On the Border Archives

Border Patrol catches 21 migrants entering El Paso through storm drain system in Segundo Barrio

October 19, 2019 11:42 PM Jim Parker

EL PASO, Texas – A U.S. Border Patrol raid in El Paso’s historic Segundo Barrio neighborhood on the city’s south side late Friday night resulted…

3-year-old boy caught in crossfire, wounded by armed robbers at Juarez funeral

October 19, 2019 6:23 PM KVIA ABC-7

A 3-year-old boy was caught in the crossfire and seriously wounded when two armed men opened fire at a funeral in Juarez, Mexican media outlets…

Border Patrol catches 21 migrants entering El Paso through storm drain system in Segundo Barrio

October 19, 2019 9:25 AM KVIA ABC-7

A U.S. Border Patrol raid in El Paso’s historic Segundo Barrio neighborhood on the city’s south side late Friday night resulted in 21…

Border Patrol agents seize over $850,000 in meth from car at Alamogordo checkpoint

October 19, 2019 12:00 AM KVIA ABC-7

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Alamogordo seized over $850,000 worth of methamphetamine from one vehicle at a checkpoint earlier this week, officials…

Why did Mexican soldiers let El Chapo’s son free? Outgunned in firefight that left 8 dead, 20 hurt

October 18, 2019 7:15 PM KVIA ABC-7

Mexican security forces aborted their capture of a son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman after finding themselves…

Drug lord El Chapo’s eldest son captured, but then released by Mexican military after gun battles

October 17, 2019 10:41 PM KVIA ABC-7

The eldest son of “El Chapo,” the jailed notorious Mexican drug kingpin, was captured by Mexico’s military on Thursday, but then…

U.S. Border Patrol’s growing presence at hospitals in Texas, Florida creating fear

October 17, 2019 3:13 PM KVIA ABC-7

U.S. Border Patrol agents followed a 10-year-old immigrant with cerebral palsy to a Texas hospital and took her into custody after the surgery. She…

‘Everything goes unpunished’: Families of slain Mexican police angry, Mexico’s president defensive

October 15, 2019 5:16 PM KVIA ABC-7

Grieving relatives of 13 police officers killed in an apparent cartel ambush gathered outside a funeral home Tuesday, many of them angry at the…

Microsoft plans $1.5M investment in Borderland; efforts target both sides of border & military

October 14, 2019 7:00 PM KVIA ABC-7

$1.5 million dollars has been pledged for the Borderland by tech giant Microsoft. The Seattle-based company has a vetted interest in the Sun City and…

At least 14 Mexican police officers killed in ambush by suspected drug cartel gunmen

October 14, 2019 5:55 PM KVIA ABC-7

At least 14 police officers were killed and several others wounded Monday in an ambush by gunmen in the Mexican state of Michoacan, a western region…

Ladder used by drug smugglers found along border fence separating Juarez and Santa Teresa

October 13, 2019 7:43 PM KVIA ABC-7

Federal agents with Mexico’s National Guard discovered a ladder Sunday apparently used to cross over the U.S.-Mexico border fence separating…

2 dead, 5 hurt when family’s van plunges off Camino Real bridge near Juarez

October 13, 2019 7:41 PM KVIA ABC-7

A van carrying a family on a trip crashed along the Camino Real bridge just southwest of Juarez and then plunged down an embankment into an empty…

Dangerous stretch of Rio Grande sees drowning deaths triple, water rescues up by 1,000%

October 12, 2019 3:05 PM KVIA ABC-7

Newly released data reveals a dramatic shift in the region along the Rio Grande over the past year — and offers a window into the human toll of…

FEMA begins reimbursing Borderland non-profits who helped migrants

October 11, 2019 8:49 PM KVIA ABC-7

Federal officials began Friday to reimburse organizations that fed, sheltered and transported migrants released this year in communities near the…

McAleenan resigns as acting Homeland Security Secretary: ‘The El Paso shooting hit close to home’

October 11, 2019 6:33 PM KVIA ABC-7

Kevin McAleenan, the acting secretary of homeland security since April and the fourth person to serve in that post since the Trump presidency began,…

160 bodies buried in mass grave in Juarez

October 11, 2019 4:31 PM KVIA ABC-7

About 160 bodies have been buried in a mass grave in Juarez. The Juarez Medical Examiner’s Office designated them as unclaimed. The bodies were…

Texas judge rules Trump’s emergency wall declaration is unlawful in suit filed by El Paso County

October 11, 2019 1:51 PM KVIA ABC-7

A federal judge in Texas ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s national emergency declaration to build a border wall is unlawful and…

Husband of El Paso’s Border Patrol chief facing charges of sex assault and kidnapping

October 8, 2019 7:09 PM KVIA ABC-7

A U.S. Border Patrol agent, whose wife heads the El Paso sector of the agency, is facing charges he kidnapped and sexually assaulted a junior agent…

Nearly 1 million migrants apprehended along Mexico border in fiscal year 2019, most in over a decade

October 8, 2019 6:43 PM KVIA ABC-7

The number of migrants encountered at the Mexican border during the 2019 budget year is likely to be nearly 1 million, one of the highest figures on…

Trump administration to collect DNA from migrants crossing the border, immigrants in detention

October 2, 2019 6:09 PM KVIA ABC-7

The Trump administration is moving forward with plans to implement collection of DNA from migrants who’ve been arrested, according the…

Trump wanted to shoot border-crossing migrants in the legs, White House officials tell NY Times

October 1, 2019 5:49 PM KVIA ABC-7

President Donald Trump suggested shooting migrants in the legs in order to slow them down after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border during a March…

Juarez mayor to testify on migrants at New Mexico hearing

September 30, 2019 6:14 PM KVIA ABC-7

A key group of New Mexico lawmakers will tour both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border later this week and hear from the mayor of the largest Mexican…

San Elizario residents evacuated after spewing pipe failure on Mexican side of border

September 29, 2019 12:54 PM KVIA ABC-7

An unknown number of residents in a San Elizario neighborhood were evacuated Sunday morning after an apparent dangerous pipe failure that occurred…

Large chunk of border wall funding diverted from tiny Guam

September 28, 2019 7:43 PM KVIA ABC-7

President Donald Trump is raising a large chunk of the money for his border wall with Mexico by deferring several military construction projects…

Legendary crooner José José, Mexican musical icon for half a century, dies at age 71

September 28, 2019 5:25 PM KVIA ABC-7

José José, a Mexican music icon, has died, the Mexican Ministry of Culture said. He was 71. “From the Ministry of Culture we are sorry for…

Federal judge blocks Trump administration’s plan to speed up deportations of undocumented immigrants

September 28, 2019 1:02 PM KVIA ABC-7

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s plan to expand a procedure to speed up deportations for some undocumented immigrants.…

Catholic Bishops witness evolving face of immigrants along the Borderland

September 25, 2019 7:27 PM KVIA ABC-7

Catholic leaders touring the Borderland are witnessing for themselves the changing face of the immigrants trying to gain entry into the U.S. They are…