JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state authorities have closed five daycare facilities south of the border due to allegations of child sexual abuse cases. The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (FGE) announced on Friday that five childcare centers are under investigation. During a news conference, the State Attorney General, César Jáuregui Moreno, and the Specialized Prosecutor
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By Jeff Ernsthausen, Mica Rosenberg and Avi Asher-Schapiro, ProPublica April 11, 2025 “Meet the tent company making a fortune off Trump’s deportation plans” 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 statewide issues. Sign up for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in favor of the Trump administration to use the Alien Enemies Act to keep conducting mass deportations, which has raised concerns over the migrants’ due process rights to have their cases reviewed before being deported. “The due process is an important principle; of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers stopped a 32-year-old American man who was allegedly trying to smuggle fentanyl and meth inside of a bicycle across the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry. Courtesy: CBP Just after 3 PM on Wednesday, CBP officers stopped the man as he was crossing into the U.S. from Mexico
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Mexico Social Security Institute (IMSS) reported over 2,500 formal jobs were lost in Juárez in March, which continues the trend of more jobs lost in recent months south of the border. Over 1,500 jobs out of those 2,500 were from the maquiladora industry. In the last year, Juárez has lost
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HIDALGO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers at the Hidalgo Port of Entry intercepted a spider monkey this weekend. Agriculture specialists at the Anzalduas International Bridge discovered the monkey Sunday. Officials say a 20-year-old American man and a 21-year-old American woman tried to enter the U.S. with a spider monkey hidden in a backpack inside their
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua state delegate of the National Association of Importers and Exporters of the Mexican Republic (ANIERM), Marcelo Vázquez along with the City of Juárez Representative in El Paso, Juan Acereto held a news conference to detail the impact after President Trump imposed global tariffs on steel, aluminum, and vehicles. Delegate
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By Christina Mondragon Click here for updates on this story LAFAYETTE, Louisiana (KATC) — Jose Francisco Garcia Rodriguez, 73, has been released from ICE custody after being detained by immigration agents on April 1. He was held for a week at an ICE detention center and is now back home with his family. “He has
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SPARKS, Texas (KVIA) — The DEA El Paso Division confirmed its agents, along with sheriff deputies, Border Patrol agents, FBI El Paso, and Texas DPS, seized fentanyl and made several arrests in Sparks this morning. The seizure and arrests were made while agents were executing two search warrants in the Sparks area, according to the
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DHS cancels parole status for 900,000 paroled through government app The Department of Homeland Security revoked parole status for those who used the CBP One App to obtain the status. The move puts over 900,000 migrants up for deportation. Parole status is a two-year temporary authorization to be in the United States due to circumstances
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UPDATE (6:20 P.M.): ABC-7 spoke with Estrella del Paso about this recent deal between the IRS and DHS. “All of these things are just creating further incentives for people to avoid the immigration system and avoid these government systems because they’re now going to be used against them,” said Executive Director Melissa M. Lopez. Estrella
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By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Donald Trump to enforce the Alien Enemies Act for now, handing the White House a significant victory that will let immigration officials rely on a sweeping wartime authority to rapidly deport alleged gang members. The unsigned decision in the
Continue Reading Originally Published: 07 APR 25 11:07 ET Updated: 07 APR 25 15:53 ET By John Fritze and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday temporarily paused a court-imposed midnight deadline to return Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, agreeing to a request from President Donald Trump
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Federal prosecutors announced the sentencing of three men for human smuggling. Jose Hermosillo-Camarillo, Jesus Manuel Soto, and Sergio Raul Diaz were arrested after a fatal car crash in Santa Teresa. Pictures of the aftermath of the crash released by SPFD on June 23, 2023 (Courtesy: Sunland Park Fire Department)
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Crime and violence south of the border have been notorious for over a decade, especially in the Ciudad Juárez – El Paso borderplex. Mexican law enforcement at all three levels of government continues its efforts to decrease crime rates and increase safety for all residents in the borderland. Still, they also
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By Alfredo Corchado, Eduardo Garcia and Angela Kocherga Story edited by Dudley Althaus Photos by Omar Ornelas, Michael Gonzalez, Alfredo Corchado 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. ANZALDUAS INTERNATIONAL BRIDGE (OR MISSION,) TEXAS – Even
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum and Economy Secretary Marcelo Ebrard praised the treatment received by Mexico after President Trump unveiled a new global tariff plan on Wednesday. President Trump announced new worldwide countries on all good imported into the U.S., excluding Mexico and Canada due to USMCA. But both neighboring countries could
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez city officials temporarily shut down three recently-opened businesses due to a lack of permits and licenses businesses must have before opening. One Jack in the Box, Denny’s, and McDonald’s south of the city were the businesses closed. The city’s Urban Development Department said in a statement they invite all the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers working at the Ysleta International Crossing seized a third of a pound of fentanyl found inside the rectum of a 41-year-old U.S. citizen. “We cannot emphasize strongly enough exactly how dangerous this smuggling method is,” said CBP Ysleta Port Director Arnie Gomez. “If the concealment packaging were to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A federal judge has ordered the reinstatement funding for legal services for migrant children who come to the U.S. alone. The ruling temporarily blocks a trump administration order from last month that put children at risk of deportation. Non-profit groups said the funding cut could cause thousands of children to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President Trump’s car tariffs on all cars and light-duty trucks imported into the U.S. will go into effect at midnight on April 2, 2025. An executive order was signed last week to impose a 25% tariff on these vehicle imports which could impact car brands and some foreign countries that
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas announced that Cuban national Humberto Yosvany Arriola-Rivero, 30, received a more than 9-year prison sentence for conspiracy to transport migrants illegally, conspiracy to harbor migrants, and sexual assault of a migrant. Court documents state that Arriola-Rivero managed a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Former CBP Officer Omar Moreno, 46, received a 51-month prison sentence and 80 hours of community service for one count of bribery of a public official and one count of bringing in certain migrants for financial gain. Court documents state that investigators started looking into Moreno’s actions in December 2022.
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, in collaboration with the Department of Defense’s Joint Task Force Southern Border, will discuss the operational capabilities of the M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicles, also known as Strykers. These Strykers were recently deployed at the El Paso and Big Bend Sectors. “It is
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A CBP Agriculture Canine named Harlee found 22 large rolls of prohibited pork bologna that an American man was trying to illegally bring into the U.S. Courtesy: CBP “Pork products have the potential to introduce foreign animal diseases to the U.S. which can have a devastating impact to the U.S.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- According to the Department of Defense, U.S. troops can now patrol the Southern border using Stryker armored vehicles. The M1126 Infantry Carrier Vehicle will commute through El Paso and Big Bend along the border, with the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division. The Secretary of Defense authorized U.S. military
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Diocese, along with local migrant shelters and immigration advocacy groups, will hold a mass to remember the 40 migrants who died in a fire inside a federal government shelter in March 2023. Those migrants were being held at the Mexico Migration National Institute’s (INAMI) detention center in Juárez, next
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP arrested an American teen for allegedly trying to smuggle 16.2 pounds of meth and 2.2 pounds of fentanyl through the Paso Del Norte Port of Entry. CBP officials did not release the 18-year-old’s name. Officers seized the drugs around 1 AM March 26, 2025 from the teen’s 2008 Nissan
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A Juárez dog named Maggie was found abandoned and mutilated in the streets of El Paso’s sister city. Maggie’s two back legs and tail were brutally mutilated most likely by human hands, according to Miriam Murillo. Murillo owns an animal shelter called Lomitos Callejeros that takes care of over 200 stray
Continue Reading Originally Published: 23 MAR 25 13:54 ET By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — The IRS is close to finalizing an agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to help locate migrants suspected of being in the US illegally, a person familiar with the matter said, as President Donald Trump continues his hardline deportation push. The agreement
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