t
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EL PASO, Texas — Members of El Paso City Council participated in a special Aug. 3 memorial bell tolling ceremony Tuesday morning before the regularly scheduled council meeting. The ceremony included a moment of silence, followed by the reading of the names of each mass shooting victim. The council members took turns tolling the bell
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El PASO, Texas — It’s been two years since one of the most tragic days in El Paso and the healing process is far from over. A new permanent memorial now sits in the Lower valley for all of El Paso to sit in solace and reflect. The county’s community healing garden at Ascarate Park
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WASHINGTON, DC — An officer died after being stabbed Tuesday during a burst of violence at a transit station outside the Pentagon, and a suspect in the incident was shot by law enforcement and died at the scene, officials said. The Pentagon, the headquarters of the U.S. military, was temporarily placed on lockdown after gunshots
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UPDATE, Aug. 3: Police announced the arrests Tuesday of two Las Cruces teenagers for a weekend shooting death that occurred at a house party. Isaiah James William Taylor, 19, and a 17-year-old boy whose name wasn’t released, were both charged with an open count of murder, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon
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EL PASO, Texas — Dee Margo, while flipping through a scrapbook of letters and cards from around the world, recalls the heinous shooting that left 23 people dead in August of 2019 when he was El Paso’s mayor. “It’s just personal. It was an attack on us,” Margo explained while fighting back tears. Margo sat
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EL PASO, Texas — The Border Network for Human Rights led a memorial service for the El Paso community in remembrance of the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart that killed 23 people and injured 23 others. The memorial event at Ponder Park opened with a procession of crosses followed by an invocation led
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EL PASO, Texas – In honor of the second anniversary of the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Walmart that claimed the lives of 23 people, numerous remembrances, memorials and tributes are scheduled across El Paso to mark the solemn occasion. Below is a list of those events compiled by ABC-7… (*** denotes events
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — What was supposed to be a celebration ended in tragedy in Juarez as an SUV driver struck 11 people, killing two of them at a quinceanera party rehearsal. ABC-7’s news partners at Canal 44 report that a man lost control of his vehicle, veered off the road and ran over those
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UPDATE, Aug. 2: Detectives on Monday said a drug deal gone bad resulted in the weekend shooting of a man at an apartment complex in El Paso’s Lower Valley. “The victim, 20–year-old Marcos Ruben Rojas was shot during a drug transaction,” police wrote in an incident report released Monday. Authorities told ABC-7 that Rojas got
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TUCSON, Arizona — Flags flew at half-staff Saturday across Arizona by order of the governor in honor of a 20-year-old Tucson emergency medical technician who died from his injuries after being shot by a gunman in a rampage last week. The death of Jacob Dindinger, a former El Pasoan, was announced Friday by his employer,
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SOCORRO, Texas — A Socorro man has been arrested on an animal cruelty charge after his dog was found “covered in blood,” police announced Friday. Hector Ortiz, 29, was being held in the El Paso County Jail on $10,000 bond; no mugshot was provided by police. Socorro police said officers found the “severely neglected” dog
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EL PASO, Texas — A group of car dealers on Alameda Avenue in El Paso’s Lower Valley are hoping their nightmare is finally over after police say they captured the man who went on a brazen crime spree, stealing as many as 10 cars off of multiple sales lots in a two-week span. The accused
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