EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- HSI Secretary Kristi Noem posted on her social media announcing the arrests of 35 undocumented immigrants. In the post Noem explains that two Mexican Nationals were arrested after the driver rolled over while trying to evade Custom and Border Patrol agents. The two were arrested on human smuggling charges. Noem also
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexico’s consulates in the United States continue to provide the Mexican community with information and practical tools for understanding and exercising their rights, particularly in immigration matters. The Mexican Consulate in El Paso serves El Paso and Hudspeth counties, as well as nine other counties in southern New Mexico. “Locally, what we also
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A lower court’s order previously blocked use based on environmental concerns. By Ely Brown and Peter Charalambous September 4, 2025, 3:30 PM A federal appeals court is allowing the state of Florida to continue operating the controversial immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
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EL PASO (KVIA) – We at ABC-7 received a lot of e-mails and comments after the special report “TEQUILA TARIFF TALKS” came out in late August. ABC-7 anchor Paul Cicala traveled to Jalisco, Mexico to see how potential tariffs would effect prices of tequila being imported through Ciudad Juarez, and into El Paso. Ruben wrote
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 obtained new documents regarding the legal dispute between the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights and the National Immigration Law Center (NILC) against the Trump administration. “Although these children are supposed to be in the care and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (“ORR”), defendants are unlawfully transferring
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ICE confirmed to ABC-7 that Camp East Montana, located on Fort Bliss, has received detainees from Alligator Alcatraz, the detainment camp located in the Everglades in Florida. Alligator Alcatraz and President Donald Trump’s support for the facility have made national headlines the last few weeks. An ICE spokesperson was unable
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Food Bank has been operating south of the city for several years now, under Mexico’s Food Bank network and funded by several private groups, along with local and Chihuahua state government departments. The Food Bank is located south of the city on Av. Miguel de la Madrid 8715, 32696.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Migrant advocates gathered outside DHS headquarters in East El Paso to speak up for Catalina “Xóchitl” Santiago, who was arrested by federal authorities on August 3. “Catalina Santiago Santiago, a 28-year-old Mexican national, is currently in ICE custody. U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested her Aug. 3 at the El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials say that a woman from Ecuador was killed while running across the westbound lanes of the Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway on August 17, 2025. Officials say Border Patrol agents watched as the woman climbed a fence and successfully ran across the eastbound lanes. A car then hit
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Watch the Justice Department’s announcement on El Mayo’s plea below: The plea agreement orders him to forfeit $15 billion. By Aaron Katersky August 25, 2025, 12:11 PM The co-founder of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel pleaded guilty Monday to federal drug trafficking charges that accused him of being one of the most prolific and powerful narcotraffickers in the world.
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, Brenda Goodman, CNN (CNN) — A rare case of travel-related New World screwworm was identified in Maryland in a patient who traveled from El Salvador, a spokesperson from the US Department of Health and Human Services said. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Maryland Department of Health are
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Tren de Aragua gang member that had been arrested in El Paso on August 22, 2023, has been rearrested in Albuquerque. ICE officers took Leonel Arquimedes Bustamante-Sanchez, 27, into custody on August 20, 2025 for an active warrant for his arrest in Bogota, Colombia. He had been sentenced there
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Department of Defense (DOD) civilians can now apply to serve on six-month-long border security details with the Department of Homeland Security. DOD civilians got an email notifying them of the opportunity on Wednesday, and nearly 500 DOD civilians have signed up so far, officials say. Courtesy: DOD DHS will soon
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The Salvadoran native was wrongly deported to CECOT in March. By Laura Romero August 22, 2025, 1:50 PM Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was wrongly deported in March before being brought back to the U.S., has been released from criminal custody in Tennessee and is on his way to Maryland, an attorney for Abrego Garcia told
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TEQUILA, JALISCO (MEXICO) — Recent negotiations between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum resulted in a 90-day extension for the existing 25% tariffs already in for exports to the US. After that period, the tariffs are expected to go up to 30%. One of Mexico’s most beloved exports, tequila, will not be immune
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By Steve Fisher Puente News Collaborative 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. FT HUACHUCA, Ariz. – Inside a windowless and
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — The ACLU is speaking out against the new migrant detention center opening at Fort Bliss. The ACLU is hosting a news conference on the matter Thursday morning. Watch the conference below: “Costing an estimated $1.26 billion, the tent camp could eventually hold up to 5,000 people and leave people vulnerable
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced plans to paint the border wall black to deter migrants from crossing illegally into the country, since warmer conditions could make it more difficult for migrants to climb it. ABC-7 spoke with Dr. Estrella Herrera, a project scientist specializing in environmental
Continue Reading TEQUILA, JALISCO (MEXICO) — Recent negotiations between U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum resulted in a 90-day extension for the existing 25% tariffs already in for exports to the US. After that period, the tariffs are expected to go up to 30%. One of Mexico’s most beloved exports, tequila, will not be immune
Continue Reading SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem visited the southern border wall Monday afternoon to meet with members of Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector and announce several new projects in light of new funding from the recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act. “Today we have the most secure
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By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Aug. 19, 2025 “Lawsuit settled in 2022 shooting death of a migrant in West Texas, but no criminal charges filed yet” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization that informs Texans — and engages with them — about public policy, politics, government and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 69.75 pounds of methamphetamine on Aug. 13. CBP officials say one of its canine units found drugs in a car driven by a 25-year-old female Mexican citizen. Officers discovered 60 bundles of methamphetamine hidden inside the vehicles gas tank. “Thanks to the training
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Ismael Zambada formed the Sinaloa cartel alongside Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzman. By Aaron Katersky August 18, 2025, 10:37 AM Ismael Mario Zambada García, the former drug lord and top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel known as El Mayo, will plead guilty to federal drug charges brought by the United States Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn, according to an
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Watch Congresswoman Escobar’s Press Conference here: FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar spoke to members of the press Monday morning after her “oversight visit” to Camp East Montana, the largest migrant detention center in the United States. The East Montana site, operated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), began receiving detainees on
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HUDSPETH COUNTY, Texas (KVIA) — The family of the migrant who was allegedly shot and killed in a confrontation with a jail warden in Hudspeth County in 2022 has filed a lawsuit against the warden’s former employer. A woman who was injured in the shooting also joined the lawsuit. Now a judge is ordering the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso continues to see a decline in migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border since the start of the year under the Trump administration. Border Patrol in the El Paso Sector, however, still reports a trend of stash houses for Fiscal Year 2025. According to Agent Claudio Herrera-Baeza, spokesperson for
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two Juárez Municipal Police officers (SSPM) and an alleged leader of the “La Línea” criminal group in Juárez are dead after a shooting south of the border. According to Chihuahua state authorities, the cartel leader was identified as Ulises Nache, 41, aka “Delta 1.” Juárez media outlets have reported he was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A U.S. District Judge awarded the family of fallen Texas DPS Special Agent Anthony Salas $45.6 million. The family brought a lawsuit against the U.S. federal government after Salas, an El Paso native, died on the job in January 2022. FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAWDownload Read the court’s
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By Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico has expelled 26 high-ranking cartel figures to the United States in the latest major deal with the Trump administration as American authorities ratchet up pressure on criminal networks sending drugs across the border, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The cartel leaders
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Watch Senator John Cornyn’s visit to Fort Bliss below: FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) is visiting the new U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility at Fort Bliss. Camp East Montana is set to open later this month. Senator Cornyn is set to give a media briefing after he speaks with
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