EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens announced the discovery of an El Paso stash house today. On October 24, 2024, agents assigned to the El Paso Sector, along with Texas DPS personnel, responded to reports that the house was being used for human smuggling. On 10/24 USBP El Paso Sector agents
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Latino immigrants provide crucial labor but face a backlash in the U.S. Heartland; those who are citizens may decide the election in Wisconsin. Editor’s note: This story was co-published with Puente News Collaborative in partnership with palabra. Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener and funder dedicated to high quality, fact-based news and
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, the Chihuahua Public Safety Secretary, Gilberto Loya confirmed the ties ‘TDA’ has with other organized crime groups in other Mexican states before arriving in different border cities. ABC-7 recently reported that Chihuahua authorities have been investigating the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang’s activity in Juárez and their connections to
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, a group of 32 migrants had to be taken to several local hospitals in Juárez after an incident of food poisoning at the city’s Kiki Romero shelter. Two of the sickened migrants were minors. Juárez media outlets are reporting that the incident happened after midnight today. ABC-7 spoke with
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Centro de Reinserción Social No. 3, or CERESO 3 in Juárez, has recently been operating at overpopulation. The Chihuahua Secretariat of Public Safety (SSPE) took over operations of the state prison in February of 2023, after a prison riot that left several inmates dead. ‘El CERESO’ has a capacity for 3,889 inmates,
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AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott is demanding that Vice President Kamala Harris declare Tren de Aragua a foreign terrorist organization. Governor Abbott stated that he would like to see Harris make the declaration during her visit to Houston today. “Vice President Harris must follow Texas’ lead and designate Tren de Aragua as a foreign terrorist organization immediately,” Abbott stated
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By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune Oct. 24, 2024 “If it survives in court, Texas’ immigration law could upend immigration enforcement nationwide” 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 The
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released operational statistics yesterday for Fiscal Year 2024, including September 2024’s operational update which shows how El Paso Field Office (CBP) and El Paso Sector (Border Patrol) did compared to Fiscal Year 2023. According to data from the U.S. Border Patrol and Office of
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fewer migrants are attempting to cross into the U.S. through the southern border. That’s according to new data from Customs and Border Protection. CBP encountered 7% fewer migrants in September than in August. CBP also had 25% less traffic than this time last year throughout all ports of entry along the southwest. CBP also
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Mexican National Guard was involved in a shootout with armed civilians just South of Ciudad Juárez on Sunday. The agency reported members of the National Guard (GN) repelled an attack and seized 31 firearms, 123 magazines of ammunition, more than 2,900 rounds, various tactical equipment, and three vehicles. It happened
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by La Verdad Juarez October 21, 2024 Composite image shows headshot of Salvador G.G., the former head of the Chihuahua office of Mexico’s National Migration Institute (INM) over a photo of the INM station in Ciudad Juárez the night of a deadly fire in March 2023. (Courtesy La Verdad) By Blanca Carmona / La Verdad Juárez
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Border Patrol agents rescued 20 migrants from a stash house, this according to El Paso Border Patrol Chief Anthony “Scott” Good. He shared photos on social media Sunday morning. Good said it was a joint effort involving the El Paso Police Department. He said “smugglers continue to overcrowd the stash houses
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NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel who is facing drug trafficking charges in a U.S. court appeared for the first time before the judge presiding over the case. Seventy-six-year-old Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada appeared at a status conference in Brooklyn federal court Friday before District Court Judge Brian Cogan, who
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief Anthony “Scott” Good announced the apprehension of 21 migrants found entering the U.S. through storm drains. The migrants had entered the country illegally, Good explained. “The dark, hazardous tunnel, filled with unknown dangers, could have cost them their lives,” Good added. El Paso Station
Continue Reading JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Borderland business leaders discussed on Thursday some of the impacts maquiladora business and industry along the border stip could see if former president Donald Trump or vice president Kamala Harris wins November’s presidential election. According to them, on Tuesday, former president Donald Trump made some statements that are worrying for Mexico,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents in El Paso arrested 37 undocumented migrants found inside a stash house last week. El Paso Sector Chief Anthony “Scott” Good posted about the arrests on social media. He says the migrants were found in “deplorable conditions.” The migrants were all processed for removal after the arrests.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican media outlet Reforma is reporting some businesses, industries, and customs agencies are being extorted by criminal groups at several Mexican border cities, including Ciudad Juárez, Tijuana, Reynosa, Matamoros, and Nuevo Laredo. Reports say these criminal groups are asking maquiladoras and businesses to pay them tariffs based on the products they
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — HSI El Paso arrested a Tren de Aragua gang member in Sunland Park on October 11, 2024. “The Venezuelan national was arrested on an outstanding warrant for homicide in Texas,” a HSI spokesperson explained on social media today. #HSI_HQ El Paso special agents & @USBPChiefEPT assisted @USMarshalsHQ w/the arrest
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — One man was arrested after allegedly setting a playground on fire at a park in Ciudad Juárez on Sunday, October 13th. 42-year-old Ariel Ernesto L. is being identified as the suspect. Ciudad Juárez officials say the fire happened at a park in the Libertad neighborhood. Authorities say police responded to
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Dozens of workers and officials with Mexico’s Judicial Power (PJF) protested at the Bridge of the Americas on the Mexican side this morning. They protested against the recently approved Judicial Reform put into the Mexican Constitution which aims to elect judges and magistrates by popular vote. Protesters blocked the passage for
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Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s new president acknowledged Tuesday that three civilians including a child died in two shootouts involving the military last week in a violent border city. But she gave no sign of backing away from the outsized role that she and her predecessor have given to the armed forces. President
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 viewers have voiced concerns over the semi-truck traffic at some of El Paso’s Lower Valley residential areas. According to them, commercial trucks are using Carl Longuemare Road and residents are worried about the cargo and the chemicals they carry because they are waiting in line right next to their
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — ABC-7 has reported this week on the several impacts removing commercial traffic could bring to the El Paso area, including an increase in lines, wait times, traffic, and having to relocate imports and exports to other area Ports of Entry. Local Chamizal neighborhood residents have shown concerns over the area’s pollution
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — ABC-7 has reported the proposed alternatives for modernizing the Bridge of the Americas, including removing commercial traffic. Chamizal neighborhood residents have protested for years due to the pollution levels in this area caused by the hundreds of semi trucks that cross through ‘BOTA’ daily. ABC-7 reached out to the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Attorney for the District of New Mexico is working through multiple cases involving migrants arrested near the border in Santa Teresa. Edwin Esau Fuentes-Galea pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer in Santa Teresa in January 2024. “Fuentes resisted arrest, threw sand and dirt at the agent, and bit
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Before El Paso City Council voted unanimously to send a letter of support to the U.S. General Services Administration’s Environmental Impact Statement at the Bridge of the Americas, they showed concerns about the possible increase in traffic at other El Paso Ports of Entry. City Representative District 7 Henry Rivera,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso City representatives and El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser voted unanimously to send a letter of support for alternative 4 of the U.S. General Services Administration’s proposal to remove commercial traffic at the Bridge of the Americas. U.S. GSA started a 45-day period for public input to learn which
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 18-year-old Andre Marrujo is charged with human smuggling and evading arrest. Court documents state that on October 4, 2024 at 4:10 PM, law enforcement officers tried to stop Marrujo driving near County Club, Mesa, and Doniphan. At the intersection of I-10 and Mesa, police records show that Marrujo was involved
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Both the City and County of El Paso are discussing environmental issues in the Chamizal neighborhood during their Monday work sessions. They are also discussing the removal of commercial traffic at the Bridge of the Americas. El Paso Commissioners Court will support the U.S. General Services Administration’s Alternative 4 in
Continue Reading Originally Published: 05 OCT 24 13:31 ET By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration won’t extend legal permissions for certain migrants from Nicaragua, Cuba, Venezuela and Haiti provided through a temporary humanitarian program designed to curb illegal border crossings, requiring them to seek other legal means to remain in the United States, according to
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