EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol El Paso sector has seen a significant increase in migrant rescues this fiscal year (2024), making rescue beacons a technological tool used by the agency that can potentially save the life of a person who finds themselves in life-threatening situations. There are 24 solar-powered rescue beacons placed in
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Transnational criminal organizations are well known for using the sewer system as a mean of smuggling migrants into the U.S. El Paso’s storm drain system has been used by human smuggler and migrants to avoid encountering U.S. Border Patrol agents or U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers. The U.S. Border
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The maquiladora industry on the border is one of the main suppliers of medical, and manufacturing, among others, and with the recent decrease in unemployed maquiladora operators the borderland’s economy could suffer a big hit. Reports show the maquiladora industry generates around 60% of formal employment in Ciudad Juárez; in the
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA)– As temperatures continue to rise, Border Patrol agents are now responding to more heat related calls throughout the Borderland. A photo shared on social media platform “X” from Border Patrol El Paso Sector Chief, Anthony “Scott” Good shows agents providing critical first aid to a female migrant. Good said she was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday, several Juárez media outlets reported that a portion of the razor wire placed by the Texas National Guard was removed along the Rio Grande. The area where this happened was in the ‘Colonia Felipe Ángeles’ in Juárez, right in front of UTEP in El Paso. ABC-7 reached out
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials confirm to ABC-7 that 43 of the more than 200 undocumented migrants involved in a March 21, 2024 incident along the U.S./Mexico border have been removed from the country. DHS officials gave a full break down of where the migrants, implicated in what Texas
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Recent rain hitting the Borderland heavily impacted communities south of the border. Ciudad Juárez, well-known for having heavy flooding during rainy periods, saw flooded streets and cars this morning. According to the Juárez Road Safety Department, crews assisted over 150 drivers last night due to the heavy rain. The Juárez Department
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 205th District Judge Francisco X. Dominguez issued a pair of rulings on Tuesday stopping Texas’ request to shut down the Annunciation House that the state claimed to be operating a stash house. ABC-7 spoke with the Director of Annunciation House, Ruben Garcia. He said immigration is an issue that still
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE removed 116 Chinese migrants from the country this weekend. This was the largest charter flight since 2018, federal officials say. U.S. authorities say they worked with the People’s Republic of China’s National Immigration Administration to conduct the removal flight. “We will continue to
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(CNN) — The US and Panama have signed an agreement on immigration issues that aims to “close the passage of illegal migrants” through the Darién Gap, the Central American government announced Monday. “In the agreement signed today by the Panamanian Foreign Minister Javier Martínez-Acha and the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States Alejandro Mayorcas,
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BY ALFREDO CORCHADO, MÓNICA ALMEIDA AND PAÚL MENA MENA PUENTE NEWS COLLABORATIVE QUITO, Ecuador — The tiny and increasingly violence plagued country of Ecuador has for years served as a main conduit for migrants from Asia, the Middle East and Africa to begin the overland trek to the U.S. border. Now, amid a political shift
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By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2024 “Judge denies Texas’ attempt to shut down El Paso migrant shelter” 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 Brief, The
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Sunland Park Fire Department rescue crew assisted a man who suffered serious back injuries falling off the border wall early this morning. Emergency crews rushed the man, described only as being in his 40s, to the trauma center. The fall happened at the point in the border wall
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Today, two of the three girls killed in a car crash in Juárez were laid to rest. 45-year-old Henry Raygoza from El Paso is accused of causing the deadly crash. 13-year-old Ashley Daniela, 14-year-old Ixchel Angelica, and 16-year-old Nemesis Gisel died on Monday. Ashley and Angelica were buried today in South
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Border Patrol shared numbers with ABC-7 reporting a significant increase in the numbers of deaths and rescues seen by the agency this fiscal year 2024 in comparison to fiscal year 2023. Border Patrol shared these numbers on Tuesday, June 26, where they say they have seen 708 rescues
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Update (June 25, 2024): A Sunland Park Fire spokesperson says the department helped recover a third body in less than 24 hours. @SunlandParkFire assisted Border Patrol, DASO, and OMI with a body recovery in the desert northwest of 1000 Camino Real Ave. Time out: 1323 pic.twitter.com/eiT6Gcsup1— Sunland Park Fire (@SunlandParkFire) June 25, 2024 This body
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Sunland Park Fire Department says its helped two migrants last night who had been out in the desert for 12 hours without food. @SunlandParkFire assisted 2 migrants last night off Hwy 9Engine 2 was flagged down while returning from a structure fire They had been out in the
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CNN By Caitlin Stephen Hu, David Culver, Norma Galeana and Evelio Contreras, CNN San Miguel Gate, Tohono O’odham Nation (CNN) — The thermometer hit 111 Fahrenheit as we rolled up to a battered tent deep in the Tohono O’odham Nation reservation in Arizona. Under its shade lay around a dozen dazed looking families, many with small children. A
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By Alejandra Martinez and Berenice Garcia, The Texas Tribune June 21, 2024 “U.S. Supreme Court blocks the state’s Rio Grande water deal with New Mexico” 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. Subscribe
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Border Patrol Sector Chief Anthony “Scott” Good posted on social media saying agents apprehended a Guatemalan man charged with rape in his country. Good did not identify the Guatemalan man. He posted a picture of the man under arrest back in Guatemala after he was repatriated “through binational
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SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (KVIA) — A man is recovering after falling off the Border Wall in Sunland Park, Tuesday night. Sunland Park Fire Department posted on ‘X,’ saying a man in his 20’s suffered injuries to both his life. They responded to the end of Anapra Rd. near Posey Rd. He was transported to the
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar spoke after President Biden’s news conference today announcing undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens may be eligible to apply for residency without leaving the U.S. Biden’s Executive Action is expected to go into effect this summer. 500,000 undocumented spouses could be eligible to apply–to be eligible, an undocumented
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By Alejandro Serrano and Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune June 18, 2024 “Texas National Guard is shooting pepper balls to deter migrants at the border” 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.
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By Michael Williams The Biden administration on Tuesday will announce an executive action allowing certain undocumented spouses and children of US citizens to apply for lawful permanent residency without leaving the country – a sweeping election-year move that could offer deportation protections to hundreds of thousands of people. The action will provide legal status and protections for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso district judge is expected to rule within two weeks on the latest filings between the Annunciation House and the Texas Attorney General’s office. The case is based on the state’s demand to collect documentation from the regional non-profit organization focused on temporary housing of migrants. The attorney
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by El Paso Matters Staff, El Paso MattersJune 17, 2024 A hearing for a declaratory judgment in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt to shut down El Paso’s Annunciation House is set for 10 a.m. Monday, June 17, in Judge Francisco X. Dominguez’s 205th District Court in El Paso. The hearing will be held virtually
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the region reaches scorching temperatures this summer, U.S. Border Patrol El Paso sector sees an increase in rescues and body recoveries in the desert. The hot temperatures lead to heat-related deaths even among Border Patrol agents. Today, Border Patrol Chief of the El Paso sector, Anthony “Good” Scott, posted
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (KVIA) — Whether it be taking in the free concerts right across the border from El Paso, Texas .. to playing the fun games .. to eating authentic Mexican food -including tacos, fruits and CRICKETS (yes, authentic “chapulines” straight from Oaxaca)… there’s lots do do at the “Feria Juarez 2024”. Over 100,000
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DOÑA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Mexican national was sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges related to a deadly human smuggling conspiracy last year. Rafael Radillo-Bernal, 40, pled guilty earlier this year for his role as a foot guide in the conspiracy, where officials said he threatened witnesses to cover up
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