Texas (KVIA) — A lower court’s ruling ordering the state of Texas to remove a series of buoys along the U.S. – Mexico border was upheld by a federal appeals court in a 2-1 decision Friday, according to The Hill. To read more on the background of the controversial buoys, click here.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — After U.S. federal judge Alia Moses denied Texas’ request to stop federal government officials from cutting concertina wire on the border, the office of the Texas Attorney General sent out a statement appealing the decision. The statement says in part, “The state of Texas requested that the court preliminarily enjoin
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has asked the Republic’s Senate for their approval and authorization to have members of the U.S. military enter the country to give training to members of the Mexican military. Through an oficio or official letter, the president explains that the U.S. military will participate in
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UPDATE: As of Friday, December 1, the confined express lanes at the Paso Del Norte Bridge are now open. JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state officials announced that they will open the new confined lane at the Paso Del Norte Bridge this Friday, Dec. 1 at 8 a.m. This new lane will be for users
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 has previously reported sightings of migrants emerging from manholes throughout the Borderland, but we now got a closer look at the sewage drains that they’re tunneling through, to end up in the U.S. The UTEP storm drain is one of the many migrants use to travel through the city underground,
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juarez Civil Protection Department announced the opening of a new shelter a month ago, due to the start of cold temperatures. This warming center will be in Downtown Juárez at Calle 20 de Noviembre, next to the Monumento a Juárez statue. ABC-7 spoke with the Juarez Civil Protection Department, which
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Vehicle pursuits under Operation Lone Star have a higher rate of death than most high-speed pursuits, according to researchers at Human Rights Watch. According to the 77-page report, “So Much Blood on the Ground’: Dangerous and Deadly Vehicle Pursuits under Texas’ Operation Lone Star,” dangerous chases of vehicles thought to contain migrants under the Texas government’s
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PHOENIX (AP) — A Texas border crossing was closed to vehicles Monday, and traffic at an Arizona crossing was limited to shift more resources to illegal entries, U.S. authorities said in the latest sign of how fast-changing migration routes are challenging the government to keep up. Customs and Border Protection said it was closing one
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of Socorro has established a new Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ), becoming the 35th FTZ in Texas and the 3rd in El Paso County. The approval of Socorro’s FTZ application on Nov. 13, provides Socorro with its grant of authority, allowing it to permit businesses to set up foreign trade
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — According to El Diario de Juárez, members of the National Guard have been alerting National Institute Migration agents about a rise in the number of falsified migratory permits to stay in Mexico. Authorities have noticed this trend among migrants arriving at the Juarez International Airport. The National Institute of Migration issues
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Nov. 25 is International Eradication of Violence Against Women’s Day. Dozens of women in Juárez gathered Friday in favor of women’s rights. They organized a caravan that traveled over seven miles across Juárez. In an event organized by the Women’s Justice Center, cars drove across town alongside Juárez and Chihuahua public safety vehicles to raise
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Borderland’s economy has a different impact this holiday season with sales and the change in currencies between the U.S. dollar and the Mexican peso. After commercial crossings were stuck with the recent migrant surge, borderland businesses tried to recover with ‘El Buen Fin’ in Mexico and Black Friday in the
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s governmental human rights agency says soldiers opened fire “without reason” a year ago in the violent border city of Nuevo Laredo, killing a man. The National Human Rights Commission says soldiers argued that the occupants of a pickup truck had opened fire first. But the commission said no gunshot residue
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications, and Transportation (SICT), along with Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, announced the return of the modern passenger train service. The service will use around 17,484 kilometers of railway across the country; that’s nearly 11,000 miles. According to Mexico’s SICT, these seven routes are among the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three Texas judges have sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to intervene if Texas’ SB-4 bill becomes law. The bill would make illegal entry into Texas a state crime. One of those judges is El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. “We urge the federal government to take
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the holidays near, wait times at the international bridges between El Paso and Ciudad Juárez lengthen. On a typical holiday weekend, wait times at major international bridges can span up to two hours. If you cross the border regularly, you may have witnessed people in line fighting. Borderland residents
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol agents in El Paso want the community to report stash houses as smugglers damage rental properties. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, El Paso Sector human smuggling teams discovered 281 stash houses and more than 3,655 migrants hiding within during Fiscal Year 2023. Geslaine Nevarez, owner
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A woman fell from the border wall and into a canal Monday morning. El Paso Fire Department crews helped the severely injured woman and rushed her to the hospital. U.S. Border Patrol also responded to the fall. This morning, EPFD crews assisted USBP at the mile marker 37 of Loop
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Xóchilt Gálvez, Mexican candidate for the ‘Frente Amplio por México’ party will start her pre-campaign activities today at Juárez’s Plaza de la Mexicanidad, where the red “X” is located. Her event is expected to attract about 2,500 people. Event organizers invited residents from El Paso as well. Gálvez is set to
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By MARÍA TERESA HERNÁNDEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — The morning after Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion, right-wing activist and film producer Eduardo Verástegui dressed up in a black suit to register as an independent candidate for the 2024 presidential campaign. “Mourning is a reminder for me to recall why I’m doing this,” the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ahead of the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays, officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection are encouraging travelers to plan ahead. According to CBP officials, the busiest time for CBP officers working at area ports is typically late November through early January. “So our first tip would be just to plan
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Ismael Villagómez, a Juarez photojournalist for El Heraldo de Juárez, died early Thursday morning. He was shot and killed while in his vehicle in Juarez’s Francisco Sarabia neighborhood. On Friday, dozens of Villagómez’s colleagues gathered at the Journalist Plaza in Downtown Juarez to pay their respects. The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office
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By MARÍA VERZA Associated Press ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — Three weeks after Hurricane Otis smacked Acapulco, businesses of all types and sizes hum with activity as residents work with a singular purpose: restart as soon as possible the tourism engine of this city of 1 million people. Acapulco had hosted major business gatherings and sporting
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — In the Southern Doña Ana County city of Sunland Park, attempts to breach the border are a daily occurrence. According to the Sunland Park Fire Department, 10%-12% of calls involve undocumented immigrants, whether it’s rescues from the border wall or the desert. “I guess what we see here in
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar announced this week that his administration will be reinforcing security through new technology, including possibly purchasing more cars for the Juarez Secretary of Public Safety. During a press conference, Pérez Cuéllar said that more than 400 million Mexican pesos have been invested in security. He highlighted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff Richard Wiles held a press conference Thursday morning to speak on Texas Senate Bill 4. Once signed, that legislation would give state and local law enforcement the authority to arrest migrants who have crossed into the country illegally. It would also make illegally entering Texas from
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By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune Nov. 15, 2023 “Mexico “rejects” Texas’ proposal to allow state police to deport undocumented immigrants” 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
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juarez’s Municipal Pet Rescue and Adoption Department (RAMM) receives an average of twelve complaints every day related to animal abuse, most of them for keeping animals in deplorable conditions. Over the last month, the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office in Northern Chihuahua has published over five notices alerting the public to animals
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The Texas House of Representatives approved immigration bills Tuesday that would appropriate more than $1.5 billion for additional border barriers and make illegally crossing the Texas-Mexico border a state crime. Senate Bill 3 would allocate $1.54 billion for border barriers and to pay for state troopers to patrol Colony Ridge, a housing development near Houston
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — A court in Mexico has sentenced 11 former police officers to 50 years in prison for the 2021 slayings of 17 migrants and two Mexican citizens. The ex-officers were convicted earlier this year of homicide and abuse of authority. A 12th officer was convicted only of abuse of authority and sentenced
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