JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A new procedure for maquiladoras and industries, issued by Mexico’s Ministry of Economy, is raising concerns among business leaders due to a potential delay in goods exported to the U.S. The Ministry of Economy (SE) has imposed a new procedure known as “automatic notification.” According to Mexico’s Association of Importers and
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — President Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum took effect on Wednesday, a move that could increase prices and costs on electronics, cars and home goods, among other things. Since the start of President Trump’s second term, he has threatened countries with imposing tariffs on various goods, with a focus on steel
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The court ruled unanimously. By Devin Dwyer and Ivan Pereira June 5, 2025, 9:24 AM The Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday in favor of U.S. gun manufacturers and blocked a liability lawsuit brought by the government of Mexico, which sought to hold the companies accountable for the trafficking of their weapons south of the border to fuel violence by the cartels.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP’s El Paso Air Branch apprehended an alleged human smuggler on Monday. Border Patrol agents found two migrants waiting to be picked up by the alleged smuggler near Socorro Road. Agents surveilling the area from a helicopter then saw the smuggler trying to drive away from Tigua Tribal Police and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal jury convicted Venezuelan national Marcel Eliezer Zapata-Colmenarez, 26, of conspiracy to harbor migrants. Federal prosecutors say that Border Patrol agents searched Zapata-Colmenarez’s El Paso apartment and found evidence that he was harboring undocumented migrants. Zapata-Colmenarez reportedly admitted to officials that he was being paid $50 per migrant. :Zapata-Colmenarez
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers seized 27.1 pounds of cocaine at the Ysleta Port of Entry this week. CBP officials say the drugs were hidden in a truck driven by a 21-year-old American man. Officers selected the truck for secondary inspection as it tried to cross Monday morning. A low energy portal scan
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The man extradited to the U.S. by Mexican authorities was back in court this morning for his detention hearing. 31-year-old Jaime Renteria Fernandez is accused of murder, firearm possession, money laundering, and drug trafficking. Judge Anne Berton ruled Renteria will remain under federal custody with no bond. Renteria pleaded not guilty
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 16 migrants accused of illegally entering the U.S. through the Texas National Defense Area (NDA) were just indicted by a federal grand jury in El Paso. The federal government set up the NDA in April. It spans from EL Paso to near Fort Hancock. Several federal statutes are in place
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Pasoan Valerie Perez, 22, received a 10-year prison sentence for her role in a hostage-taking conspiracy. Federal prosecutors say Perez held ten undocumented migrants, including three children, in inhumane conditions in a stash house in Chaparral. HSI and Border Patrol agents busted the stash house in April 2024. Federal
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers arrested a 22-year-old American man accused of smuggling 20.1 pounds of cocaine inside his car. CBP officials say the officers caught the man at the Ysleta Port of Entry on Wednesday morning. A secondary examination revealed drugs stuck in the firewall and dashboard of the man’s truck. Officials
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by Robert Moore and Cindy Ramirez May 30, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton can move forward with his efforts to gather records from El Paso’s Annunciation House to investigate his claims that the migrant shelter network was harboring undocumented immigrants, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday.
Continue Reading By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to suspend a Biden-era humanitarian parole program that allowed half a million immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to temporarily live and work in the United States. It was the second time this month that
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BY EDUARDO GARCIA AND SANRA SADEK PUENTE NEWS COLLABORATIVE Edited by Dudley Althaus As the head of a mid-sized auto parts company, Óscar Cázares had long considered how to respond if President Donald Trump slapped tariffs on Mexican-made components. Oscar Cázares’ at his company in Tultitlan. His company, Industrias Cazel, employs nearly 1,000 people at plants throughout Mexico.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas House approved Senate Bill 8 over the weekend, which is set to mandate some local sheriff’s offices in the state to form collaborations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). El Paso County would be one of those Texas counties set to work with ICE if Texas Governor
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Update (May 29, 2025): The man that was extradited by Mexican authorities earlier this week, made his first appearance in federal court this morning. Jaime Renteria Fernandez, 31, is wanted for drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms possession, and murder. He went before Magistrate Judge Anne Berton and is being held with no bond until his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) recently issued a warning on social media through its consulates in the U.S. to Mexican nationals and legal permanent residents about the dangers of DWIs and DUIs. Saying those committing these crimes could face prison, fines, arrests, suspension of driver’s licenses and
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By Djenane Villanueva, Max Saltman and Ivonne Valdes, CNN (CNN) — Costa Rican authorities said they arrested 19 people accused of trafficking hundreds of predominantly Asian migrants to the United States. The arrests Wednesday came during multi-city raids aimed at disrupting what Costa Rica’s immigration police call “a transnational organized crime structure” dedicated to human
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A Texas DPS Trooper used the Precision Immobilization Technique to stop a car carrying five undocumented migrants. According to a spokesperson for Texas DPS, this happened on Loop 375 near Spur 1966 in El Paso. The pursuit started around 9 AM Tuesday when a trooper tried to pull over a
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — ICE arrested undocumented migrant Ramon Morales-Reyes, 54, after officials say he threatened to assassinate President Donald Trump. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says that an ICE field intelligence officer received a handwritten letter in the mail from Morales-Reyes detailing his desire to shoot Trump at one of his rallies.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The FBI and DEA worked with prosecutors in Mexico to arrest Mario S.B., a fugitive accused of drug distribution in the U.S. Officials were able to track down and arrest Mario S.B. in Juarez on Tuesday. They found the 44-year-old in the El Barreal neighborhood. Mexican officials say U.S. authorities
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials say officers caught a 20-year-old woman trying to smuggle 45.2 pounds of cocaine across the Bridge of the Americas Tuesday. Officials say that officers stopped the woman’s car for a secondary exam around 8 AM. A drug-sniffing dog then found the drugs in the car’s rocker panels. The
Continue Reading Story by CNN en Español (CNN) — Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, identified by the United States government as a key member of the “Los Chapitos” criminal organization, died during an operation aimed at capturing him in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, the country’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection Omar García Harfuch said Saturday. The
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Industries and maquiladoras south of the border continue to lose jobs month after month. According to the Mexican Importers and Exporters National Association (ANIERM), Juárez lost another 1,874 jobs in March of this year. Closing reports indicate that these 1,874 losses bring the total to 29,904 job losses since March 2024
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, along with other law enforcement agencies, commemorated its 101st anniversary at the Border Patrol Museum in El Paso. “Today’s memorial stands as a solemn tribute, honoring the unwavering dedication and ultimatesacrifice of our fallen Border Patrol Agents. The memories of our agents are
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal prosecutors announced that from May 20 to May 22, 60 migrants pleaded guilty to charges that they had entered the Texas National Defense Area (NDA). The area stretches along the border from El Paso to Fort Hancock. The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas’ Office announced 60
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican teachers are protesting at two ports of entry on the Juárez side. Our crews in Juárez saw teachers at the Paso del Norte bridge and at the Ysleta-Zaragoza ports of entry. They were spotted at the pay toll booths allowing commuters to cross without paying the toll on the Mexican
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S Northern Command officials say that 1,115 service members have been approved to deploy to the southern border to support the command’s engineering, medical, and operational efforts. There will be approximately 65 Joint Individual Augmentees from several military branches, 250 soldiers from an Expeditionary Sustainment Command to coordinate logistics, 140
Continue Reading SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virginia resident Luis Alonso Argueta-Diaz, 35, is charged with conspiracy to transport a migrant. Federal prosecutors say Argueta-Diaz arranged and paid for the smuggling of a 17-year-old Honduran into the U.S. Court documents state that Border Patrol agents apprehended the teen near Santa Teresa on May 3, 2025. She
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As of Monday, 60 defendants have pleaded guilty to charges that they illegally entered the U.S. or the National Defense Area (NDA) that spans from El Paso to Fort Hancock. The additional criminal charges were filed beginning in early May, right after the federal government set up the Texas NDA.
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juárez announced that binational officials from Juárez, El Paso County, and the Guadalupe Municipality will meet to discuss improvements for the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry in Tornillo, Texas. This will be the fifth binational meeting held by officials in the El Paso – Ciudad Juárez area. Officials
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