HOUSTON, Texas — Investigators say a church leader has admitted to raping a 9-year-old boy and may have additional victims due to his position, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Friday. According to Houston police, Jose Abel Mena, 60, turned himself in last month after detectives confronted him about allegations by the boy and his family. Mena,
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso officer seen on video stomping on the bare feet of a man in police custody utilized “necessary and reasonable” force that was within departmental guidelines, according to internal affairs officials who said Friday that their probe into the case was now closed. The video of the struggle was
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso police announced the latest in a spate of animal cruelty arrests on Friday. Investigators said 22–year-old Jennifer De La Cruz was arrested for the death of her pet. The carcass of her female German Shepherd was found chained to a metal pole in her backyard at 5721 Tropicana last
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HARKER HEIGHTS, TEXAS — A central Texas man has been charged with murder in the slaying of a Fort Hood soldier whose body was found beside a road four miles from where his burned sport utility vehicle was found. Brandon Michael Olivares, 28, of Killeen, was already booked into the Bell County Jail in Belton on an
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso Police Department’s Internal Affairs unit has launched an investigation into an officer’s conduct captured on video by ABC-7 that appears to show him stomping on the bare feet of a man in custody, authorities said Thursday. The video of the incident was taken by an ABC-7 staffer in
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EL PASO, Texas — A 20-year-old El Paso man is facing animal cruelty charges in the wake of a video posted to social media that police said shows him abusing his dog, authorities announced Thursday. Caleb Hicks was arrested Wednesday and was remained held a day later in the downtown jail on $5,000 bond. In
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces police standoff that began late Thursday morning continued into the late afternoon hours. A man barricaded himself inside a home at Picacho Avenue and 17th Street. Police said they were trying to serve a felony warrant, but the man refused to come out of the home. The
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EL PASO, Texas – A car burglary victim was injured on the city’s westside early Thursday morning, according to the El Paso Police Department. Police initially said the man suffered life-threatening injuries after being struck by the robber who was trying to get away from the scene. Officials later said the injuries were not as
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EL PASO, Texas — A SWAT standoff with a wanted fugitive believed to be armed and barricaded in central El Paso ended with the man walking out of an apartment carrying a baby and surrendering to police. That peaceful surrender happened a bit before 11 p.m. Tuesday in the 3300 block of Gateway East, according
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EL PASO, Texas — A 59-year-old inmate at the El Paso County Jail has died of Covid-19, Sheriff Richard Wiles told El Paso Matters on Tuesday. It is the first known coronavirus-related death of a person held at any jail or detention facility in El Paso County. Vicente Rodriguez had been held on charges of
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AUSTIN, Texas — Three people have been arrested for the murder of a beloved ice-cream vendor in Austin, according to ABC affiliate KXXV. Austin Police said Tuesday that three capital murder warrants for the robbery-shooting death of 68-year-old Adelaido Bernabe Urias were obtained. Charged in the death are Marquis Davis, Jermaine Jones and Devlon Wardy. Urias
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A Texas man accused of threatening a mass shooting at Fort Hood in retaliation for the slaying of a Fort Hood soldier has been released on bond, jail records show. Mario Eloy Peña has been charged with a count of making terroristic threats, according to Bexar County jail records. An affidavit
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The former Doña Ana County sheriff who oversaw a deputy accused of evidence hoarding told ABC-7 he was not aware of the allegations or the arrest. “It breaks my heart that something like that happened and that it happened under my watch as sheriff,” Todd Garrison said in an exclusive
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned a man accused of killing a young El Paso mother who vanished more than a year ago now faces new, lower bond conditions. Ricardo Marquez, who faces a murder charge in the death of Erika Gaytan, had a $1 million bond set in December when he was arrested.
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UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday asked for the public’s help in locating the person or persons responsible in an animal cruelty case. Three dead horses were found in Clint near the area of 1200 Robert’s Ranch and Texas back on July 24. An ABC-7 viewer took photos of the horse carcasses
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EL PASO, Texas — Here’s a collection of ABC-7’s on-air and online coverage on Aug. 3, 2020 reflecting the one-year anniversary of El Paso’s Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting that claimed the lives of 23 people. Here’s a look at all 23 victims killed in the El Paso mass shootingCeremonies for El Paso shooting anniversary
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EL PASO, Texas — Twenty-three pillars lit up Monday to commemorate the lives lost during a shooting that targeted Mexicans at the Cielo Vista Walmart one year ago — a memorial that is visible from both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. The white beams from the Grand Candella were contrasted later by the orange glow of lights
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EL PASO, Texas — In the days that followed the Aug. 3rd shooting, police identified one man on store security video as a hero who helped to save lives. That video showed a mystery man walking out of the store with a baby in his arms. That baby turned out to be baby Gilbert Anchondo, the
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EL PASO, Texas —As El Pasoans marked the one-year anniversary of the Walmart shooting Monday, attorney Yvonne Rosales was one of hundreds of thousands of border residents reflecting on the tragedy afflicted on this city that claimed the lives of 23 people. But after the candlelight vigils dim, Rosales will be right back at the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The City of Las Cruces observed a moment of silence at the beginning of Monday afternoon’s City Council meeting to honor and remember those who lost their lives in the El Paso Walmart shooting one year ago. At the meeting’s start, Mayor Ken Miyagishima announced that trees around City Hall
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been about a year since the lyrics to the Spanish-language ballad rang out in the parking lot of a shopping complex in east-central El Paso. The song, Amor Eterno, was penned by borderland hero Juan Gabriel and speaks about a family’s tragic loss. It was played several times here in the
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EL PASO, Texas — As part of the one-year anniversary marking the horrific Aug. 3, 2019 shooting, more than 100 people gathered behind the Cielo Vista Walmart store as a way to remember those tragic events and heal. The area, in front of a restaurant on Sunmount Drive, is where members of the community initially
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Just one week into 10th grade, Javier Amir Rodriguez’s life was abruptly taken in the Cielo Vista Walmart mass shooting by a lone gunman who killed 23 people. At 15-years old, Rodriguez was the youngest victim. Two days after the attack, the Clint Independent School District hosted a vigil for
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EL PASO, Texas — Just a few blocks away from the Cielo Vista Walmart is Ponder Park, where a makeshift memorial sprung up remembering the 23 people who were killed on Aug. 3, 2019. On the one-year anniversary, people arrived in a steady stream at the park, taking time to look at 23 circles, representing
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EL PASO, Texas — A total of 23 people were killed in the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting at the Cielo Vista El Paso Walmart. Above is a video officially listing the names and pictures of all the deceased. We will always remember: Jordan Anchondo, Andre Pablo Anchondo, Arturo Benavidez, Leonardo Campos Jr., Maribel Campos,
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EL PASO, Texas — Authorities on Monday announced the arrest of a third suspect in a Lower Valley murder that has previously been described by police as a drug deal gone bad. El Paso police and U.S. Marshals arrested 20-year-old Gabriel Vega late last week at a home in the 2200 block of Tremont Avenue
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s been exactly one year since Al Hernandez lost his sister and her husband in El Paso’s greatest tragedy. “We have questioned ourselves many, many times: ‘Why us?'” Hernandez explained to ABC-7. “That’s how our community feels. That this is our 9/11. We were attacked.” On that horrific Saturday morning, his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Roughly two minutes: that’s how long a trauma surgeon at University Medical Center says her emergency room had to get ready before patients from El Paso’s massacre arrived last August 3rd. “I immediately went into hustle mode. I immediately thought, ‘I better get out there. I better prepare,'” said Dr.
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EL PASO, Texas — The Consulate General of Mexico in El Paso held a ceremony Monday morning to honor of the victims of the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting. During the event, officials unveiled a memorial plaque. Eight Mexicans were among the 23 people killed in the shooting, while eight other Mexicans were wounded. Authorities
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