EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – People in downtown and south central El Paso reported seeing a large plume of black smoke coming from the Chamizal area in Juarez. Sergio Rodriguez, the Juarez Fire Department Commander, said a fire started about 7 p.m. Saturday at the trash transfer station in an area of the Chamizal. It
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Residents south of the border were also impacted on August 3, 2019, when Patrick Crusius walked into the Cielo Vista Walmart and killed 23 people. He was sentenced to 90 life sentences Friday. This was a tragedy that impacted all three communities, all of which are still trying to recover almost
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — After hundreds, if not thousands of borderland residents have shown their concerns about the current conditions Benito is living in at Juarez’s Parque Central, a Texas wildlife sanctuary is offering to take him in. There’s a petition here that has garnered almost 140,000 signatures from all over the world. The Wild
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The radioactive item that went missing in New Mexico last week was found Monday, July 3. ABC-7 got word from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission that the gauge was found after Mexican authorities alerted it was lost in Southern New Mexico. The item that contained iridium-192 caused the Mexican government
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ricardo Munoz clutches an American flag, his U.S. Army hat resting on his head while he stands under the El Paso sun. It’s a moment years in the making. Munoz joined the Army as an 18 year old, bright-eyed recruit, having come to the U.S as an undocumented 3rd grader.
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A landfill in Juarez is on fire again, according to our news partners, Channel 44. This is the sixth time this year that a Juarez landfill has burned. The last reported fire happened just five days ago. In the past, Juarez landfill fires have created smoke that has caused respiratory issues
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fewer migrants are crossing into the Borderland since the expiration of Title 42. That was the pandemic era health policy that gave immigration enforcement officials the power to turn migrants away due to the pandemic. However, Department of Public Safety troopers remain in the borderland as part of Governor Greg
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — More pets have been abandoned or dropped at Juarez’s animal rescue centers and on city streets recently. According to the city of Juarez, on Tuesday three puppies were left at the Animal Welfare Center. Because temperatures have been high recently, this practice is becoming increasingly dangerous. César René Díaz, the city’s
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by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersJune 27, 2023 LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama – A family from Venezuela climbs from a canoe that has carried them for three hours on the Rio Chucunaque in the Darién jungle. They make their way up a path with a 2-year-old child, tightly in the grip of his grandfather, to check
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Tuesday, the Juarez’s Relleno Sanitario, often referred to simply as the Juarez Landfill, caught fire again, just after 2 a.m. According to the Commander of the Juarez Civil Protection Department, this is the landfill has caught fire, causing large amounts of smoke to waft over the border and into El
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Homeland Security Investigation El Paso office says agents arrested a convicted felon accused of homicide, burglary, possession of heroin, and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Convicted felon arrested: #ERO El Paso officers arrested a 65-year-old undocumented noncitizen from Mexico convicted for homicide, burglary, possession of heroin & possession
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By Patrick Svitek and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 26, 2023 “At Texas-Mexico border, Ron DeSantis unveils immigration platform with Trump in mind” 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
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — For the first time, we are getting a look at body camera footage of Border Patrol agents shooting and killing a man near Las Cruces. This happened on April 2. CBP officials say the footage is being released in compliance with agency policy, and with an executive order aimed
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Sunland Park Fire Chief says crews recovered a woman’s body from a rugged desert area early Thursday morning. The body has not been identified. The chief believes the woman was 20 to 30 years old. The Office of Medical Investigation believes her body had been there for about
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — In an event held Saturday, Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, along with other city leaders, unveiled the new serpent sculpture called Guardián del Territorio or Guardian of the Territory. The sculpture depicts a rattlesnake that is over 21 feet tall and weighs over 22,000 pounds. Dick Rivas Rincón is the artist
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two Juarez police officers have been charged with aggravated kidnapping of two migrants. Officials say this happened on May 9. According to the Chihuahua State Attorney General, it happened around 6 p.m. at the Juarez International Airport when two migrants who had just arrived from Mexico City were waiting for an
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Migrants in Juarez continue to stage themselves at Chamizal Park and next to the city’s temporary shelter near the Stanton-Lerdo Bridge. ABC-7 spoke with Santiago Gonzalez, the city’s human rights director, about this situation. He said currently city shelters are at their 60-70% capacity. ABC-7 is working to learn how many
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The migrant situation in Juarez changes daily. Some migrants stay at El Chamizal, while others camp close to ports of entry. ABC-7 reported over a week ago that migrants were staying at El Chamizal, next to the Bridge of the Americas, waiting to be granted access to the U.S. Other migrants
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Fire Department crews rescued a person from a canal in the Lower Valley Monday. According to a tweet from department officials, the person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The rescue happened at Cesar Chavez Border Highway and Yarbrough. A spokesperson says emergency crews turned the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso Fire crews responded to reports of a person in a canal early Monday morning, that’s according to El Paso Fire Department’s Twitter page. It happened near the intersection of Cesar Chavez Border Highway and Yarbrough Dr. El Paso Water Rescue team successfully rescued one person from the canal. That
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The U.S. dollar’s value keeps going down south of the border. Right now, if borderland residents want to buy their dollars, the estimated cost is around $17 Mexican pesos. We’ve seen this decrease since the start of 2023. In January its value was around $19 Mexican pesos. ABC-7 spoke with regular
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA)– Ten members of a transnational human smuggling organization are facing charges after they allegedly smuggled and transported migrants into the United States. Six of them are in custody. They were apprehended throughout the country. Officials said it was a Guatemalan-based smuggling organization that is now being referred to as the
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Jorge Pérez is a borderland artist that has been doing urban art for over 20 years now. His most recent sculpture is a big foot made of material that migrants and “coyotes” use to climb the border wall along the U.S. / Mexico border. After learning about this type of material
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol officials say human smugglers are cloning FedEx vans to bring migrants into El Paso. U.S. Border Patrol Officials sent photos of these cloned vans. On Friday, ABC-7 was there as agents and Texas DPS troopers took several migrants into custody after they were found inside what looked
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Last weekend, Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar along with the Mayor of Sunland Park, Javier Perea announced the new ‘Camino Real de Tierra Adentro’ that will be a new international bridge on the border. It is estimated it will cost more than $120 million dollars on the U.S. side. On June
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two separate shootings left a six-month-old baby and a 17-year-old dead inside of a house, and the other left a six-year-old child injured. According to the state’s attorney general, the first shooting occurred on Sunday. Officials say the suspects are part of a criminal group. Chihuahua State Police arrested one suspect.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — More than a dozen people were taken into custody in the Upper Valley Friday night. Video captured by ABC-7 crews on the scene show several men handcuffed and sitting on the ground between two cars, including one that appears to be a law enforcement SUV. Border patrol agents were on
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LA UNION, New Mexico (KVIA) — Border Patrol officials say agents rescued 35 migrants from a trailer this week. El Paso Sector Chief Anthony “Scott” Good tweeted out photos. He says the temperature inside the trailer was dangerous. As those temperatures continue to rise, Good says smugglers are putting people inside trailers like this and
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recruiters set their sights on Sacred Heart Catholic Church in the Texas border city of El Paso in search of asylum-seekers they could take from its bustling migrant shelter to California’s capital on taxpayer-funded private jets. Intentionally or not, envoys for Florida’s Catholic governor and Republican presidential
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar wants a federal investigation to occur after migrants were flown to California. The migrants reportedly crossed into the United States through El Paso. Shortly after, they were approached by people who offered them jobs and migrant support. Once in California, the migrants were dropped off
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