Deported veteran returns home to El Paso after 20 years in Juárez
EL PASO , Texas — A veteran of the U.S. Navy and Army National Guard who served a tour of duty during the Persian Gulf war finally came home to his…
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Virus without borders: How Juárez is grappling 6 months into the Covid-19 pandemic
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Gabriel Cardona takes pictures for a living. He captures moments in time. Now he wishes he could go back to when…
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Mexico ups virus death ‘estimate’ – but says definitive toll will take 2 years to compile
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico upped its “estimated” Covid-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to…
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El Paso-Juarez non-profit provides funding to Borderland businesses for PPE, medical device manufacturing
EL PASO, Texas — BIO El Paso-Juarez, a non-profit created by the Medical Center of the Americas, is helping 17 El Paso businesses ramp up their…
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Montana Vista residents living next to newly constructed migrant children shelter claim they were misled
(Editor’s note: An earlier version of the story indicated the facility is in Clint. While the property is within the Clint ISD boundaries, the…
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‘That’s the majority of the sales for downtown’: El Paso stores struggle with border restrictions
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It has been more than six months since border restrictions were implemented across North America to slow the spread of…
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ICE detainee alleges officers beat him after he refused to comply with illegal deportation
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee claims that three agents attempted to deport him despite an order preventing his removal and…
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U.S. & Mexico border-crossing restrictions to officially stay in place through Oct. 21
UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions on the United States’ shared borders with Mexico and Canada have been extended through Oct. 21 due to…
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57 undocumented immigrants found by Border Patrol crowded inside Chaparral ‘stash’ house
CHAPARRAL, New Mexico – U.S. Border Patrol agents said Wednesday they had uncovered a a human smuggling operation that utilized a “stash” house in…
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‘El Paso is a ground zero for much of this’: DEA chief says meth is Borderland’s top drug threat
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized hundreds of pounds of meth in the West Texas/New Mexico region already this…
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Petalo, not Charmin: Virus brings Mexican toilet paper to U.S. store shelves
NEW YORK, NY — Toilet paper is back on store shelves. But you may not recognize some of the brands. Demand for toilet paper has been so high during…
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El Paso teen arrested in Juarez after he allegedly fired shots with high-powered rifle
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — An El Paso teenager was arrested in Juarez after municipal police responding to a shots fired call said they found him with…
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Woman who alleged sexual assault by guards at El Paso ICE facility is being deported
EL PASO, Texas — A woman who alleged she was assaulted by two guards at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in El Paso was…
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Why did the El Pasoan cross the bridge to Juárez? To socialize, new survey finds
EL PASO, Texas — How much of El Paso’s retail trade is comprised by Mexican visitors? That’s just one of the questions a survey conducted by…
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Court blocks Trump order to exclude undocumented immigrants from census count for apportionment
NEW YORK, NY — A panel of three federal judges on Thursday blocked an order from President Donald Trump to exclude undocumented immigrants…
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Barbie unveils 2nd doll in Dia De Muertos collection
LOS ANGELES, California — After last year’s instant fandom, Barbie is back with a second Dia De Muertos collectibles doll to honor Mexican…
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Judge orders U.S. to stop detaining migrant children in Texas & Arizona hotels
HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to stop detaining immigrant children in hotels before expelling them…
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Mexico leads the world in health worker deaths from Covid-19
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico leads the world in coronavirus deaths among its health care workers, Amnesty International said in a new report this…
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ICE recovers 19th century painting stolen from Italian monastery in Texas
DALLAS, Texas — Stolen almost two decades ago from an ancient abbey in northeastern Italy, a trafficked 19th century art piece is making its…
Continue Reading U.S. detained hundreds of migrant children in hotels in El Paso, across Texas as pandemic flared
EL PASO, Texas — Hundreds of migrant children have been held in hotels, in El Paso and throughout Texas and the southern U.S., and guarded by…
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CBP agent charged with drug possession after search of Horizon City home
HORIZON CITY, Texas — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent has been arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and THC products,…
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Questions and answers on status of Trump’s border wall
WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump has tried to keep his promised border wall with Mexico in the public eye during his re-election bid,…
Continue Reading ‘Poppycock!’: Federal judge denies Trump effort to use border agents as asylum officers
SAN DIEGO, California — A federal judge on Monday blocked U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees from conducting the initial screening for…
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Bannon, 3 others plead not guilty & get trial dates set in alleged ‘We Build the Wall’ scam
NEW YORK, NY — A May 2021 trial date was set Monday for Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, on charges that he…
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Border Patrol seized over $1 million worth of cocaine after it washed up on a beach
US Border Patrol agents seized over $1 million worth of cocaine last week after it washed up on a Florida beach. Thirty packages were discovered last…
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Juárez-born actor and comedian Manuel ‘El Loco’ Valdés dies at age 89
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Mexican actor and comedian Manuel “El Loco” Valdés died Friday at the age of 89, his daughter Arcelia Valdés…
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U.S. crackdown on non-essential Mexico border travel causes long waits
SAN DIEGO, California — A Trump administration crackdown on nonessential travel coming from Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic has created massive…
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Mountaineer Viridiana Álvarez Chávez of Mexico snags Guinness World Records title
AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — Viridiana Álvarez Chávez was 28 when she first started exercising. She was 36 when she broke the Guinness World…
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Border Patrol agents in El Paso find abandoned bag in desert with drugs worth about $270K
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents thwarted a drug smuggling attempt Friday and seized illegal drugs with an estimated street value of…
Continue Reading Ex-White House adviser Steve Bannon pleads not guilty in fraud scam linked to ‘We Build The Wall’
NEW YORK, NY — President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon pleaded not guilty to charges that he ripped off donors to “We…
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