By Michael Rios and Elvin Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a new Department of Homeland Security initiative offering free flights and $1,000 stipends has landed in Honduras. A group of 38 Hondurans arrived at Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport on
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Approximately 350,000 Venezuelans were protected from deportation to work in US. By Armando Garcia May 19, 2025, 11:The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to terminate Temporary Protected Status for approximately 350,000 Venezuelans who were protected from deportation and allowed to work in the United States. The court approved the administration’s request to lift
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By Ivonne Valdes Garay, Daniela Patino, Maija Ehlinger and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Over a decade after 43 students from a rural teaching college vanished in southern Mexico, a new arrest has stirred fresh scrutiny and reopened old wounds. On Thursday, Mexican authorities detained now-retired judge, 79-year-old Lambertina Galeana Marín, over missing evidence in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal prosecutors in western Texas and southern New Mexico announced the arrest of multiple people accused of breaking immigration and other federal laws. Migrants arrested for entering Texas National Defense Area Officials arrested Mexican nationals Juan Jose Medrano-Escobedo and Rosendo Dominguez-Morales for allegedly illegally entering the Texas National Defense Area
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas says their office is the first in the country to charge a Mexican national with providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Court documents allege that Maria Del Rosario Navarro-Sanchez, 39, conspired with others to provide
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — FBI El Paso Field Office celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) with a roundtable discussion along with other local, state, and federal agencies. The FBI’s New York Office created the first JTTF in spring 1980, along with members of the New York Police Department (NYPD),
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– A recent visit revealed widespread human rights violations against detained immigrants according to a report released by Amnesty International on Wednesday. According to Amy Fischer, the director of refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International, since the start of the Trump administration, Amnesty International has been sending requests to detention facilities
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Originally published on El Paso Matters. by Robert Moore May 15, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. One of the Trump administration’s latest efforts to militarize the U.S.-Mexico border suffered repeated setbacks Thursday when an El Paso federal magistrate judge tossed out a dozen charges alleging that
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This article was published to elpasomatters.org. Find the original article here. by Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso MattersMay 15, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. By Julienne McClure and René Kladzyk/Project On Government Oversight Only a minuscule fraction of migrants stopped by U.S. Border
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by Cindy Ramirez May 14, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Detained migrants and immigrants at an El Paso processing center face widespread human rights violations, including systematic mistreatment, arbitrary detention, as well as lack of due process and access to legal resources, according to a report
Continue Reading By Hira Humayun, Avery Schmitz and Veronica Calderon, CNN (CNN) — Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a livestream from her beauty salon in Zapopan, Mexico, when someone arrived at her door to deliver a small parcel. “He’s a little piglet!” the 23-year-old beauty influencer exclaimed as she returned to her viewers and
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By Verónica Calderón and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Several family members of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have entered the United States as part of negotiations in a case against one of his sons, Mexico’s Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch told the Mexican network Radio Fórmula on Tuesday. El Chapo’s son Ovidio
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers at the Bridge of the Americas seized 40 grams of powdered fentanyl and 57 grams of fentanyl pills from inside a 47-year-old man. The seizure happened yesterday at 1:20 AM, according to CBP officials. They say the man was trying to walk over the border with the drugs
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Julio Berdegué, spoke after the U.S. Department of Agriculture suspended all cattle and livestock imports from Mexico last Sunday. In a morning news conference, Secretary Berdegué, along with President Claudia Sheinbaum, stated that Mexico is being impacted by an infestation that started in Central
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced last night the suspension of all live cattle and livestock imports from Mexico into the U.S. In a post on X, Secretary Rollins said, “Due to the threat of New World Screwworm, I am announcing the suspension of live cattle, horse, & bison
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TORNILLO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials at the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry in Tornillo seized 28.5 pounds of cocaine from a 25-year-old American woman on Friday. CBP officials say the woman was driving across from Mexico at around 1:30 PM. Officers selected her for a secondary exam and a drug-sniffing dog found the drugs
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EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA)- A decade long tradition along the border was slightly modified to allow families to see their loved ones. In the past the Border Network for Human Rights held their “Hugs Not Walls” event at the border, giving separated families a few minutes to share hugs. Now, because the area is considered
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With the National Defense Areas now in place across the borderland region. Troops assigned to the Joint Task Force – “southern border”, are actively patrolling the border with Mexico along Texas and New Mexico. This following actions by the Trump Administration to give the military “direct control” of the designated areas. Service
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP Agriculture Specialists at the Paso Del Norte international crossing confiscated 25 large rolls of pork bologna, two packs of pork ham, and 16 rolls of pork chorizo that a 61-year-old man tried to cross into the U.S. last night. The man had not declared any of the prohibited items,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers caught a 40-year-old American woman smuggling 113 grams of fentanyl inside of her private area, according to officials. The woman, who has not been publicly identified, was trying to walk over the Paso Del Norte international crossing when she was arrested and turned over to HSI to face
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection El Paso Field Office (OFO) has seen an increase in internal cavity drug smuggling attempts since last year. CBP officials say they are seeing a 300% increase compared to last year. Most drug smuggling attempt arrests have been made at the Ysleta-Zaragoza Port of Entry
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A worker at the Unión Ganadera Regional de Chihuahua on the U.S.-Mexico border guides newly arrived cattle into the proper pen. Photo by Sandra Sadek for Puente News Collaborative Could sirloin steak and burger prices rise even higher? Editor’s note: This story was produced for Puente News Collaborative in partnership with the Craig Newmark Graduate
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Getting flowers for mom can be a beautiful gift, but El Pasoans buying flowers in Mexico can actually pose a risk of bringing in bugs and diseases to the U.S. And Customs and Border Protection are making sure those plants are clean and safe not just for mom, but U.S. agriculture. CBP agriculture specialists inspect
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott met Chihuahua Governor María Eugenia Campos Galván. They talked about border security coordination and expanding economic opportunities between the two states, according to a spokesperson for Governor Abbott’s office. “Governor Abbott kicked off the meeting touting the work of Texas law enforcement who continue to work with
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Border Network for Human Rights (BNHR) has canceled its annual Hugs Not Walls event for this year. The cancellation comes “in light of ongoing developments and challenges impacting border communities,” the organization posted on Facebook today. ABC-7 has covered the event in past years. It offers Borderland residents the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An operation led by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) led to the arrest of 16 individuals and the seizure of record-breaking amounts of fentanyl, cash, firearms, and vehicles across five states. The operation led to the dismantling of what officials describe as one of the most dangerous drug trafficking organizations
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The U.S. General Services Administration announced last Friday that it will proceed with the Bridge of the Americas modernization project, which is set to eliminate commercial crossings. ABC-7 reached out to the Mexican Cargo Transportation Chamber (CANACAR) in Juárez to learn more about the economic impacts the region could see if
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials say officers at the Paso Del Norte port of entry caught a 55-year-old American woman trying to bring 70.4 pounds of meth into the country on Sunday. Officials say she was with her teen grandchild at the time. Courtesy: CBP Officers seized the drugs around noon after the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers seized 4,030 rounds of ammunition from a 33-year-old American man during a southbound inspection at the Bridge of the Americas. Courtesy: CBP The seizure happened just before 9 AM when the man, driving a Mercedes Benz, tried to cross into Mexico. He ignored officers’ directions to shut off
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a move to push those in the country illegally to self-deport, the Department of Homeland Security on Monday announced a travel assistance program to help those who want to leave the country voluntarily. Those who are in the country illegally and want to self-deport must use the CBP Home
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