CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials on Tuesday reported 16 new coronavirus deaths in the city of Juarez, as the fatality rate there reached 22%. Juarez has now recorded 282 deaths and 1,281 confirmed cases to date. Health officials also said there were at least 30 people currently hospitalized utilizing ventilators. Juarez was
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A Juárez artist and activist is finding a way to merge activism, fashion and art together in order to bring awareness to the issue of violence against women in Juárez, and she’s getting national attention for it. “We created this association to see a change in the lives of other women,
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — It was a deadly month of May from coronavirus in the city of Juarez, Chihuahua state health officials noted Monday. As it enters June, Juarez has tallied 266 deaths and 1,263 cases to date. The city is responsible for the majority of infections and fatalities in the state, which totaled 331
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The city of Juárez recorded six additional coronavirus deaths on Saturday — for a total of 52 this week and 260 since the pandemic began. To date there were now 322 fatalities statewide in Chihuahua. Health officials also reported “another day in high peak of infections” with 95 new cases in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso was the epicenter of the immigration crisis one year ago. Thousands of migrants and asylum seekers were crossing into the U.S. daily. Today, only a few dozen migrants are crossing per day in the El Paso area. “The population we are dealing with here today, are single adults
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border traffic going into Mexico has declined significantly since the pandemic began and border restrictions and stay-at-home orders were put into place in the region. City of El Paso data shows southbound pedestrian traffic fell 71% in late May compared to the average crossing numbers in 2018. It’s a roughly
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Ministry of Health on Friday announced seven new coronavirus deaths in the city of Juárez, which were among nine throughout Chihuahua state, as it said the region was reaching the top of the curve. That brought the death toll from the pandemic thus far to 314 for the state and
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials reported nine new deaths and 73 additional cases in the city of Juarez on Thursday as the cornavirus pandemic continues to peak there. The numbers brought a dire warning from Mexico’s northern zone medical director, who predicted even more deaths would occur if residents don’t heed calls
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has covered numerous birthday and graduation parades throughout the coronavirus pandemic, but perhaps none more emotional than this one. U.S. Border Patrol agents joined together to parade past 17-year old Katherine Moya’s house to remember her late father, and celebrate her graduation from Burges High School. Her father, Rene Moya,
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua recorded its highest day of virus infections on Wednesday with 100 new cases reported, 72 of those coming in the city of Juarez, health officials said. There were nine new virus deaths in Juarez, contributing to ten for the state, with one of those fatalities being a
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s health department reported 501 deaths from the coronavirus Tuesday, a new one-day high and the first time the figure exceeded 500. The number of new cases also set a daily high, with 3,455 additional infections confirmed. Mexico has so far recorded nearly 74,560 confirmed cases and 8,134 deaths, though officials
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EL PASO, Texas — El Paso County Commissioner David Stout proposed dipping into the county’s reserves to provide cash assistance to undocumented immigrants who were not eligible for stimulus funds provided by the federal government under the CARES Act. “These are the folks who put food on your tables. These are the folks that work
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — After a surprising Monday that saw no new coronavirus deaths or cases in the city of Juárez, Tuesday’s reporting from Chihuahua state health leaders reflected a significant spike. The number of Juárez deaths jumped by 19 and cases by 33 on Tuesday. That brought the fatality total to 229 and the
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Walmart de Mexico said Monday it has paid the Mexican government the equivalent of about $359 million in taxes for its 2014 sale of a restaurant chain known as VIP’s after tax authorities demanded it. The payment appears to mark a victory for President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has railed
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — There were no new coronavirus deaths confirmed on Monday morning in Juarez as it began what Chihuahua state’s top official called a “crucial week” – with the pandemic reaching its peak there. Juarez held steady from Sunday’s reporting, with a total of 210 deaths and 909 confirmed cases. Monday’s stabilization was
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The city of Juárez recorded 14 new coronavirus deaths on Saturday and Sunday, for a death count of 210 to date, Chihuahua state health officials said. Confirmed virus cases also grew substantially over the weekend, rising from 841 on Friday to 909 on Sunday. “We are at the highest part of
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico (AP) — Officials in a Mexican border city are tightening checks on travellers coming from Texas, saying they fear U.S. visitors may be helping feed a spike in COVID-19 cases. Municipal and state officials in Matamoros, together with Mexico’s National Guard began setting up checkpoints Saturday at the three border crossings to
Continue Reading TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Adrián Alonso Gama lived life on both sides of the border, until he got the coronavirus. On weekends the 37-year-old truck driver would stay at his parents’ home in Tijuana. Thanks to his U.S. green card, he lived in his own place in San Diego during the week, delivering beer and
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health authorities on Friday reported that the confirmed cases of Covid-19 rose by 36 in Juárez, and 24 new deaths occurred. The death toll now rises to 196 in Juárez and the total number of infections is up to 841. Chihuahua Gov. Javier Corral said the virus curve in
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — El Paso’s sister city across the border reported seven new coronavirus deaths on Thursday, one of those being an inmate at the Cereso 3 prison. The death toll in Juárez jumped from 165 to 172 over the past day, health officials said. They’ve previously indicated that the city is currently experiencing
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – Customs and Border Protection announced its agents in the El Paso area seized 1,000 counterfeit Covid-19 test kits last weekend. “Some appear to be exploiting the pandemic for financial gain, leaving the consumer at risk. These products may result in serious consequences to the consumer, whether that end user is
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EL PASO, Texas — It’s almost been two months since border crossing was restricted to essential travel only. Now that restrictions have been extended one more month, some businesses downtown may not make it to the summer. J.K Tennis in downtown El Paso has been open for 28 years. Pedro Padilla has been an employee
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Officials in Mexico City said Wednesday that they have rescued 14 health workers who had come to the capital to help battle Covid-19 and were subjected to what’s called a “virtual kidznapping” in order to demand money from their families. The city prosecutor’s office said in a communique that the health
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua recorded its highest peak of new daily coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic with 109 reported on Wednesday. Over half of those additional infections came from the city of Juarez, which had 56 new cases, health officials said. That took the total caseload to 752
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it will keep the U.S.-Mexico border shut down to “non-essential” traffic through June 22. The closure has been in effect since March 20 due to the coronavirus pandemic and has wreaked havoc on the Borderland economy, particularly impacting downtown El Paso merchants.
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mayor Armando Cabada announced Tuesday evening that his doctor said he’s re-tested negative for Covid-19 and is now officially “recovered.” He declared himself virus-free in a social media video. (You can see it above.) That makes the Juarez leader one of 182 people in his city to officially be listed as
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Five more coronavirus deaths were reported in the city of Juarez on Tuesday, bringing the death toll to 163 as the caseload to date jumped to 696 infections. The mounting fatality count in Juarez comes as a Mexican anti-corruption group alleges that virus deaths across the nation may be as much
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — A former top enforcer for Mexico’s Sinaloa Cartel who spent time in a U.S. prison has been identified as one of three people found murdered in Sinaloa state over the weekend, officials said Monday. The Sinaloa state prosecutors’ office identified the dead man as José Rodrigo “A,” giving only his last
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — There were no new coronavirus deaths reported Monday in the city of Juarez, with the death count holding at 158, however health officials indicated there were some possible deaths in the process of confirmation. The number of infections did continue to go up in Juarez, rising by 32 from 640 to
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WASHINGTON, DC — Health experts from across the country slammed the Trump administration’s use of a public health law to largely seal off the border from those seeking refuge, arguing in a letter to the Department of Health and Human Services that there’s “no public health rationale for denying admission to individuals based on legal
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