CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies arrested 39-year-old Gabriel Sandoval for allegedly stealing a car, crashing it, then trying to break into a house. Deputies were first called out around 5 AM June 28, 2024. They first received a call about the stolen car, then another call about the crash, then another
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Sunland Park Fire Department announced it assisted with the recovery of 4 bodies in an X post around 8:40 p.m. The fire department says the bodies were originally found by Border Patrol in the desert between 5600 McNutt and Bi-national Ave, which is close to the Santa Teresa Port
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A large fire is burning in Juarez, Mexico right now. The smoke is visible from several areas in El Paso. An ABC-7 crew captured video of the smoke rising into the air. ABC-7 is working to learn what caused the fire.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– The fire occurred at the Dos Santos apartment located at 3541 peerless place in El Paso. The fire occurred shortly before 3pm. Officials say there are no reported injuries but 6 of the 8 units were occupied. Fernando Zeh, El Paso Fire spokesperson says they are investigating what caused the fire.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Crime Stoppers of El Paso are asking the public to help them identify the man police say robbed a downtown store at knifepoint. It happened on May 21 just before 6:30 p.m. at the Family Dollar store at 406 S. Stanton. Police say the man put several items into a
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Update: Police are no longer at the motel. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Law enforcement officers are surrounding a motel in East El Paso. Images sent in by an ABC-7 viewer shows a heavy presence by several agencies around the Motel 6 north of I-10 near Lomaland. Courtesy: William Linney A DPS helicopter was also
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Update: New Mexico State Police identify the pilot at Alberto Lozano, 28, of Las Cruces. Update: The pilot is dead. He or she was believed to be the plane’s sole occupant. The crash was reported about 2 PM. CHAMBERINO, New Mexico (KVIA) — A plane crashed on the mesa west of Chamberino, New Mexico this
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CLINT, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies arrested 55-year-old Jimmy Alfaro and charged him with indecent exposure and criminal trespass. A spokesperson says video surveillance recorded Alfaro allegedly walking around naked on June 23, 2024. This happened on the 150 block of Fortaleza in Clint, Texas. Deputies obtained a warrant and booked Alfaro
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A 2-year-old Las Cruces boy drowned in a backyard swimming pool Monday evening. That is according to Las Cruces Police. Investigators are still looking into the drowning to determine the circumstances that led up to the boy’s death. Police say officers and fire personnel were called out to a
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Update (June 27, 2024): The Dona Ana District Attorney says Noyola is being held in the detention center without bond. Update (June 26, 2024): Court documents state that when an officer arrived outside the house on the 1100 block of Wofford Drive he could smell blood from inside the house. Court documents state Luis Noyola
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — There is a hole in the side of an East El Paso house after the residents say a vehicle slammed through one of their walls. An ABC-7 crew took this image at the home, located on the 11200 block of Campestre in East El Paso. One of the residents said
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Water Rescue crews recovered one body in El Paso’s Lower Valley Sunday afternoon. It happened at the 9900 block of Pan American Drive at around 1 p.m. Officials said crews responded to reports of a body in the water. The scene has since been turned over to law enforcement. No further
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UPDATE: El Paso Police say the Amber Alert issued for Thomas Gallardo, Jr has been cancelled. The 6-month-old was located and is safe. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Authorities issued an Amber Alert in El Paso for a child abduction Sunday morning. Police said they are looking for 6-month-old Thomas Gallardo Jr. He was last
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – El Paso Police say a motorcycle crash in East El Paso left the driver with serious injuries Saturday evening. It happened about 7:40 p.m. Saturday at Edgemere and Sisal. Special Traffic Investigators responded to the area to investigate the cause of the crash. El Paso Police did not release the
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Originally Published: 21 JUN 24 10:25 ET Updated: 21 JUN 24 10:27 ET By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court upheld a federal law Friday that bars guns for domestic abusers, rejecting an argument pressed by gun rights groups that the prohibition violated the Second Amendment. In the case United States v. Rahimi,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Special Traffic Investigators are looking into the death of a pedestrian last night. The unidentified woman was hit and killed at 11:45 PM on the eastbound lanes of Loop 375 near Modesto Park. The woman was trying to cross the traffic lanes when she was hit. Police have not identified
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is seriously injured following a crash in east El Paso. Police dispatch told ABC-7, units responded to the intersection of Montana Ave. and Carnegie Ave after 10 p.m. Wednesday. We know that one person was taken to the hospital. They also that Special Traffic Investigators were called out
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Update (June 19, 2024): Police identify the pedestrian as 53-year-old Oscar Munoz. Investigators say a police officer was trying to pull over a car when Munoz jumped out and started running. The officer yelled at Munoz to stop, but he ran across the highway. Investigators say a car hit Munoz and he died on the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — 19-year old Christian Cervantes Nieto is charged with felony counts aggravated assault, aggravated residential burglary, and of shooting at a house. Las Cruces Police accuse him of shooting and injuring a woman at an apartment on the 1900 block of West Picacho Avenue Saturday, June 15, 2024. Officers arrived
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UPDATE — Fire crews recovered one body from the scene. The investigation is being turned over to El Paso Police. ————————————————————————————————————– EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department Water Rescue team is trying to get a body out of the water at South Santa Fe Street and Calleros Court. Fire Department officials
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are reporting a police unit was involved in a crash at 4:06 p.m. this afternoon. El Paso Police are reporting the officer was responding to a call when the crash happened at George Dieter Drive and Sand Castle Court in East El Paso. The officer and 2
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CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff’s deputies arrested and charged a man Thursday for threats outside at an El Paso County pool. El Paso County jail records show 19-year-old Jonathan Dominick Rubio is currently being held at the El Paso County Detention Facility for Terroristic Threat causes fear of imminent serious bodily injury.
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Update: The power outages are now resolved. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — There is a power outage in Las Cruces right now. The El Paso Electric outage map shows more than a thousand customers impacted. The outage map shows the estimated time of repair as 6:15 PM. Courtesy: El Paso Electric There is a second
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Originally Published: 13 JUN 24 10:04 ET Updated: 13 JUN 24 10:05 ET By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit challenging the Food and Drug Administration’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone with a ruling that will continue to allow the pills to be mailed to patients
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Sunland Park Fire Department was unable to revive a woman who drowned in the Rio Grande River this morning. Sunland Park Fire officials say the person, identified only as a woman in her 20s, was pulled out of the river behind the Rio Grande power plant on Doniphan
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Update: El Paso Water representatives are speaking about the sinkhole. Watch live below. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — At least 20 Central El Paso residents have been evacuated after a sinkhole opens up following a water main break. It was first reported Tuesday night at the 3700 block of Tularosa Ave. They say the Red
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas DPS agents stopped a suspected human smuggler into custody on Pellicano this morning. The pursuit started on Artcraft in West El Paso and ended with a pit maneuver on Pellicano. The driver, as well as the five migrants inside of the car, were all taken into custody, according to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Las Cruces police found the body of 35-year-old Juan Diego Martinez Saturday morning in an undeveloped area on the 1000 block of Valley View Avenue. Martinez had been shot at least once, according to police. Investigators are still looking into what led up to Martinez’s death. “Anyone with information on
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Update (July 22, 2024): Parada was released from jail on bond on June 14, 2024. Parada is scheduled to be arraigned September 11, 2024 at 8:30 AM. Update (June 12, 2024): Court documents state that officers believed Parada was drunk at the time of the crash due to alleged slurred speech, swaying, blurry and watery
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — One person was sent to the hospital after a fire Friday, June 7, 2024 at a home on the 2500 block of El Camino Real in Las Cruces. Crews found flames flooding out of the single-wide mobile home when they arrived. They got the blaze under control within a
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