JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican officials arrested a person for the kidnapping of a New Mexico teenager. Officers found the 17-year-old girl, identified only as D.C.L.G., buried in the courtyard of a house in southeast Juarez. Courtesy: FGE Officers arrested Óscar Manuel M. A., 21, on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 for the girl’s kidnapping. He
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Commissioner Jackie Butler is introducing a formal resolution in opposition of the development and operation of Camp East Montana. The new facility will have the capacity to host thousands of migrants who are in the middle of their removal proceedings. It is located on Fort Bliss, within
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Any further construction must be halted for 14 days, the judge ruled. By Peter Charalambous and Ely Brown August 7, 2025, 1:24 PM A federal judge on Thursday temporarily halted any further construction of the immigrant detention center known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” U.S. District Judge Kathleen Mary Williams granted a temporary restraining order after two days of
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Borderland leaders met today to plan for the future of El Paso’s border construction, policy and more. One of today’s focuses included adding lanes to the Bridge of the Americas. County Judge Ricardo Samaniego told ABC-7 it will reduce line sizes and wait times to cross into Juarez. Leaders are also preparing for economic benefits. The strategic
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Watch the livestream of the protest below: EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today, protestors are gathering at the ICE Detention Facility to demand the release of DACA recipient Catalina “Xóchilt” Santiago, who was detained by Border Patrol agents at the El Paso International Airport this weekend. The protest is set to begin with a news
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Videos on social media showed a group of migrants inside a sewer in El Paso’s storm drain system. The El Paso Police Department, along with Border Patrol El Paso Sector, found this group of migrants last Friday at the intersection of Oregon Street and San Antonio Avenue in Downtown El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Department of Justice submitted paperwork today informing the court that the Attorney General directed the DOJ not to pursue the death penalty against Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia. The notorious co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel was met by US authorities when he landed in a private plane near El
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juárez, through its Ecology Department, launched a campaign last year to prevent Rickettsiosis due to confirmed cases and even deaths in the border area. The department’s Ecology Director, César Díaz, says the tick emerges from the soil, especially in unclean areas and because of the hot temperatures on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas State Representative for District 77 Vince Perez held a news conference in El Paso today where he spoke against the Texas redistricting proposed by Republicans, which could impact El Paso County. If passed, it could move Fort Bliss out of El Paso’s main congressional district, placing it in the
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Migrant shelters fill with people of broken dreams By DUDLEY ALTHAUS and KEITH DANNEMILLER Edited by Dianne Solis and Alfredo Puente News Collaborative Editor’s note: This story was co-published with 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. MEXICO CITY — With
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez Road Safety agents helped a pregnant woman who unexpectedly gave birth in a car at the intersection of Tecnológico Avenue and Granjero. Agents Luna and Rodarte, of unit 1087, were doing surveillance work when they got a distress call from a group of people driving in the area. The agents
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Originally Published: 30 JUL 25 15:42 ET Updated: 30 JUL 25 16:29 ET By Angelica Franganillo Diaz (CNN) — Twelve Democratic members of Congress have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, accusing it of unlawfully obstructing their efforts to visit federal immigration detention centers. The complaint, filed Wednesday in Washington, DC, argues that a new Department
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — ABC-7 reported on Tuesday that Chihuahua State authorities found a 17-year-old girl from Hobbs, New Mexico, dead and buried at a home east of Ciudad Juárez. The spokeswoman of the State Attorney General’s Office in Northern Chihuahua, Gabriela Cota, said the girl with the initials D.C.LL.G. left her address on July
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican officials found nine migrants being detained inside a house in the Villa Unión Ladrillera neighborhood of Ciudad Juárez. A victim’s family reported their loved one’s situation to law enforcement officials earlier this month, launching the investigation that discovered the detained migrants. Officers tracked the victim’s phone to Cruz Chávez
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A joint effort by officials with the El Paso County, Juárez University, and the Animal Welfare Department aims to raise awareness and address prevention efforts of the spread of Rickettsiosis in El Paso County after cases were recently confirmed in Juárez. According to Crystal Reyes, the interim director of the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 17-year-old girl from Hobbs, New Mexico was found buried in the courtyard of a home in southeast Juarez. The girl, identified only as D.C.L.G., had been strangled and stabbed, according to investigators. The girl’s family filed a missing persons report with the Hobbs Police Department earlier this month. Investigators
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez Municipal Police rescued three people who got lost in the mountains near the “Cerro de la Biblia.” Courtesy: Juárez Public Safety Courtesy: Juárez Public Safety Courtesy: Juárez Public Safety Courtesy: Juárez Public Safety Juárez Public Safety say that an adult and two teenagers, ages 21, 17, and 16, required rescue.
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EL PASO (KVIA) — Thursday, April 24th was National Tequila Day, and, the celebration continues through the weekend. In another edition of “People, Places & Paul”, KVIA Anchor Paul Cicala goes “Xtra Depth” from the Agave Room & Ambar Bar at the Plaza Hotel in downtown El Paso, where the largest and rarest agave spirit
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By Eduardo García, Alfredo Corchado and Alyda Muela El PASO, Texas — A growing wave of uncertainty is freezing investment plans in Mexico, the United States’ second-largest trading partner, rattling domestic and foreign business leaders alike. Investors weigh President Donald J. Trump’s decision to impose on August 1st —the plan so far– tariffs on Mexican-made
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JUAREZ, Mexico (KVIA) — The Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office announced that 14 of the individuals whose remains were found in the shuttered Juarez crematorium have been identified. Officials found 386 bodies in the crematorium earlier this summer. The incinerator stopped working two years ago and the former owner passed away. Since then, the bodies
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — The federal government has ordered the construction of a 5,000-migrant capacity short-term detention facility at Fort Bliss. The Department of Defense (DOD) says that the ICE facility, which is intended to house single adults, is being built in support of Presidential Executive Order 14159. Acquisition Logistics LLC, a contractor based
Continue Reading JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2038 last month, allowing experienced doctors from around the world to practice in Texas without needing a U.S. residency. Under the new law, doctors coming from other countries will have to meet specific requirements to be eligible to practice in Texas. In Juárez, Dr.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested a 21-year-old woman accused of trying to smuggle cocaine into the U.S. Officers working at the Ysleta International Port of Entry stopped the woman just before 4 PM Sunday after a low energy portal scan found anomalies in the woman’s car. A drug-sniffing
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EL PASO (KVIA) — Immigration issues and increased deportations have been top headlines over the last several months. ABC-7 anchor Paul Cicala traveled to Central Mexico to see how Mexican families are being impacted financially. As their relatives living in the U.S. fear immigration crackdowns, they are working less, which in turn decreases the amount they
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Traffic Safety Coordination (CGSV), also known as the Juárez Traffic Police, provided roadside assistance to 111 drivers and seven who required towing due to heavy rains that caused flooding on Sunday and Monday. Juárez municipal police (SSPM) and the civil protection department have been assisting drivers as well. SSPM
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Update (January 27, 2025): Crews in Mexico have started sealing the tunnel. JUAREZ, Chihuahua and EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This morning, various federal agencies and construction crews were seen from the Juárez side of the border working and checking on the tunnel on the U.S. side of the border. U.S. Border Patrol El Paso
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The deal included the release of 10 Americans held in Venezuela. By Laura Romero July 18, 2025, 2:14 PM The more than 200 Venezuelan migrants who were deported by the Trump administration to El Salvador’s mega-prison in March have left El Salvador to be sent to Venezuela as part of a prisoner swap that included
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CADEREYTA DE MONTES, Querétaro (KVIA) – In a special report, ABC-7 anchor Paul Cicala traveled to the indigenous pueblos in the mountains of Querétaro, Mexico to talk to families being impacted by recent immigration changes in the United States. It’s a special report you’ll only see on ABC-7. According to numbers provided by UTEP Professor &
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is commemorating Ciudad Juárez with a song on his new album. Tracks II: The Lost Albums is a compilation of unreleased tracks created from 1983–2018. The New Jersey native, who is arguably most famous for singing about being born in the USA, takes on a more
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal grand jury indicted Manuel Alejandro Melendez-Cereceres aka “Monstro,” 40, on human smuggling charges. Melendez-Cereceres is accused of recruiting and coordinating drivers to take migrants to and from stash houses. Courtesy: Department of Justice Officers arrested Melendez-Cereceres on June 20 and he made his first court appearance before a
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