On the Border Archives

Discovery of secret crematoriums at a ranch in Mexico stirs fears of a cover-up

March 14, 2025 1:53 PM CNN Newsource

By Belén Zapata , Gerardo Lemos and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Advocates in Mexico are calling for an immediate and independent investigation…

FEMA withholding funding

March 14, 2025 11:58 AM Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Trump administration sent a letter to local non-governmental organizations and local governments that received federal…

Border Patrol welcomes first foal

March 13, 2025 3:49 PM Emma Hoggard

SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol’s Big Bend Sector welcomed the birth of a new horse named Dolly. She is the first foal ever born to a…

Migrants seeking asylum in the United States gather near the border wall after crossing a razor wire fence as a member of the Texas National Guard escorts them on December 19

Trump to invoke wartime authority

March 13, 2025 8:47 AM CNN Newsource

By Priscilla Alvarez, Jennifer Hansler and Alayna Treene, CNN (CNN) — The Trump administration is expected to invoke a sweeping wartime…

EP migrant shelter lawsuit dropped

March 12, 2025 2:58 PM ABC News

McALLEN, Texas — The Trump administration is dropping a civil lawsuit against the largest provider of housing for unaccompanied migrant…

How state lawmakers are trying to crack down on illegal immigration

March 12, 2025 2:48 PM Texas Tribune

By Alejandro Serrano and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune March 12, 2025 “How state lawmakers are trying to crack down on illegal immigration” was…

ICE arrests 32,000 migrants

March 12, 2025 1:24 PM ABC News

By Mireya Villarreal and Luke Barr March 12, 2025, 10:48 AM Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has arrested over 32,000 migrants who are living…

Migrants arrested in New Mexico

March 12, 2025 1:17 PM Emma Hoggard

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ICE officers in New Mexico arrested 48 migrants in the country illegally during the first week of March. ICE took into…

Trump imposes steel, aluminum tariffs

March 12, 2025 12:00 PM Heriberto Perez Lara

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — President Donald Trump imposed today sweeping 25% tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the U.S., which he…

Migrants arrested in El Paso

March 11, 2025 4:11 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Attorney Margaret Leachman for the Western District of Texas announced the arrest of several people charged with…

ABC-7 Listens: Reaction to story in Yucatan Peninsula on Americans living in Mexico & reactions to Trump’s tariffs

March 10, 2025 8:00 PM Paul Cicala

MERIDA, YUCATAN MEXICO- (KVIA) – Tonight’s ABC-7’s Listens deals with e-mail and social media reactions to KVIA story from Yucatan Peninsula &…

Fewer maquiladora industries investing on the border

March 11, 2025 11:57 AM Heriberto Perez Lara

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican business leaders on the border are concerned over industries moving south of the country instead of looking for…

American wanted for aggravated kidnapping captured in Chihuahua

March 10, 2025 2:40 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican authorities found and captured a man wanted by the FBI for aggravated kidnapping. The National Guard and members of…

CBP launches deportation self-reporting app

March 10, 2025 11:59 AM Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the public-facing mobile application CBP Home. “The application has a new…

Mexican Authorities and the FBI exchange prisoner

March 8, 2025 1:23 PM Yvonne Suarez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – On March 7, Mexican authorities and FBI agents from El Paso met at an El Paso Port of entry to exchange a prisoner and two…

Mexican felon, previously convicted of sexual contact with a child, arrested in El Paso

March 7, 2025 1:18 PM Yvonne Suarez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The U.S. Border Patrol arrested a Mexican man who has been deported twice before, and is currently facing up to 10 years in…

Man faces charges for evading checkpoint and smuggling undocumented migrants

March 7, 2025 12:22 PM Yvonne Suarez

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico – The U.S. Attorney’s Office and U.S. Border Patrol has charged an undocumented migrant for speeding from a checkpoint to…

Interim Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar says migrant encounters in El Paso have decreased by thousands

March 6, 2025 12:00 PM Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Walter N. Slosar, Interim Chief Patrol Agent in the El Paso Sector spoke with local media outlets today, saying the current…

Cuban man sentenced for conspiracy to transport migrants

March 6, 2025 11:36 AM KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Omar Ozuna-Berneda, 49, received a 41-month prison sentence for conspiracy to transport migrants. Border Patrol…

Peacock found wandering Ciudad Juárez streets

March 6, 2025 11:09 AM KVIA ABC-7

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Municipal Public Security agents recovered a peacock found wandering the streets of the René Mascareñas…

Trump delays tariffs on Mexico, and Lutnick says Canada will likely also get a delay

March 6, 2025 9:55 AM CNN Newsource

Originally Published: 06 MAR 25 10:16 ET Updated: 06 MAR 25 11:51 ET By David Goldman, CNN (CNN) — President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a…

Deportation flights suspended, report says

March 5, 2025 6:06 PM Emma Hoggard

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — According to the Wall Street Journal, defense officials are saying deportation flights using military aircraft have…

Hundreds of goods stranded in Mexico after first day of tariffs

March 5, 2025 12:00 PM Heriberto Perez Lara

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — During a news conference in Juárez today, the National Association of Importers and Exporters of the Mexican Republic…

Mexican man found without immigration documents in El Paso, officials say

March 4, 2025 3:38 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials arrested Mexican national Jaime Perez Salinas in El Paso after they found him without immigration documents.…

Peruvian caught allegedly illegally entering U.S. near El Paso

March 4, 2025 3:33 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials arrested Peruvian national Joel Edgardo Flores-Reyes near El Paso for allegedly illegally re-entering the U.S.…

President of Mexico says country will respond to tariffs imposed by President Trump

March 4, 2025 11:59 AM Heriberto Perez Lara

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on the now imposed 25% tariffs on all goods exported from Mexico to the U.S.,…

Business leaders on the border react to tariffs

March 3, 2025 5:44 PM Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President Trump confirmed today that he will impose 25% tariffs on imported goods from Canada and Mexico starting on…

Venezuelan arrested for fraud in El Paso

March 3, 2025 2:46 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Officials arrested Venezuelan national Alcides Jose Urrivari-Arape for alleged fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other…

Hegseth suggests unilateral military action to Mexican leaders, reports say

February 28, 2025 3:52 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told top Mexican officials that if they do not…

Mexican officials say 29 cartel members sent to the U.S. were requested by U.S. government

February 28, 2025 11:58 AM Heriberto Perez Lara

JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican members of the safety cabinet held a news conference today to speak about the 29 cartel members’ extraditions…