EL PASO, Texas – Arturo Hernandez of Vinton was arrested and charged with injury to a child by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called out to the 200 block of Holguin on a family violence call on Saturday, Feb. 5. Deputies say a preliminary investigation revealed Hernandez had intentionally struck a one-year-old
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EL PASO, Texas – The owners of Supreme Laundry and Cleaners, Howard and Mona Goldberg say the gift to Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso is their family’s way of supporting future health care workers. They are building on their legacy. Supreme Laundry and Cleaners has been around since 1948. They are vital
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EL PASO, Texas – According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, there are as many as 9,643 migrant children in HHS custody. They are part of what UTEP Ph.D. Candidate Georgina Sanchez Garcia calls the new wave of migrants. As part of her dissertation, Sanchez Garcia took on the task of finding
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CULBERSON COUNTY, Texas – Culberson County Sheriff Oscar Carrillo told ABC-7 that he is alarmed by the number of bodies that have been turning up in his area. “Historically, we have encountered maybe one to two bodies of migrants per year. In 2021 we are up to 30,” the sheriff said. A problem Sheriff Carrillo
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EL PASO, Texas — The FBI of El Paso warns the public of an increase in kidnapping and virtual kidnapping extortion. According to the FBI El Paso Field Office, they continue to see an increase in these crimes over the last year. The agency is offering advice so that El Pasoans do not fall victim
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Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center Executive Director Linda Rivas will leave her post after seven years, the El Paso nonprofit announced Friday.Linda Corchado, Las Americas’ director of legal services, will step in as interim executive director on Feb. 1 while the organization conducts a national search for a new leader.Rivas cited a recent death in
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EL PASO, Texas-The bodies of four women found in Juarez inside plastic bags raises concerns about a possible uptick in violence against women in Juarez. Two of those women were found dismembered inside those plastic bags. They were a married lesbian couple with children. Chihuahua and Juarez officials find these and other crimes so alarming
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and seven other attorneys general filed a lawsuit Friday asking a federal judge to halt a Biden administration immigration program that allows some Central American children to legally migrate to the United States and reunite with their parents or legal guardians — including those who have pending asylum claims. The
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EL PASO, Texas — Two separate seizures of pork bologna at two El Paso ports of entry netted 243 pounds of processed meat. The unrelated discoveries were made at the Paso Del Norte and Ysleta ports of entry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists say one incident happened on Jan. 13. Officials say a 40-year-old
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WESLACO, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott (R) delivered remarks at a border security briefing with attorneys general from across the country. The remarks were made at the Texas Department of Public Safety Headquarters in Weslaco, Texas. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and DPS Director Steve McCraw also spoke. The following attorneys general attended: Alaska Attorney
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas – Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz will make a stop in El Paso Thursday. ABC-7 confirmed Secretary Mayorkas and Chief Ortiz will be meeting with El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. DHS officials say the purpose of this trip is to focus on
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WASHINGTON — The number of encounters at the southwest land border increased by 2% in Dec. 2021 compared to Nov. 2021. There were 178,840 total encounters. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials, a large number of expulsions during the pandemic contributed to a higher-than-usual number of migrants making multiple border crossing attempts. CBP officials
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Chihuahuan state officials say they’ve arrested two people in connection to the deaths of two women whose bodies were dismembered and dumped in bags along a highway. Investigators say 25-year-old Jaqueline Isela C. R. and 24-year-old David R. were captured in connection to the investigation. According to investigators, Julissa Ramirez and Nohemi
Continue Reading By Daniella Diaz and Evan Perez, CNN The Federal Bureau of Investigation said in a statement Wednesday evening that it is doing a “court-authorized” search of the Texas home of Rep. Henry Cuellar. “The FBI was present in the vicinity of Windridge Drive and Estate Drive in Laredo conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity,” the FBI
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EL PASO, Texas — On Thursday, January 13, 2022, at 7:00 a.m. Border Patrol Agents report seeing two vehicles they suspected of carrying undocumented migrants. They were seen near the Paisano Dr. and Executive Center Blvd. intersection in south-central El Paso. The agents were able to stop one vehicle near Loop 375 and Midway in
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SOCORRO, Texas – The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a $750,000 grant from their Humanities in Place Program to support a Bracero Museum and Rio Vista Connections Tour at Rio Vista Farm in Socorro. Rio Vista is regarded as being nationally significant for its contributions to the Bracero Program, which was in place from 1942
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s immigration agency says 105 of its agents have been reported to the internal affairs division for allegedly corrupt behavior. The National Immigration Institute did not describe the purported wrongdoing Thursday, but said it was combatting extortion, as when border agents demand bribes to allow people to enter the country. A
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JUAREZ, Mexico – Juarez police officers took 159 underage teenagers and 34 adults into custody on Saturday after breaking up a large party, according to Canal 44. According to information obtained by the Juarez news outlet, neighbors alerted police to the party near the intersection of Carlos Adame and Andrés Horcasitas in the Anáhuac neighborhood.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has requested a dispute resolution panel under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada free trade agreement, because it claims the United States is improperly interpreting stricter regional content rules under the pact. The agreement, known as the USMCA, raised requirements for regional content to 75% of a vehicle’s value or components. Under
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At a crowded rally in downtown Austin, Beto O’Rourke ticked off his usual laundry list of campaign promises: stabilizing the power grid, rolling back the state’s new permitless carry law and expanding health care access. But the El Paso Democrat got some of the loudest cheers of the night when he promised to legalize marijuana
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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A three-year-old boy and his stepfather were shot and killed Thursday night in their Juárez home. The boy’s mother was also wounded in the attack, according to ABC-7’s newsgathering partner Canal 44. Canal 44 reported Friday that a 20-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man were arrested by Juarez police on murder
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PRESIDIO COUNTY, Texas — Several people were injured when a small plane being used to smuggle migrants crashed north of the Presidio International Airport on Thursday afternoon, Presidio County Sheriff’s deputies said. That crash happened just before 4 p.m. Investigators said the excess weight of the smuggled passengers – a half-dozen people in a four-seat
Continue Reading By Priscilla Alvarez and Dan Berman, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court for permission to end the Trump-era “remain in Mexico” program, which requires non-Mexican migrants to stay in Mexico until their US immigration court dates. In August, a federal judge in Texas ordered the revival of the policy after the
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Officials in Mexico say inspectors have found 21 more cracks in welds or steel structural pieces on a Mexico City elevated subway line that had a section collapse in May, killing 26 people. Studies on the fallen section found the failure was caused by construction defects like poor welds and missing
Continue Reading MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s health safety council has approved the use of Cuba’s three-dose Abdala coronavirus vaccine. The council said Wednesday that it has sufficient evidence the vaccine is safe and effective. The approval for emergency use does not necessarily mean the Mexican government will acquire or administer the Abdala vaccine in Mexico. Mexico
Continue Reading By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A Biden administration effort to reunite children and parents who were separated under President Donald Trump’s zero-tolerance border policy has made increasing progress as it nears the end of its first year. The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday that 100 children, mostly from Central America, are
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EL PASO, Texas — Tamales play an important part in our El Paso holiday traditions. This year, there seems to be a shortage of this Mexican delicacy. The high demand for tamales has been overwhelming for both customers and vendors. Pepe’s tamales on Viscount, for example, has a big “sold out” sign outside and another
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SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – A vacuum-sealed white powdery brick of cocaine and fentanyl, wrapped in gift-wrapping paper as a Christmas gift, was seized by U.S. Border Patrol agents from a car at the Sierra Blanca checkpoint on Interstate 10. Authorities announced the drug seizure on Wednesday, saying three U.S. citizens were arrested by agents and
Continue Reading SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a significant seizure of cocaine and fentanyl at the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol Checkpoint on Tuesday. The seizure comes amid a national crisis. According to the Drug Enforcement Administration, they’ve already seized enough fentanyl this year to provide a lethal dose to every American. Three
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DALLAS, Texas — Traditionally known as “America’s Team” for nearly 50 years, the Dallas Cowboys are now seeking to become “Mexico’s Team, Too.” Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is speaking out about what he views as the importance of expanding the team’s brand into Mexico, adding that the Cowboys would be willing to give up some
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