Hurricane Grace strengthens heading for 2nd hit on Mexico
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Hurricane Grace has rapidly strengthened into a major Category 3 storm as it bears down…
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Hurricane Grace heads toward hit on Mexico’s Caribbean coast
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press TULUM, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s Caribbean coast is readying for the arrival of Hurricane Grace, evacuating…
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US moves to cut backlog of asylum cases at US-Mexico border
By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing changing how asylum claims are handled. The aim is to reduce…
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‘Frozen in time’: Lobbyists, lawmakers and mayors plead with the White House to ease Covid travel restrictions
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Lobbyists, lawmakers and border mayors are imploring the Biden administration to ease restrictions on nonessential travel…
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Smugglers have cut through border wall along El Paso sector over 700 times so far
EL PASO, Texas — As breaches to the U.S.-Mexico border wall in the El Paso sector hit 714 so far in the 2021 fiscal year, the U.S. Border Patrol is…
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Pentagon confirms Fort Bliss to house evacuated Afghanis
FORT BLISS, Texas — Fort Bliss is among two U.S. military bases that are set to be used by the Defense Department to house thousands of evacuated…
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Human smugglers caught trying to sneak 32 into El Paso airport
EL PASO, Texas — Human traffickers have been caught trying to smuggle nearly three-dozen people into the U.S. at the El Paso International Airport.…
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Amid the migrant surge, a look at how an ‘Eye in the Sky’ gives CBP an advantage
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 was given rare access to see what officers of the Customs and Border Protection crew on board a military style Blackhawk…
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Judge extends order blocking Texas state troopers from stopping migrant transports
EL PASO, Texas — A federal judge on Friday extended a temporary restraining order that blocks Texas from having state troopers stop vehicles…
Continue Reading Homeland Security chief visits south Texas border, calls migrant surge ‘unprecedented’
BROWNSVILLE, Texas — The Biden administration is facing a “serious challenge” at the U.S.-Mexico border, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro…
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Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernández on ventilator in ICU
GUADALAJARA, México — Mexican singer Vicente Fernández is hospitalized in the intensive care unit after suffering a fall. A doctor close to the…
Continue Reading Mexico deports Central Americans after being flown in by US
By SONIA PÉREZ D. Associated Press GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Central American migrants being expelled by the U.S. and flown deep into Mexico for…
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Cartel members arrested for Juarez car junkyard arson fires
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — At least five car junkyards were set ablaze simultaneously by members of the Mexican drug cartel called “La Linea,”…
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Valentina hot sauce in short supply in the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — A community favorite, Valentina hot sauce, has become harder to find in El Paso area stores. You may have…
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Feria Juarez 2021 postponed due to Covid concerns
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Feria Juarez 2021 has been postponed. The event was set to start Thursday and run through Aug. 29.According…
Continue Reading Mexico drug cartel threatens prominent news anchor
By Karol Suarez One of Mexico’s most powerful drug cartels has threatened a prominent Mexican news anchor in a video message. In the video…
Continue Reading Mexican gunmen again fire shots across boundary at El Paso Border Patrol agents
UPDATE, Aug. 10: EL PASO, Texas – For the second time in under a week, a U.S. Border Patrol agent in El Paso’s Lower Valley has been shot at by…
Continue Reading Migrant kids describe raw food and extended stays at Texas temporary facility
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN Unaccompanied migrant children at a temporary facility in Pecos, Texas, reported poor conditions, including undercooked…
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Man gunned down shortly after Mexico’s president tours Juarez to tout public safety
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador touted the importance of public safety during a visit to Juarez on Sunday to…
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Southern New Mexico congresswoman renews request for governor to deploy Nat’l Guard to border
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Southern New Mexico Congresswoman Yvette Herrell has renewed her call for Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan to deploy the New…
Continue Reading US is flying Central Americans to Mexico to deter crossings
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and GISELA SALOMON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Two U.S. officials say the Biden administration has begun flying some Central…
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Survivors of acid attacks in Mexico unite to push for change
By MARÍA VERZA and GINNETTE RIQUELME Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Elisa Xolalpa has had three daughters and found a job she enjoys since a…
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Northeast El Paso migrant stash house is latest of 200+ found so far this year
EL PASO, Texas — Officers observing suspicious activity led to the discovery of a migrant stash house in northeast El Paso. The latest stash house…
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11 migrants dead, 20 hurt as van flips over in Rio Grande Valley
ENCINO, Texas — Eleven people were dead and roughly 20 others injured when an overloaded van carrying migrants crashed and flipped over in the Rio…
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El Paso to host U.S., Mexico tourism industry convention
EL PASO, Texas — Mayor Oscar Leeser and County Judge Ricardo Samaniego held a joint press conference at City Hall on Wednesday morning to announce…
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U.S. plans to require Covid-19 vaccinations for all foreign visitors
WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration is taking the first steps toward requiring nearly all foreign visitors to the U.S. to be vaccinated for…
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Mexico sues U.S. gun makers over flow of arms across border
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — The Mexican government is filing a civil lawsuit in the U.S. against major gun manufacturers, alleging that negligent…
Continue Reading El Paso federal judge blocks migrant stops by Texas troopers
UPDATE, Aug. 3: A federal judge in El Paso on Tuesday granted a temporary restraining order prohibiting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott from carrying out…
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Border Patrol agent shoots dog in Sunland Park to stop it from attacking canine partner
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A security camera captured the sound of a U.S. Border Patrol agent from the El Paso sector shooting and killing a dog.…
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SUV runs over Juarez quinceanera group killing 2, injuring 9
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — What was supposed to be a celebration ended in tragedy in Juarez as an SUV driver struck 11 people, killing two of them at a…
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