EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President Trump announced last week a new round of sweeping tariffs, including 25% on all heavy-duty trucks and 30% on furniture imported into the U.S. All trucks not manufactured in the U.S. will be subject to a 25% tariff once imported into the country. “In order to protect our Great
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement ERO in El Paso continues to seek individuals in the country illegally, as well as those with legal status who have committed crimes in the U.S. According to ICE statistics, the El Paso Field Office conducted 487 arrests in Fiscal Year 2025, which ended last month,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its efforts to crackdown on migrants staying in the country illegally or those with a legal status who have a criminal record. ICE, along with other federal agencies such as HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, among others, have joined forces since the
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By Liam Reilly, CNN (CNN) — Mario Guevara, the Salvadoran journalist who gained popularity by documenting immigration raids, has been deported after spending months in federal custody. Guevara was deported to his native El Salvador early Friday morning, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) confirmed to CNN, more than three months after the Spanish-language live-streamer
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas DPS captured a confirmed Tren de Aragua gang member and convicted murderer in El Paso. On September 4, 2025, DPS Special Agents, ICE, and Border Patrol got information that Alexis Ramon Perozo-Monasterio, 36, was possibly staying at a hotel in El Paso. When the officers got to the hotel,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Los gobiernos de Estados Unidos y México anunciaron una nueva alianza binacional destinada a frenar el tráfico de armas y municiones en la frontera. El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos anunció el fin de semana pasado la iniciativa Misión Firewall, en la que ambos países acordaron “desmantelar a los
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By Cindy Ramirez and Robert Moore October 1, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago, an El Paso DACA recipient who has been in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody since August, must be released no later than Thursday, a federal judge has ruled. U.S. District Judge
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ANTHONY, New Mexico (KVIA) — The police chief in Anthony, New Mexico denies what she calls “false allegations” that her department is cooperating with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and working with them on federal immigration enforcement. Anthony, New Mexico Police Chief Vanessa Ordonez issued a statement saying that it is “categorically false and damaging to the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. and Mexican governments announced a new binational partnership aimed at stopping weapons and ammunition trafficking along the border. The U.S. Department of State announced last weekend the initiative called Mission Firewall, in which both countries agreed to “dismantle the narcoterrorists, end the fentanyl crisis, strengthen border security, combat illicit
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal prosecutors announced this morning that El Pasoan Enrique Ruvalcaba-Mendez, 71, received a 20-year prison sentence for transporting a visual depiction of child sexual exploitation across the international border. Court documents state that on January 10, Ruvalcaba-Mendez was trying to cross the Bridge of the Americas Port of Entry when
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, visited Juárez this afternoon after touring all 32 states across the country. She was accompanied by Chihuahua Governor Maru Campos, Juárez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, other local and state officials, and members of her cabinet. Thousands of residents gathered at ‘Estadio Juárez Vive,’ where
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A supermarket billboard fell onto a parked car in Juarez last night, injuring a woman. The woman received medical attention at a hospital afterward. Courtesy: Gobierno Municipal de Ciudad Juárez The Dirección General de Protección Civil reports that the S-Mart billboard came loose amid strong winds last night. It fell on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers at the Ysleta Port of Entry seized $131,675 found hidden inside a BMW X4. This happened on September 17, according to CBP officials. A female Mexican national did not declare the currency, which was discovered wrapped in 16 foil-wrapped bundles stuffed inside a compartment of the car’s fender.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Egyptian national Moustafa Mahmoud Abdelnabi Salem pleaded guilty to federal firearms charges after a confrontation at a Las Cruces gas station in May. Court documents state that on May 12, 2025, Salem threatened a person with a handgun. The documents state that Salem chambered a round and pointed the
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Martha Alicia Mendez Aguilar, also known as “La Diabla,” was arrested in Juarez on September 2, 2025. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence announced the news. A spokesperson for the office describes Mendez as a Jalisco New Generation Cartel-affiliated “baby trafficking ringleader.” A joint operation between Mexican law enforcement
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Bartender Teodoro Morales mixes the Kentucky Club’s famous margarita. The bar in Ciudad Juárez claims to be the birthplace of that cocktail. Photo by Christian Torres Chávez/Puente News Collaborative In a city shaped by shifting tides, the Kentucky Club has survived it all — from Prohibition to pandemics — by holding fast to its famous
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Story edited by Steve Padilla, Column One Editor, Los Angeles Times This article was co-published with Los Angeles Times and Puente News Collaborative, a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener, and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border. By Steve Fisher FT. HUACHUCA, Ariz – When MQ-9 Predator drones flew over anti-ICE
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced new requirements for people who seek to become U.S. citizens through naturalization. The agency announced Wednesday it’s providing immigration officers guidance on assessing people’s moral characters and looking for positive contributions to American society instead of a mere absence of bad behavior.
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By Angélica Franganillo Díaz (CNN) — A federal judge has blocked the US government from repatriating some Guatemalan minors in its custody, citing concerns the Trump administration may be violating their legal and constitutional protections. The decision Thursday from Judge Timothy Kelly halts the removals while the court considers a lawsuit that argues that the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responding to claims made by the Washington Post that the new ICE detention center on Fort Bliss allegedly violated 60 federal rules in its first 50 days of operation. The Washington Post claimed that Camp East Montana failed to monitor some detainees’
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector’s Interim Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar recently posted on social media the deployment of 500 Texas National Guard soldiers to El Paso to support the border mission along with DHS. The soldiers will be performing various duties, including working on infrastructure. “The technology
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Leadership for the Border Patrol El Paso Sector says they are still seeing properties being used by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) as stash houses. Agents have found more than 158 so far in the 2025 fiscal year, which ends in October. For comparison, Border Patrol agents in the sector found
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Mexican National Association of Importers and Exporters (ANIERM) in Juárez reports that the Transformation Sector (manufacturing side) continues its downward trend of job losses, with 834 eliminated in August alone. According to the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Ciudad Juárez lost 155 jobs last month, dropping from 488,368 in July
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Department of Homeland Security approved several projects for the border wall, specifically in the El Paso Sector. ABC-7 reported in July that a secondary wall project was set to be completed in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem also confirmed that the border wall would
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by Cindy Ramirez September 9, 2025 7:20 p.m. Sept. 9: This story has been updated to include attorneys for Catalina “Xochitl” Santiago saying that an immigration judge on Monday terminated her removal proceedings. 4:30 p.m. Sept. 9: This story has been updated to reflect that a federal judge has issued a temporary restraining order prohibiting ICE from
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua State Police seized multiple items during an inspection at CERESO No. 3 in Ciudad Juarez, one of the prisons from south of the border. During the search, authorities found several knives, scissors, lighters, and pipes. Clothing, shoes, and USB cables for cell phones and other stuff were also seized.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol Chief for the El Paso Sector Walter N. Slosar continues to warn those attempting to cross into the US illegally. He says agents in Clint, Texas arrested a group of migrants, including the person smuggling them. Slosar says that the alleged smuggler now faces federal prosecution.
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“The Sinaloa Cartel’s reach is vast and unremitting,” a DEA officials said. By Jon Haworth September 9, 2025, 1:28 AM The Drug Enforcement Administration said that it arrested over 600 people during a weeklong operation targeting the Sinaloa drug cartel. The arrests were “aimed at dismantling the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the world’s most violent
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted on her X account over the weekend the arrest of 33 migrants and two human smugglers after federal agencies dismantled a human smuggling attempt. According to her social media post, a driver rolled over while trying to evade Border Patrol agents and led
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By John Fritze, Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday backed President Donald Trump’s push to allow immigration enforcement officials to continue what critics describe as “roving patrols” in Southern California that lower courts said likely violated the Fourth Amendment. The court did not offer an explanation for its decision, which came
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