HUDSPETH COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — A semi rolled over on State Highway 62-180 in Hudspeth County. That is between Cornudas and Dell City at mile marker 86. The Texas Rescue Patrol posted on social media about the rollover, including a photo of the crash. Patrol officials ask everyone to approach the scene of the
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Sunland Park Fire responded to a rollover crash on the Sunland Park Drive bridge over the Rio Grande River early Monday morning. The department says no injuries were reported. @SunlandParkFire responded to a single vehicle rollover accident on the Sunland Park Dr. bridge over the Rio Grande River. No
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CHIHUAHUA, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A migrant is dead and a Venezuelan child is injured after a crash along a highway near Juarez. Officials used a helicopter to rush the child to Salvador Zubiran General Hospital. The Red Cross took the another victim to another hospital. Officials say there were four people in the car, one
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Update: The County Attorney’s Office announced a settlement to its lawsuit against Jaguars. The business will permanently close. “The owners of the property may choose to open a new business at that address,” county officials explained in a news release. “If a new business opens, it must apply for a TABC license and not operate
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Update: A spokesperson says students are now being sent home. CANUTILLO, Texas (KVIA) — A Canutillo ISD school is without water currently after a water main broke near the campus. This is happening near Damian Elementary. District administrators say that earlier in the morning they placed the school in a secure safety protocol after a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Water crews rescued two people from a canal near Zaragoza and Pan American. This happened Tuesday afternoon. A spokesperson says the Water Rescue Team successfully rescued the pair and took one of them to the hospital with minor injuries. The other chose not to go to the hospital.
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Update (August 2, 2024): Martinez remains in jail on a $250,000 bond. She is scheduled to enter a plea no later than February 27, 2025 and the jury trial is set to begin March 21, 2025 at 8:00 AM. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested 54-year-old Luz Elena Martinez and charged her
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Update: Police just identified the victim who died as 37-year-old Mario Daniel Avalos. Police also list 28-year-old Ariel De Asha Brown, 28-year-old Rashad Dantron Allen, and 20-year-old Giuliani Martin as victims, although they did not provide details on the extent of their injuries. Police say the shooting happened at Rock City Bar & Grill. View
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police say a man armed with a dark-colored revolver walked into a business at 7215 Alameda on Thursday, March 7 and threatened a cashier. Crime Stoppers of El Paso is highlighting this as the “Crime of The Week” and say the man walked into the Blazing Sweepstakes, demanded
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Update: In a news conference minutes after the end of the SWAT standoff, a police spokesperson said that it is too early to release details on Kenji’s or Miguel’s condition. Both are receiving medical evaluations right now. Update: Police say the child that was recovered was Kenji Montoya, the child at the center of the
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Update: Police say they are no longer searching for the Dodge Journey and now think that Miguel Montoya is driving a red 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt with Texas plates TRH6179. Example of the car provided by EPPD EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are asking for your help in locating a 2-year-old who was
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Update (November 13, 2024): Guzman’s jury trial was rescheduled for April 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM. Update (August 7, 2024): Today the court scheduled Guzman’s jury trial for November 8, 2024 at 8:00 AM. Editor’s Note: A previous version of this story included language quoted from the court affidavit that has been removed due to
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Update: New Mexico State Police officials provided ABC-7 with the following statement regarding the crash. “NMSP is investigating a fatal crash involving a pedestrian at Racetrack and Futurity drives. We received the call on 3/11/24 at around 9:20 p.m. Initial investigation indicates a 57 year old male pedestrian was struck by a 2007 Ford pickup.
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — Socorro Police officials say a man in his 20s died after being hit by a train Sunday, March 10, 2024. Police officials say the man was hit in a railroad crossing and died at the scene. Investigators are still looking into what happened in the moments leading up to the man’s
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Update: DPS officials confirm to ABC-7 that two people died as a result of the crash. El PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two people have been taken hospital after a crash in El Paso’s Upper Valley, Monday morning. The call came in around 7:30 a.m. It happened on Doniphan Dr. near Redd Rd. One person sustained
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Special Victim’s Unit (SVU) arrested 34-year-old Jesse Hernandez and 29-year-old Jennifer Hernandez this week. The pair are parents to a 6-month-old. They are accused of injuring the child. Officers charged them with injury to a child with intent to cause serious bodily injury and
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Update: El Paso Police say 69-year-old Silvia Resendiz Alonzo died in the crash. The investigation into her death is still ongoing, according to police officials. Investigators say Alonzo was trying to make a left turn onto Montwood when she was t-boned by another driver. Emergency crews rushed Alonzo to the hospital where she died. Police
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Law enforcement officers in El Paso arrested Renee Jessica Cuellar, owner of the former Posh Bridal store in the Fountains of Farah, and charged her with theft of property. They booked her into the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office on a $20,000 bond. She was then granted a personal recognizance
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police received a call Wednesday morning about a person walking around Downtown El Paso with a weapon. Video taken by bystanders shows a man without a shirt surrounded by police. Officials say that the call came in about a person with a weapon at 8:48 a.m. The person,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man is facing federal charges for his alleged role in an attempt to defraud former Congressman George Santos. According to court documents, the alleged crime happened in July and August of 2023, when Santos was serving as the representative for New York’s Third Congressional District. Court officials
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Two cars crashed along I-10 East near the Piedras exit ramp Tuesday afternoon. First responders tell ABC-7 that lanes three and four are still blocked off as emergency crews work to clear the scene. The crash was first reported at 3:33 p.m. Officials say two vehicles were involved in the
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CORRECTION: Officer was checking on subject in a vehicle. Officer was not tracking as previously reported. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is dead after an officer-involved shooting in El Paso’s Upper Valley early Tuesday morning. According to El Paso Police, an officer was checking on a subject when he then fired his gun.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The SWAT team is responding to a situation on the 8100 block of Josephine in El Paso’s Lower Valley. Police officials say the SWAT team was called out in response to a barricaded subject. ABC-7 has a crew on the scene and we are working to learn more information. Check
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Originally Published: 04 MAR 24 10:02 ET Updated: 04 MAR 24 10:04 ET By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump should appear on the ballot in Colorado in a decision that follows months of debate over whether the frontrunner for the GOP nomination violated the “insurrectionist
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ricardo Marquez, the man convicted of murdering Erika Gaytan in 2019, has lost his appeal to overturn his conviction. In court documents newly-obtained by ABC-7, officials state their final conclusion to uphold the trial court ruling and the jury’s verdict. “There was no error in the judgement,” the documents, dated
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — The Socorro High School principal sent out a message to parents this week informing them that the school district is investigating “alleged inappropriate conduct by an employee.” Principal Ignacio Estorga says that public information is limited at this time due to confidentiality laws. “The Socorro Independent School District takes every allegation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso man is facing an aggravated assault charge after police say he got into a fight with another man in Northeast El Paso. The fight happened February 28, 2024 just after 1:00 a.m. on the 3700 block of Hercules. Police say the 40-year-old victim was walking to a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A pedestrian was killed following a crash on Spur 601, according to police. It happened on Mile Marker 22. The call came in at 5:02 a.m., according to fire dispatch. All eastbound lanes at Chafee Rd. have been closed. Special Traffic Investigators were called out to the scene. This is
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Update: Police say the suspect got to the house and confronted the two victims. Police are identifying the victims only as a 38-year-old woman and a 34-year-old man. They identified the suspect, although ABC-7 is not including the name here as the suspect has not been charged. Crimes Against Persons detectives say the suspect had
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso Independent School District elementary school was placed on a “secure protocol” Wednesday afternoon. This happened at J.M. Whitaker Elementary School, located at 4700 Rutherford Drive, in Northeast El Paso. An EPISD spokesperson tells ABC-7 that the secure protocol lasted about 10 minutes and that the school was
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