CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Health officials said Monday that the state of Chihuahua now has 600 confirmed cases of coronavirus, of which 400 belong to the city of Juárez. In the entire state of Chihuahua, there were 98 deaths due to the virus as of Monday. Officials indicated 80 of those deaths had occurred in
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CUIDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The death toll from the coronavirus rose by two on Sunday for a total of 80 in Juarez, health officials said. Meantime, the total number of Juarez virus cases reached 399, with 24 additional cases from the previous day. Officials this past week disclosed that 20 doctors and 17 nurses were among those
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The death toll from the coronavirus rose by three on Saturday for a total of 78 in what’s been the deadliest week of the pandemic thus far in Juarez. In all, 33 of the 78 total deaths from the virus occurred in Juarez this week. The total number of Juarez virus
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Juarez continues to be the focal point of the Covid-19 infection in the state of Chihuahua. Not only is it home to 70-percent of the fatalities in the state, but two-thirds of the doctors who have contracted the disease in Chihuahua are in Juarez.On Friday, the medical director for the state
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican health officials on Friday reported at eleven additional coronavirus deaths had occurred over the past two days in Juarez, which remains the area of Chihuahua state with the most deaths and infections. The death toll in Juarez rose to 75, which accounts for roughly 70% of the state’s 92 virus
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EL PASO, Texas — Lawyers representing women released from the El Paso Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing facility, as well as a lawyer representing women still inside the facility, offered up a look Thursday at what they say conditions are like. Antonio Williams is the lawyer representing the very first woman who tested positive for
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EL PASO, Texas — A thick, heavy black smoke plume was visible to residents of west El Paso and Sunland Park on Tuesday evening, prompting calls of concern to local authorities and ABC-7. But El Paso and Sunland Park firefighters said they weren’t working any active fires and said the blaze was burning on the
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economic activity dropped 1.6% in the first quarter compared to the final three months of 2019, plunging the country deeper into a recession that predated the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report released Thursday by the government statistical agency. It was the fifth consecutive quarter of economic contraction and the
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EL PASO, Texas — Six women who sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as well as Homeland Security, claiming they were being exposed to Covid-19 were released Wednesday to the care of volunteers with El Paso’s Annunciation House. The women range in age from 25 to 60, and one of them has already tested positive for the
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EL PASO, Texas — A fugitive wanted for a pair of west Texas murders last year was captured Wednesday in Mexico and turned over to authorities at the Ysleta port of entry in El Paso. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers identified the man as 48-year-old Arturo Gallegos Ortiz, who had warrants out for his
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – The death toll from coronavirus in Juarez went up to 64 as health officials on Wednesday reported an additional fatality. The total number of cases went up by five and is now at 259, increasing from 254 on the day before. Chihuahua state health leaders reported a total of 398 cases statewide,
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s Interior Department urged towns and states Tuesday to stop putting up roadblocks and curfews to stem the spread of the new coronavirus, as hundreds have done. The department said in a statement that such measures violate constitutional rights like the right to free movement, and argued that local governments don’t
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state health officials reported 11 new coronavirus deaths in Juarez on Tuesday along with 17 additional cases there. That brings the total number of deaths in Juarez to 63 and confirmed cases to 254. There are 381 cases in the state of Chihuahua with 73 deaths statewide. In addition to
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EL PASO, Texas — For the second time in a week, there was significant debate among the El Paso County Commissioners Court regarding a resolution which calls for Immigration Customs Enforcement and Border Protection to immediately release all non-violent detainees in the county as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. The push for the approval of the
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MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s government continued its tug of war with businesses on Monday, pledging to reopen factories vital to the U.S. economy while shaming others that refuse to close under lockdown measures decreed to fight the spread of the coronavirus. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador also said he didn’t like businessmen going out
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — There are now 52 deaths in Juárez stemming from the coronavirus, accounting for the bulk of the 61 deaths statewide in Chihuahua, the state’s health secretariat said Monday. Juárez has also exceed 200 virus cases, with the count now at 237. Across Chihuahua state, there are 349 total confirmed cases. Numerous
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Health Secretariat announced Sunday that Juarez’s coronavirus case count has increased to 207, with 52 total deaths. That marked an increase of seven more deaths and three new cases from the prior day. In the state of Chihuahua, there are 313 confirmed coronavirus cases with 16 more deaths –
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The Chihuahua Health Secretariat announced Saturday that Juarez has now exceeded 200 coronavirus cases as three more deaths were also recorded to raise the death toll to 45. Juarez’s case count of 204 contributed to a little more than two-thirds of the total number of cases in Chihuahua state, which stood
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — According the Chihuahua Health Secretariat, there are now 188 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the city of Juárez, which saw it’s death count rise to 42 on Friday. There were 49 total deaths reported in the state. In addition to the 42 fatalities in Juárez, there have been four in Chihuahua
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CIUDADA JUAREZ, Mexico — The state of Chihuahua on Thursday reported 236 confirmed coronavirus cases and a total of 40 deaths. Officials said the majority of both the state’s infections and fatalities have occurred in Juarez, which had 161 cases and 34 deaths as of Thursday. The new numbers came as Juarez Mayor Armando Cabada
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – The coronavirus death toll in Juarez reached 33 on Wednesday, according to the Chihuahua Health Secretariat. Juarez accounts for all but six of the virus deaths so far in the entire state of Chihuahua. The city of Chihuahua had four of the other deaths, while one death each has occurred in
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EL PASO, Texas — The coronavirus is disrupting the drug supply chain for cartels in Mexico as they try and make profits off their illicit activity. “The Sinaloa Cartels and the competitors are charging 4 to 5 times more for meth,” former U.S. Customs and Border Patrol sector Chief Victor Manjarrez told ABC-7. The price
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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump announced what he described as a “temporary suspension of immigration into the United States” on Tuesday. But he said the executive order he plans to sign as soon as Wednesday would apply only to those seeking permanent residency and not temporary workers. Trump said he would be placing a
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EL PASO, Texas — Raul Rosales, a supervisor at a Lear Corporation maquiladora in Ciudad Juárez, died in an El Paso hospital of the novel coronavirus early Tuesday, becoming the Borderland area’s latest death. El Paso had recorded nine virus deaths as of Monday night, according to health officials, while Juarez had 32 fatalities as
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WASHINGTON, DC — Trump administration officials on Tuesday morning scrambled to finalize an executive order after President Donald Trump said in a late-night tweet he would temporarily suspend immigration to the United States as the nation battles the health and economic effects of the coronavirus pandemic. “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy,
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EL PASO, Texas — Many in our region travel back and forth between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez. Though traffic has slowed with the implementation of border restrictions, the communities remain interconnected. As both fight the same fight against COVID-19, one local infectious disease expert warns of challenges in containing the virus on either side.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Four people have contracted the coronavirus at the El Paso Processing Center operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to Congresswoman Veronica Escobar. She made the disclosure in a tweet Monday afternoon, saying her office had confirmed the cases. But she didn’t indicate whether those infected were employees or detained migrants.
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Juárez topped 120 on Monday, with officials saying nearly half of those infected are hospitalized. Of the 121 cases Monday, health leaders said 29 of those resulted in deaths; the death toll was unchanged from over the weekend. As many as 13 of those
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Acting secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf announced Monday that the U.S., Canada and Mexico agreed to keep their borders closed to nonessential travel for 30 more days. President Donald Trump said this past weeek that the U.S.-Canada border will be among the first borders to open and says the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas — Coronavirus is dealing a gut punch to the illegal drug trade, paralyzing economies, closing borders and severing supply chains in China that traffickers rely on for the chemicals to make such profitable drugs as methamphetamine and fentanyl. One of the main suppliers that shut down is in Wuhan, the epicenter of
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