EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) just announced that, through FEMA and CBP, $380 million will be allocated to communities supporting incoming migrants. The funding is part of the Shelter and Service Program. DHS is giving the money to communities that provide support such as food, shelter, clothing, acute medical
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Today marks eight years since El Divo de Juárez died. Juan Gabriel died on August 28, 2016, in Santa Monica California; he was 66 years old. Juanga, as he was affectionately nicknamed, suffered from hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol, diseases that experts say ended up contributing to his heart attack on
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Processing Center (EPC) is part of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement Removal Operations, El Paso Field Office. It is a facility located right next to the El Paso International Airport. The EPC’s original buildings were constructed in 1966, with modernized processing
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Originally Published: 26 AUG 24 21:31 ET By Associated Press (CNN) — A federal judge in Texas on Monday paused a Biden administration policy that would give spouses of US citizens legal status without having to first leave the country, dealing at least a temporary setback to one of the biggest presidential actions to ease
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juan Gabriel’s museum at his former home started receiving visitors over the weekend. As part of the pre-opening, with the official opening set to happen next week, museum officials started receiving media outlets and some residents to the museum. With immersive images and sounds, as well as a personalized tour of
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UPDATE: ABC-7 has been made aware that the incident in which “Edgar T.” punched an officer and the incident in which he ran a stop sign are two separate events. Below is the amended account of the arrest. Road security agents in Juarez who arrested an El Paso man for driving under the influence also
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Ciudad Juárez and the Borderland are ready to start the celebrations in honor of the eighth anniversary of Juan Gabriel’s death on Aug. 28. In a 10-day multicultural festival, Juárez authorities plan to remember “Juanga” with parades, concerts, memorials, and marathons, among other events. Celebrations will start tonight outside Juan Gabriel’s
Continue Reading Associated Press Sixteen Republican-led states are suing to end a federal program that could potentially give nearly half a million immigrants without legal status who are married to U.S. citizens a path to citizenship. The coalition filed suit Friday to halt the program launched by President Joe Biden in June, saying in court filings that
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Sunland Park Fire Chief Daniel Medrano is crediting a new technique with helping save additional lives in the desert. In May, the small department introduced the ice bag technique to assist patients suffering from heat-related illnesses. Each summer, SPFD receives dozens of calls from people suffering from heat stroke
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OTAY MESA, California (KVIA) — CBP officers stationed at the Otay Mesa Commercial Facility seized $5 million worth of meth concealed within shipments of watermelons Friday. The officers reported finding 4,587 pounds of meth when they stopped a 29-year-old man driving a semi into the U.S. from Mexico. The truck’s manifest recorded a shipment of
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger. The Mexican government now says it is bringing charges against Joaquín Guzmán López, but not because he was a leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel founded
Continue Reading SAN ANTONIO, Texas (AP) — US government indicts Guatemalan national on smuggling-related charges over 2022 deaths of 53 migrants in trailer.
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EL PASO (KVIA) – Wednesday, August 21st is National Fentanyl Prevention Awareness Day. Jennipher Talamantes spent the day in New York City while taking part in a special ceremony to pay tribute to the lives lost from fentanyl. She says a picture of her son, Jake, who passed away from fentanyl poisoning, was featured in
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — U.S. Representative for New Mexico’s 2nd District Gabe Vasquez hosted a binational meeting along with Juárez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, Sunland Park Mayor Javier Perea, and other local and federal officials. They met at Sunland Park Racetrack and Casino. The meeting was to discuss current binational trade, economic opportunities,
Continue Reading Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia who are seeking refuge in the country as a means to migrate to the United States and Canada. The justice ministry’s press office said on Wednesday that the restrictions will begin on Monday, and will
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 43-year-old Juarez woman was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for recruiting for a Mexican drug trafficking organization. Karla Adriana Votta-Cardenas is said to have worked for a drug trafficking organization that is allegedly led by Jorge Sanchez-Morales. Court documents state, the organization primarily trafficked methamphetamine in liquid
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Law enforcement officers in El Paso arrested two Mexican bus drivers Saturday for the alleged smuggling of ammunition. Court documents state that Lucio Enriquez Garcia was driving a Mexican charter bus through the Bridge of the Americas Port of Entry when inspectors found 26 black totes containing 92,900 rounds of ammunition.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Officials with the El Paso Fire Department confirmed one person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries following a water rescue. Authorities said the EPFD Water Rescue Team was called to the canal near the 10000 block of Pan American Dr. and Southside Rd. Tuesday morning. The scene was turned
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico say that one migrant was killed and eight were wounded when unidentified assailants in northern Mexico opened fire on the vehicle they were traveling in. The dead migrant was a boy from southern Mexico, and the wounded included Mexicans and people from Ecuador and Africa. Prosecutors in the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican drug lord Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada’s case could be moved to Brooklyn after U.S. prosecutors presented a formal request to move the case from Texas to New York. “El Mayo” was arrested on July 25 along with the son of “El Chapo”, Joaquín Guzmán López at the Doña Ana
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EL PASO (KVIA) — Fentanyl is a drug that’s killing people in the El Paso and Las Cruces area at alarming rates. As officers continue to crack down on drug dealers, more people who’ve lost loved ones to fentanyl are also joining the fight. ABC-7’s Paul Cicala caught up with Jennipher Talamantes Guerra, a grieving
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in Mexico’s border state of Sonora have arrested a local police officer in the killing of an American man in July. The Sonora state prosecutors’ office identified the victim only by his given names, Kevin Ray. The office says the man had fired a weapon at a relative of the
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Dozens of migrants and staff at both the Kiki Romero and Leona Vicario migrant shelters gathered at the Estadio 20 de Noviembre in Ciudad Juárez for the second edition of the Copa América Migrante, or Migrant America Cup. Representing eight countries, they gathered to enjoy one of their favorite sports: soccer.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas National Guard soldiers just reinforced the razor wire barrier along the border, according to Governor Greg Abbott. The governor posted about the reinforcement on social media. He also included two pictures of soldiers doing the work. 📍El PasoTexas National Guard soldiers reinforce the razor wire barrier to stop illegal
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Border Patrol, and Immigration Customs Enforcement agents, among others, continue to find stash houses across the Borderland. With stash houses recently found inside homes and even short-term rentals, the U.S. Homeland Security Investigations told ABC-7 that HSI El Paso special agents have discovered more than 20
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Ciudad Juarez authorities continue to look for the people that shot and killed two men on the streets of a residential neighborhood. Juarez authorities say the two men were driving in a Porche when they were shot in the Campestre neighborhood early Monday morning. Officials have identified the victims as 27-year-old Carlos Alberto
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector says they have seen a recent increase in attacks against Border Patrol agents. The El Paso Sector has seen 66 assaults against agents this Fiscal Year 2024 as of August 9. Fiscal Year 2023 saw a total of 104 assaults on El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a join collaboration, Ciudad Juárez authorities and U.S. Marshals have arrested a woman wanted in the U.S. for allegedly committing crimes against health. Authorities say Juanita H. was arrested in Puerto Palomas, Chihuahua, on August 9th. U.S. Marshals had a warrant out for her arrest and notified Chihuahua authorities
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez’s Ecology Department recovered a female crocodile that was rescued by members of the city’s Civil Protection Department on Sunday evening. César Díaz Gutiérrez, head of Ecology, reported that the reptile is approximately eight months old and was found in the Luis Echeverría neighborhood at 7:30 in the afternoon, from where
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