JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A stray bullet hit 14-month-old Jorge Andrés Cardona Rivas’ head when his family was caught in the middle of a shooting in Juarez. The shooting happened while Jorge was with his family inside a car. His family rushed him to a Juarez hospital, where doctors admitted him to the ICU. Five
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police identify the body found near the John T. Hickerson Water Treatment Facility Thursday morning as a 42-year-old man from Tochtepec, Mexico. They have not yet released his name. The facility is located near the intersection of Paisano Drive and Executive Center Boulevard in West El Paso. A
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Jail records show that agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigations’ El Paso office arrested El Pasoan Fernando Castillo on Friday, July 28. Castillo is not an FBI agent himself, he was only arrested by FBI agents. Agents charged Castillo with Bribery of Public Officials, a federal crime. They booked
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Update: All eight of the suspects have been released from custody on bail. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested eight people for allegedly trespassing onto the area around the Star on the Mountain Friday. Officers were patrolling the 1600 block of Scenic Drive when they caught the eight people trespassing, according to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police charged 27-year-old Isaac Jordan Soto-Olivarez with burglarizing Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Northeast El Paso. Investigators say Soto-Olivarez poured holy oil over different parts of the church’s interior, turned crosses upside down, and wrote “666” on several items, including a rosary candle, mirror, and the tabernacle
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Update: El Paso Fire says rescue crews got the person out of the collapsed trench. An ABC-7 crews at the scene reports that the trench is located inside of a construction zone. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One person is trapped in a trench after it collapsed in Northeast El Paso. This happened near Loma
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police Officers are blocking off stretches of East Franklin Avenue and North Stanton Street, as well as three lanes of Kansas, in Downtown El Paso. Officials say a single-vehicle collision happened late Thursday morning. They add that no additional details are currently available. ABC-7 is working to learn
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police officers found a body near the intersection of Paisano Drive and Executive Center Boulevard in West El Paso. Police officials sent out an alert just before 10:40 a.m. Thursday. They say the initial call about the body came in just after 10:00 a.m. Emergency crews remain at
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Update: The trial quickly hit a speedbump when officials had a problem with several of the jurors. Officials tell ABC-7 the trial is expected to resume later in the day. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Facundo Chavez, the man accused of murdering El Paso County Sheriff’s deputy Peter Herrera, entered the courtroom for the first
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The capital murder trial is set to begin for a man accused of shooting and killing an El Paso County sheriff’s deputy. Investigators said Facundo Chavez shot Peter Herrera during a traffic stop on March 22, 2019 in San Elizario, firing his gun 15 times, even striking Herrera in the head. Herrera died
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — ABC-7 has learned the 39-year-old woman charged in a deadly crash was released on her own recognizance, meaning that she was not required to post bail, based on a written promise to appear in court when required to do so. The defendant, Vianey Marquez Adams, is due back in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A man who is accused of killing a woman in a crash involving four vehicles has a history of arrests for driving while intoxicated. That’s according to El Paso County Jail records as well as the complaint affidavit obtained by ABC-7. El Paso Police Dept. officials released the mugshot for
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Update: Fire officials tell ABC-7 the fire was classified as “moderate.” Crews called out fire Marshal investigators to look into the cause of the blaze. They reported evidence of arson. “Our investigation division confirmed the incident was arson thanks to evidence found at the scene,” a spokesperson reports. “The fire marshals office continues to investigate
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police arrested a 39-year-old woman for hitting and killing a 70-year-old bicyclist. Officials charged Vianey Marquez Adams with vehicular homicide, driving under the influence, reckless driving, child abuse, three counts of leaving the scene of a crash, and driving left of center. The collision happened just after
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police report a 72-year-old woman has died from her injuries after a four vehicle crash Saturday evening. Alva Aida Razo was a passenger in a Hyundai Sonata driver by Paul Razo, 73, who was injured in the crash. Special Traffic Investigators say three vehicles were stopped at a
Continue Reading By Karol Suarez, Marlon Sorto, Philip Wang and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting a bar on fire after being kicked out, killing 11 people near the Arizona border in the Mexican state of Sonora. The fire broke out at 1:33 a.m. Saturday
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A pedestrian was rushed to the hospital after they were hit by a vehicle on I-10 East near Lee Trevino, according to first responders. The crash happened just after 9:00 p.m. Saturday night. Traffic was diverted onto Gateway East at Lomaland. The backup extends all the way to Yarbrough, according
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PRESIDIO, Texas (KVIA) — Customs and Border Protection officers sized cheese wheels that contained nearly 18 pounds of cocaine in them on Thursday. The seizure happened at the Presidio Port of Entry, which is almost 4 hours southeast of El Paso. Officials say a pickup truck traveling from Mexico into the United States was referred
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(CNN) — Police arrested an 18-year-old mother Tuesday after she attempted to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son, according to police. Jazmin Paez was flagged to authorities after she filled out a form on a parody hit-for-hire website designed to “prevent legitimate solicitations to commit murders,” according to a Miami-Dade police affidavit. The individual
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Gang investigators with the El Paso Police Department charged 19-year-old Thomas Xavier Rosales with four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon this month. They say he drove up to a house on the 10900 block of Delafield Drive in East El Paso, near the intersection of Lee Trevino
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 24-year-old Gabriel Magana died at an area hospital after investigators say he crashed his car into the back of a pickup truck. Magana was driving along Gateway East Boulevard in the early hours of July 21 when he crashed near the intersection of Nuevo Hueco Tanks Road. Investigators say he
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — One man has been taken to the hospital with serious injuries after a stabbing near Piedras and Yandell. Police reported a call after 2 a.m. Officials say the man was stabbed in the abdomen after a fight broke out. Crime scene investigators and detectives are now on the scene. This
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An unidentified woman in her 20s died while running across West Paisano Wednesday night. Special Traffic Investigators with the El Paso Police Department says she was running with another person when a car mirror struck her body. She fell down and another car ran her over. Officials have not charged
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) — Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office investigators charged 25-year-old Stephanie Diaz with child abuse after they say she left three of her children in a hot car. Another person, Oscar Villa, who told deputies that he is a friend of Diaz’s, is also facing three counts of child abuse. Court documents
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Alamogordo is hosting a funeral for police officer Anthony Ferguson, who was killed during a traffic stop over the weekend. 26-year-old Dominic De La O allegedly shot and killed Ferguson as he and other officers attempted a traffic stop. Last night the city held a candlelight vigil to remember Ferguson Wednesday at the Alamogordo High
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new study suggests one in five people have admitted to driving drunk nationwide, and one and ten say they do it often. The study conducted by Safehome uses data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and while the numbers suggest Texas as a whole ranks extremely high for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — David Renteria, the man convicted of the brutal murder of a 5-year-old El Paso girl, is set to die on November 16, 2023, two days before the 22nd anniversary of the murder. Renteria was sentenced to death in 2003, but due to a technicality in his first trial, he was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Alamogordo Police Department is holding a news conference this morning to brief the media and members of the public on the death of Officer Anthony Ferguson. The briefing starts at 11a.m., and we will have details on ABC-7 this evening. According to the Alamogordo Police Department, Officer Ferguson was shot
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An Alamogordo police officer has passed away from injuries he sustained after being shot during a traffic stop. Both a University Medical Center spokesperson and the Alamogordo Police Department confirmed the death of officer Anthony Ferguson late Sunday night. He was 41 years old, and was an 11 year veteran
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime is continuing to rise in the neighborhood surrounding the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, according to both residents and officials. Now, residents are speaking out about their fears and what they want done. “I think the cops need to step up and do something right away. They need to
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