SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies arrested Cesar Alfredo Galindo, 44, for meth possession. Deputies tried to arrest Galindo for defective car equipment after they spotted him driving on the 700 block of Horizon Boulevard. “The driver failed to comply and continued driving through the City of Socorro, Clint, and Fabens in an
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Update (4:16 PM): Officials with the El Paso Police Department released the following statement about the crash: “Earlier today at 1:10 pm, four Police Officers from the El Paso Police Department and one other individual were involved in a collision on I-10 West at Copia. All four officers and the individual were transported to nearby
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Law enforcement officials in Dona Ana County have arrested Vicente Vasquez in connection with a deadly pedestrian hit-and-run incident that killed Graciela Sahs on July 3, 2025. Officials charged Vasquez with homicide by vehicle (reckless driving), knowingly leaving the scene of an accident (great bodily harm or death), failure
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — One person is dead and another is in the hospital with serious injuries after an incident Sunland Park officials are calling a “pedestrian accident.” It happened near the intersection of Sunland Park Dr. and Appaloosa Dr. near the Racetrack and Casino. ABC-7 is working to learn exactly what happened.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies arrested Jose Alejandro Vaquera, 33, and charged him with submitting falsified documents and emails to County Criminal Court #1. Officials say Vaquera is accused of altering materials showing his compliance with a court-ordered Battering Intervention and Prevention Program. “Due to concerns over the legitimacy of the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are releasing new details on the family violence call that resulted in an officer-involved shooting last month. The incident happened the evening of June 14, 2025 on the 9500 block of North Loop. Police officials say that officers arrived at the house to find Victor Enrique Mariscal
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Update (July 2, 2025): Special Traffic Investigators say Cody Arthur McCuan, 24, died in the crash that happened at the intersection of Mesa and Robinson in West El Paso last night. Investigators say a car left a parking lot and got onto Robinson. As the driver pulled out into Mesa, McCuan t-boned the car, according
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Update (8:30 PM): The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office just released Enriquez’s mugshot. Officials say he had an outstanding warrant out of Horizon PD for Aggravated Family Violence with a $6,000 bond. Enriquez now faces an additional charge of Aggravated Assault Against a Public Servant for pointing the firearm at a deputy with a $100,000
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An Otero County jury convicted El Pasoan Rebecca Herrera, 34, of vehicular homicide while intoxicated. “The jury deliberated for just ten minutes before reaching its decision,” a spokesperson for the Office of the District Attorney for the Twelfth Judicial District of New Mexico explained. “The conviction stems from a fatal
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies arrested Dean Winslow Crawford, 20, for allegedly stealing a $10,000 welder. Courtesy: EPCSO The owner first reported the welder stolen in October 2024. Detectives got a tip as to the welder’s whereabouts on June 27, 2025. They then arrested Crawford today near Montana Avenue and Mescalero
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Update (June 30, 2025): We are learning more details about the deadly shooting that happened at Nations Tobin Park on June 20, 2025. One person, Robert Joseph Privett, was arrested and charged with murder in the shooting that killed Jose Gonzalez. Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 reveal that surveillance video picked up Privett and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police just identified the motorcyclist who died in the crash on the 9600 block of Montana early Sunday morning as Nickolus Lucero, 36. Special Traffic Investigators say Lucero was going east on Montana when a car left a nearby parking lot and entered the street. Officials say that
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– According to El Paso Police, a man was shot in East El Paso outside of a house party. It happened early in the morning at 1:54 a.m., Saturday, June 14 outside of a house party. Police say an argument ended up in gunfire outside of the house in the area of
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EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA) -The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to I-10 West at the Vinton exit. It was reported at about 4 a.m. Westbound traffic was detoured at Vinton, west on North Desert and allowed to re-enter I-10 at Anthony. Traffic was backed up for miles and the closure lasted for most of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Officials have used forensic technology and genetic genealogy to identify the human remains that were located in a remote area of Otero County August 17, 2021 as Isaac Duran. When officials first found the remains, they could not identify them. Through advanced techniques that have developed since the 2021
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Public Schools just identified the victim in the shooting on West Picacho Avenue earlier this month as a school bus driver. The district says Juan Javier Lujan Garces was an employee of STS New Mexico and drove for the district. Las Cruces Police identified Lujan Garces as
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A crash near Joe Battle near Pebble Hills is tying up traffic. El Paso Fire Department officials say the crash happened at 2:21 PM today. Officials say one person suffered serious injuries and two people suffered minor injuries.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Attorney’s Office reached a settlement agreement with the owners and operators of Oriental Massage Spa LLC, which had been located at 6301 Airport Road. The office first announced the spa’s temporary shuttering in late May, after an investigation revealed ongoing code violations. The investigation, lead by the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies have arrested the man accused of robbing the Subway on Pellicano. Employees reported that the suspect, Manuel Reyes, 29, was wearing a pink dress, high heels, wig, and sunglasses. The alleged armed robbery happened June 22, 2025 at approximately 7:25 PM at the Subway restaurant located
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Update: One person has died and four are in custody after a shooting in the Lower Valley Wednesday evening. Police officials say that officers arrived at the shooting scene on Lilac and could not find a victim. They then got a call reporting a shooting nearby. When the officers arrived at the secondary scene on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies arrested two men accused of dismantling cars and stealing their parts. Officials say Clemente Arrieta, 53, and Luis Wilfredo Chairez, 28, breached a cinderblock wall and entered a building on the 14000 block of Montana Avenue. Officials say the pair then dismantled and removed vehicle
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Update (11:28 AM): El Paso Fire Department officials say that two fuel tanks, each containing 100 gallons of fuel, ruptured and leaked diesel onto the highway. The HAZMAT team responded to help clean up afterward. The spill happened in the aftermath of a crash on I-10 East near the Paisano exit in central El Paso.
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UPDATE: The street has now been opened, according to TXDOT. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Some drivers were left stranded in Northeast El Paso after early morning rain caused some flooding. Flooding was seen on Gateway North and McCombs. The street is closed until further notice. Drivers are advised to avoid the area. ABC-7 saw
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say that two men burglarized Koze Teppan Grill in west El Paso. Officers arrested Marcos Alberto Reyes, 36, and Ricardo Andre Alire, 31 and charged them with burglary of a building. Police officials say that on June 9, 2025, the men broke into the Mesa Street business
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department search and rescue crew is helping a hiker down the Franklin Mountains. Fire department officials say that crews just made contact with the hiker, who is located near the tramway. The crew started up the mountain near the 2800 block of Gunnison Drive in northeast
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Valentin Juarez Juarez, 33, pleaded guilty to two counts of Continuous Sexual Abuse of a Child Under 14 and was sentenced to prison. Juarez, a resident of Hudspeth County, abused two young girls. Prosecutors say the girls were each six years old when the sexual, physical, and psychological abuse began.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police just identified the motorcyclist killed in the crash on New World Drive last week as Angel Arturo Hernandez, 44. Special Traffic Investigators say that Hernandez was riding his motorcycle east on New World Drive when he locked his brakes for unknown reasons. That caused his motorcycle to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person was airlifted to the hospital in a FireSTAR helicopter after a multi-vehicle rollover crash in Northeast El Paso early Sunday morning. The El Paso Fire Department confirmed they received a call at 12:08 a.m. At least 11 fire department units responded to the scene, including the helicopter. The
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police Officer Manuel Flores Jr., 48, is charged with assault causing bodily injury and unlawful restraint after an incident at an El Paso hotel in November 2023. Court documents obtained by ABC-7 reveal that Flores invited the alleged victim up to his hotel room. He told investigators that
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UPDATE: Officials say a 21-year-old male died at the hospital due to his injuries. The shooting was reported around 11:40 p.m. Tuesday night. Police say the shooting happened outside the houses in the neighborhood. El Paso Police officers found the man with gunshot wounds and took him to the hospital where he died. This is
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