ROSWELL, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police issued a statewide Amber Alert on Tuesday afternoon for a 3-year-old boy who authorities believe could be on his way to Mexico. Osiel Ernesto Rico is 2 feet, 5 inches tall and weighs around 40 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes. Osiel was last seen
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man convicted of striking and killing two people with his SUV in May 2017 will now likely spend the rest of his life in prison. “I’m sorry about what happened,” said 52-year-old Carlos Garcia. “God bless my soul and the families too. It was not intentional.” Garcia
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HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas man has been charged with the murder of a woman he’d proposed to just days earlier, her family says. Kendrick Marquette Akins, 39, made Dominic Jefferson his fiancée on New Year’s Eve after three months of dating, her family told ABC affiliate KTRK. Just days later, on Saturday, he allegedly
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VAN HORN, Texas — Four hundred pounds of marijuana being hauled into the U.S. for the New Year was seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents in Van Horn, officials said Friday. Agents acting on a tip about a half-dozen people who appeared to have entered illegally from Mexico discovered the drugs in the early morning
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man has been arrested on charges of sexual exploitation of children, authorities said Friday. Las Cruces police arrested Cheyenne Downing, 29, after serving a morning search warrant in the 5000 block of Calle Del Ranchero. According to police, the search came after investigators with the New Mexico
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EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso sector of the U.S. Border Patrol is preparing to bury one of their own, a police dog killed in the line of duty. The memorial service for “K9 Agent Bulder” is tentatively scheduled for the morning of Jan. 15 at the Abundant Living Faith Center in west El
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EL PASO, Texas — Five months after the horrific mass shooting in El Paso, ABC-7 has obtained new video of the so-called mystery man walking out of the Cielo Vista Walmart store with a baby in his arms – a baby that authorities said was saved by the mystery man’s brave actions during the shooting.
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The leader of an armed civilian group that had been stopping undocumented migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border in early 2019 pleaded guilty to federal weapons charges on Thursday. Larry Hopkins, 70, was arrested last April by the FBI in Sunland Park and charged in federal court with being a felon in
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Ciudad Juarez saw almost 1,500 homicides in 2019, making it the fourth most deadly year in history for the city. That’s according to data reported by El Diario de Juarez, which says there were only seven days throughout all of last year in which there no homicides. El Diario noted seven
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EL PASO, Texas – An El Paso woman is now facing murder charges after she allegedly drove drunk and crashed into a Northeast El Paso home a few days before Christmas. Margaret Cantu was originally booked on charges for driving under the influence and intoxication assault. El Paso police say Cantu is now facing murder
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Fidel Alejandro Villegas Villegas, the Chief of police for Janos, Chihuahua has been arrested in connection with the massacre of nine women and children, according to Mexican media and Reuters. Janos Mayor Sebastian Efrain Pineda confirmed the arrest of Villegas to local media. Pineda reported Villegas was taken to Mexico City after his detention, as
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LAS CRUCES, NM – One person is in custody following a SWAT standoff in Las Cruces. The Las Cruces Police Department said a person barricaded themselves inside a home on Delta drive earlier Thursday evening. LCPD asked people to avoid the area, but said the scene is now clear. They could not confirm if the
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EL PASO, Texas – An undercover operation at local hotel by El Paso Police detectives targeting adult Web sites led to six arrests. Police arrested and charged: Brandon DeShawn Reed, 25; Daniel Bernal Baltazar, 36; Talena Sue Nelson-Andrade, 44; Juan Zamora Jr., 46; Alma Estrada, 50; and Randall Nelson Levy, 62. They were booked into
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EL PASO, Texas — With Christmas right around the corner, thousands of people are braving heavy traffic, preparing for one of the busiest holiday traveling weekends of the year. Dozens of cars were lined up anxiously waiting to enter into Mexico at the Yselta Port of Entry Sunday night. Travelers who spoke with ABC-7 noticed
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EL PASO, Texas – El Paso police have confirmed that the man seen in a another social media video firing a weapon has turned himself in. In a tweet posted online Monday night, EPPD wrote, “Subject did the right thing and turned himself in this afternoon. Currently being processed by officers of the Gang Unit.
Continue Reading CLIVE, Iowa — An Iowa woman was charged with attempted murder after running over a 14-year-old girl, saying she did so because the teenager “was a Mexican,” police said. Nicole Marie Poole Franklin, 42, was arrested on other charges and Thursday admitted to Clive police she hit the girl with her vehicle on December 9,
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EL PASO, Texas – The rising popularity in vaping among teenagers has contributed to a sharp increase in THC possession arrests in El Paso, according to prosecutors. “The numbers are so dramatic,” said Emily Dawson, a spokeswoman for the El Paso County Attorney’s Office. In 2017, 16 minors under the age of 18 were arrested
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EL PASO, Texas — A New Mexico man was jailed Friday on $100,000 bond after police contend he chased his ex-wife’s car while firing a gun at her, culminating in an apparent crash at an east El Paso intersection. 35–year-old Daniel Villareal of Santa Teresa was charged with aggravated assault stemming from what police called
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A Las Cruces man is facing charges after authorities say he stole a car without knowing that another man was sleeping inside. Joseph Allen, 40, was arrested in connection with allegedly taking the running car in Vado on Wednesday, the Las Cruces Sun-News reported. According to the Doña Ana County
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EL PASO, Texas — Three El Paso teenagers are facing animal torture charges after what police described Thursday as a “heinous” case of cruelty — throwing a dog out of a speeding car. 17 -year-old Jorge Rangel, 19-year-old Edwin Rodriguez and 17-year-old Bianca Salazar were initially arrested in October after an armed robbery of a
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EL PASO, Texas — Coming in at 31 out of over 2000 schools in a national campus safety ranking gave UTEP a reason to celebrate. They posted the distinction on their police department’s website back in 2017. Fast forward two years and that number has drastically changed. The Miners now have gone up to 269th.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — A suspected robber who “face-planted” into a Pizza Hut door in Las Cruces before fleeing has been arrested thanks to the DNA evidence he left behind, police said Thursday. Markell Deshaun Barnes, 19, was taken into custody last week in Albuquerque after a forensic laboratory matched his DNA. According to
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OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma — Police and fire crews responded to a shooting Thursday afternoon at Penn Square Mall in Oklahoma City. One person at the mall was injured, according to ABC affiliate KOCO. That victim was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. “At this time, we’ve located one shooting victim from the incident
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EL PASO, Texas — If Texas residents want to know more details about the El Paso mass shooting that left 22 dead and more than two dozen wounded or injured four months ago, the state attorney general says tough luck. While Texas law gives officials the discretion to release as much information as possible about
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AUSTIN, Texas — After Cesar Fierro spent 40 years on death row, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals tossed out his sentence Wednesday. The state’s highest-ranking criminal judges unanimously agreed to vacate Fierro’s death sentence, citing faulty instructions given to his 1980 trial jury. The court sent his case back to El Paso for a new punishment
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WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel advisory to Mexico because the risk of violent crime – including murders, kidnappings, carjackings and robberies – is “widespread” in some areas. Americans are being warned not to travel to the states of Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa and Tamaulipas due to crime, according
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EL PASO, Texas — Northeast El Paso’s representative on city council pleaded not guilty Thursday to a felony aggravated assault charge stemming from his October arrest following a domestic violence incident. Sam Morgan’s appearance, along with his attorney, at the courthouse lasted just a minute or two as a he signed a waiver, declining an arraignment hearing
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EL PASO, Texas — Many were impacted by the tragic El Paso mass shooting on Aug. 3. But for one Borderland father, it’s hard to move on after losing two loved ones. ABC-7 sat down with Gilbert Anchondo. He lost his son Andre Anchondo and his daughter-in-law Jordan Anchondo. The couple’s baby, Paul Gilbert, was
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — The ‘Prisoners and Animals Working Together Towards Success’ program has saved the lives of approximately 200 dogs and changed the lives of at least 30 prison inmates who have learned to train the animals. “I’m a very different person because I’m taking care of an animal that depends on me
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Four people were taken to the hospital after a shooting at South Park Mall on San Antonio’s south side on Wednesday night, according to police and fire officials. Two of the victims were transported to the hospital in serious condition, ABC affiliate KSAT reported. The other two had injuries that were
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