Former Sunland Park militia leader convicted of impersonating Border Patrol agent
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A federal jury in Las Cruces has convicted a former Sunland Park militia leader of impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol…
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Wife of El Paso city Rep. Sam Morgan asks DA’s office to drop domestic violence charges against him
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso County District Attorney’s office confirmed to ABC-7 on Wednesday that the wife of El Paso city Rep. Sam Morgan is…
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Texas man gets jail for video of himself licking ice cream tub
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — A 24-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 30 days in jail for posting on social media a video last August of himself…
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Horizon man accused of having hundreds of child porn images
EL PASO, Texas — A 45-year-old Horizon man has been arrested after El Paso police allegedly caught him with several hundred child porn images,…
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Caught on video: Las Cruces vandals cause thousands of dollars in damage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Two young spary-painting vandals were responsible for thousands of dollars worth of property damage over the weekend in Las…
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‘We just want justice for Marissa’: 8-year-old Sunland girl’s accused killers will stay jailed until trial
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces judge denied a prosecutor’s request to delay a trial after a suspected arson case in Sunland Park which…
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Teen shot, wounded in parking lot of Las Cruces community center
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A teenager was shot and wounded Monday night at a Las Cruces community center and police continued searching Tuesday for…
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Gunshot victim shows up at Del Sol Medical Center, reportedly injured outside bar
(Editor’s note: The name of the bar was removed from this article after police later indicated that the victim’s gunshot wound was believed to be…
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Documents show Las Cruces officer used neck restraint banned in many cities on suspect who died in custody
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces police officer had a suspect in what police called a “vascular neck restraint” moments before his death over…
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Sunland Park mom pleads for judge not to release couple accused of 8-year-old’s fiery death
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — The mother of an 8-year-old who was killed in a mobile home fire back in 2018 is asking a judge not to release a couple…
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SWAT standoff at Upper Valley home ends as armed man accused of assaulting girlfriend surrenders
EL PASO, Texas — An armed man, involved in what police described as a “family violence incident” surrendered to SWAT officers after being inside an…
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Man in foot chase with Las Cruces Police dies after being Tasered
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man who fled from police on Saturday morning died after being Tasered by authorities, according to state…
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East El Paso County strip club shut down after raid turns up unlicensed bar and illegal drugs; employee arrested
EL PASO, Texas — A strip club in east El Paso County has been shut down following a raid by state troopers and other law enforcement agencies that…
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No charges filed in last month’s El Paso High School gun scare; officials said case was closed but are now reversing their position
EL PASO, Texas — No one has been charged or prosecuted after a gun scare paralyzed El Paso High School a month ago, ABC-7 has learned. Police on…
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Las Cruces man accused of firing sawed-off shotgun during case of road rage
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man has been arrested after allegedly firing a sawed-off shotgun during what police described as a road-rage…
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Caught on video: Clint man arrested after leading troopers on chase that ends with SUV tires being shot at
View this post on Instagram A post shared by The Real Fit Fam El Paso (@fitfamelpaso) on Feb 28, 2020 at 8:16am PST EL PASO, Texas — A man in an SUV…
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2nd man arrested in far east El Paso murder stemming from botched drug deal
EL PASO, Texas — Police announced Friday the arrest of a second man on murder charges stemming from a botched drug deal last week at a home in far…
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DEA cracks down on meth in El Paso as part of nationwide push to stop the spread of the drug
EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is seizing more meth in the El Paso area compared to years past. The agency says that…
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2 students hurt — 1 seriously wounded — in stabbing at Americas High School; suspect arrested after posting video to social media
EL PASO, Texas — Two students were hurt, one of whom suffered serious wounds, in a stabbing attack at Americas High School on Thursday afternoon and…
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Candelight vigil held for Las Cruces girl on 15th anniversary of her murder
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A candlelight vigil was taking place Thursday evening as family and friends remembered a teenage girl who was murdered 15…
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Milwaukee brewery shooter and victims identified; they worked as electricians, operators and machinists
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — The employee who stormed the Molson Coors complex in Milwaukee and his five co-workers who were killed when he opened…
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Far-right extremists killed 42 people in 2019 — more than half those deaths came in El Paso’s Walmart shooting
EL PASO, Texas — White supremacists and other far-right extremists killed at least 42 people in the U.S. in 2019, the sixth-deadliest year for…
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Ex-employee opens fire with gun, killing 5 workers at Milwaukee brewery before taking own life
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — An ex-employee opened fire with a gun and killed five people before taking his own life at the MillerCoors brewery complex in…
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Driver arrested in hit & run that seriously injured an El Paso firefighter has history of driving offenses & other crimes
EL PASO, Texas — The driver who allegedly struck and seriously wounded an El Paso firefighter — and then drove off — earlier this month has been…
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More than 6 months after El Paso’s Walmart shooting, a Mexican national who survived the attack offers a new perspective
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — One Saturday morning, Liliana Muñoz Puente of Juarez was with her aunt shopping at El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart, buying…
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Warning issued about scammers renting fake properties in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A 19-year-old engineering student at New Mexico State University says she was nearly scammed out of the money she…
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Man shot dead in the chest in what’s described as a drug deal gone bad in far east El Paso; accused killer’s mugshot released
UPDATE 2/26/20: El Paso police released the mugshot of murder suspect Zachary Carter. A police affidavit also shows his arrest came after he asked a…
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Quiet Mardi Gras in El Paso’s Cincinnati District, but neighbors still have concerns
EL PASO, Texas — Mardi Gras celebrations in the Cincinnati Entertainment District were quieter this year than in year’s past. There was an increased…
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El Paso County Sheriff’s Office seeks new radios after communication problems during Walmart shooting
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office is planning on bringing in new handheld radios to improve communications that…
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New Mexico’s governor signs red-flag gun measure into law, tells sheriffs to enforce it or resign
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday afternoon signed a controversial red-flag gun measure into law that allows courts to…
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