EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The rise in murders and other violent crime in Ciudad Juárez is related to fighting among cartels and gangs. That’s according to former DEA Agent and U.S. Marshall Robert Almonte. Almonte also said he expects the violence to continue. According to Almonte, there are multiple reasons for the violence. First,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — State and local leaders from both sides of the political isle spoke Friday on immigration concerns ahead of the 2024 presidential election. This comes as Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar led several of her colleagues on a tour of the border the same morning. One thing that both Democrats and Republicans
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol arrested 69 undocumented migrants inside an El Paso storm drain. Agents assigned to the El Paso Station found the migrants, who had recently entered the U.S. illegally, inside the Boone Storm Drain, near the Bridge of the Americas. On January 31, the Confined Space Entry Team entered a
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Update (July 19, 2024): A federal court sentenced Esquivel to 19 years in prison today for attempted murder. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 25-yera-old El Pasoan Roberto Esquivel pleaded guilty to attempted murder of a U.S. officer this week. A federal grand jury indicted Esquivel in April of 2023 for his alleged involvement in a
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — It was a violent month for our sister city. According to the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office, January saw 125 homicides. Our news partners in Juárez, Canal 44, reported January of 2023 had 94 homicides. Among those 125 killed in January 2024, 13 women and 2 children were killed. On Friday, in
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Wednesday, Juárez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar visited El Paso to give a talk for business leaders and stakeholders in El Paso. He was invited by the El Paso Central Administration. Mayor Pérez Cuéllar said he is constantly communicating with El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser, especially about migration concerns. One concern
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s National Chamber of Commerce in Juárez held a news conference Wednesday to talk about recent migrant surges and what could happen if the Biden administration shuts down commercial crossings along the border. Vice President of Legal Advice, Professor Iván Pérez, said the possible partial border shutdown is concerning because of
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Originally Published: 30 JAN 24 13:18 ET Updated: 30 JAN 24 23:38 ET By Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — Speaker Mike Johnson privately told House Republicans the Senate’s bipartisan immigration deal has “no way forward,” according to lawmakers who attended a closed-door meeting Tuesday – the latest blow to a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a 6-2 vote, the El Paso City Council voted to delete an item regarding the modernization of an El Paso port of entry during Tuesday’s meeting. This means El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser will not send a letter to the U.S. General Services Administration asking for the removal of
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) — Today, City Council will discuss plans for the modernization of the Bridge of the Americas (BOTA). The focus of the discussion is to address the community’s concerns regarding commercial truck traffic at BOTA. The federal government, through the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed recently, invested $650 million in the modernization
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Centro de Readaptación Social or Social Rehabilitation Center (CERESO 3) is the state prison in Juárez directed by the Chihuahua’s Secretary of Public Safety. Recent reports have said the prison has seen an increase in the cat population in the area surrounding the prison. In order for officials to remove
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– ABC-7 spoke with one migrant advocate in El Paso who is strongly against the proposed border deal. Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday a possible border deal could be ready in the coming days. The senator said he and his colleagues had reached a bipartisan deal that they are still working on.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A woman is recovering in the hospital this morning after falling from the border wall and into the canal, according to the El Paso Fire Department’s X page. Fire dispatch says they received the call at 1: 42 a.m. and rescue crews were sent out to Cesar Chavez Border Hwy.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Biden Administration has said it is on the verge of striking a deal with Congress, that would include the authority to temporarily shut down asylum processing at the U.S.-Mexico border. A professor of Political Science at UTEP said if the deal comes to fruition, it could have significant impacts
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Public Works Department is set to improve some iconic, historic parks soon. In a news conference, Juárez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar said parks such as the historic Parque Borunda and Parque de las Tortugas, among others, will be refurbished. The department’s director, Daniel González, said the city will invest
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By MARIA SHERMAN and BERENICE BAUTISTA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Regional Mexican music — a catchall term that encompasses mariachi, banda, corridos, norteño, sierreño and other genres — has become a global phenomenon, topping music charts and reaching new audiences as it crosses borders. While it has been around the U.S. for decades,
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By EDGAR H. CLEMENTE Associated Press TAPACHULA, Mexico (AP) — A new, smaller caravan of about 1,500 migrants started walking north from southern Mexico on Thursday, a week after a larger group that set out on Christmas Eve largely dissolved. The migrants, most from Central and South America, said they had grown tired of waiting
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Thursday, Mexico’s National Defense Secretary announced that 300 Mexican soldiers will arrive in Juarez to start special operations with local and state authorities. The soldiers are expected to arrive Thursday afternoon. On Wednesday, approximately ten people were killed in Juarez. El Diario de Juárez reports more than 80 people have
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — A federal grand jury indicted 41-year-old Saul Castorena and his brother, 40-year-old Steven Castorena, with conspiracy to take a hostage, two counts of hostage taking, conspiracy to harbor “illegal aliens,” and two counts of harboring an “illegal alien.” ICE arrested the Castorenas on January 19, 2023 and booked them
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Santa Teresa Border Patrol’s Anti-Smuggling Unit and Texas Department of Public Safety say they disrupted a smuggling scheme with 16 migrants transported in a small SUV. Border Patrol Chief Anthony Good stated in a tweet the migrants were dangerously crammed in the vehicle, and that the one accused of tranporting
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congressman Tony Gonzales, who represents the 23rd Congressional District of Texas, made a visit to the Borderland Wednesday. Gonzales sat down with ABC-7 to discuss immigration and the Supreme Court’s ruling on Texas razor wire. The congressman said he came to El Paso after his visit to Mexico city where
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez’s Ecology Department, through its Municipal Pet Rescue and Adoption Center, will fines and prison time to those residents not complying with the Animal Welfare and Ecology Regulations. In 2023, the city responded to more than 3,000 complaints tied to animal abuse. Residents not complying with the department’s guidelines could
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new report shows Texas has spent billions of dollars in the attempt to curb illegal border crossings through Operation Lone Star. Abbott launched the program nearly three years ago, with the program racking up $10 million in costs for the state. A report acquired by CBS News Texas says
Continue Reading Originally Published: 23 JAN 24 10:36 ET Updated: 23 JAN 24 18:52 ET By Alisha Ebrahimji, Rosa Flores and Sara Weisfeldt, CNN Eagle Pass, Texas (CNN) — As the migrant crisis continues at the US-Mexico border and beyond, tensions between Texas and federal officials remain high. Here are the latest developments: Razor wire is still
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the Biden Administration their request for U.S. Border Patrol to remove and cut the razor wire placed by Texas along the border. ABC-7 spoke with migrant advocates in Juarez at La Casa del Migrante, who said they are in favor of the decision and
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By LISSETTE ROMERO Associated Press PUEBLA, Mexico (AP) — A 4-year-old giraffe named Benito arrived Tuesday at his new home in a large animal park in central Mexico. Now starts the hard part for the gangly post-adolescent: fitting in with the other giraffes in the neighborhood. The 7.5-acre (3-hectare) enclosure at the Africam Safari park
Continue Reading Originally Published: 22 JAN 24 19:29 ET Updated: 22 JAN 24 22:48 ET By Ted Barrett, Morgan Rimmer, Lauren Fox and Clare Foran, CNN (CNN) — Senate GOP Whip John Thune said on Monday that the price tag for the border security provisions in a national security package that negotiators are working to finalize could
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Soon after the U.S. Supreme Court voted 5-4 to allow Border Patrol to cut Texas’s razor wire, Governor Greg Abbott’s Office fired back. “The Biden Administration has repeatedly cut wire that Texas installed to stop illegal crossings, opening the floodgates to illegal immigrants. The absence of razor wire and other
Continue Reading Originally Published: 22 JAN 24 15:01 ET Updated: 22 JAN 24 15:28 ET By Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court is allowing US Border Patrol agents to remove razor wire deployed by Texas GOP Gov. Greg Abbott’s security initiative at the US-Mexico border while the state’s legal challenge to the practice plays out.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The U.S. Consulate General in Juarez said a donation of 15 pallets of personal protective equipment or PPE from the U.S. Army Joint Task Force-North and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will help Mexican law enforcement in the investigation of illegal manufacturing of drugs. The equipment was presented to
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