EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – What started as a tradition with her grandfather, donating to low income families in Ciudad Juárez has now become a community effort led by the owner of an El Paso bakery. “When you arrive, when they see someone arriving with things to donate, I think it just lights up something
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Clint resident Jesus David Escareno, also known as “El Gerver,” 19, was sentenced to more than nine years in federal prison for his role in smuggling over 100 undocumented migrants into the U.S. El Paso Sector Border Patrol officials released Escareno’s booking photo today. ORIGINAL STORY (December 1, 2025): The
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — ‘Museo Juan Gabriel’ opened its doors over a year ago, where local and international residents could experience how the late Juan Gabriel used to live just south of the border in Ciudad Juárez. Now, after a Netflix documentary was released this year, the museum’s director says they are happy to
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican farmers and agricultural workers south of the border protested across the country and in Chihuahua against the proposed new National Water Law, which will ultimately take water away from the courtside and reassign it for discretionary use. They argued that it threatens their livelihoods and the work they do
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Update: DHS has released the following statement in response to the ACLU’s letter and allegations: “This is fearmongering clickbait. As our brave ICE law enforcement is facing a more than 1150% increase in assaults against them, the ACLU is choosing to smear them with anonymous allegations. Here are the facts: any claim that there are
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TORNILLO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents in a surveillance tower along the border saw three people illegally enter the U.S. the afternoon of Tuesday, December 9, 2025. Two of the migrants, both from Ecuador, were apprehended. The other migrant managed to cross an irrigation canal and got away in a car. That car sped
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Arizona resident Christopher Jack Leach, 33, pleaded guilty to assaulting a federal officer in Las Cruces. Court documents state that on March 31, 2025, Leach borrowed a friend’s car under false pretenses after learning that a warrant was out for his arrest in Arizona. He started driving toward Florida
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BY ANGELA KOCHERGA and ALFREDO CORCHADOPuente News Collaborative Editor’s note: This story was co-published with Puente News Collaborative in partnership with KTEP News. Puente News Collaborative is a bilingual nonprofit newsroom, convener and funder dedicated to high-quality, fact-based news and information from the U.S.-Mexico border. CIUDAD JUAREZ – The number of international tourists traveling to
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ACLU of Texas, along with Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, Estrella del Paso and Texas Civil Rights Project, among other organizations, sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of War (DoW) over allegations of inhumane living conditions, assault and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso’s Congresswoman Veronica Escobar is one of more than a hundred House Democrats who introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act last week. The legislation looks to put guardrails and oversight in place over immigration detention facilities and procedures in an effort to ensure civil and human rights are
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Women’s Intercultural Center in Anthony, New Mexico, is urging U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to upload a Spanish guide for the 2025 civics test. The center has helped legal residents apply for U.S. citizenship for over 32 years. The center claims it creates barriers for students preparing for
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– Tom Homan, the U.S. border czar, will be speaking at a Turning Point USA Chapter event at UTEP. A group called El Chuco Habla is planning a protest on campus at the Leech Grove, “free speech area” at 7 p.m. Some UTEP students are also planning a protest called the Student
Continue Reading JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Dozens of farmers from different parts of Chihuahua blocked all commercial ports of entry in Juárez again on Wednesday to protest the proposed national water law in Mexico. The Bridge of the Americas, Santa Teresa, Ysleta-Zaragoza, and Marcelino Serna in Tornillo Ports of Entry were completely blocked by farmers for a
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) continues to rescue migrants held at stash houses by alleged human smugglers in Ciudad Juárez. According to a spokesperson from SSPE Chihuahua, this year they have found 261 migrants so far, compared to 265 last year. Across the entire state, they have found 268
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EL PASO, Texas / CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Border Patrol El Paso Sector kicked off Fiscal Year 2026 with 1,381 reported migrant encounters in October of this year; in September, they recorded 1,447. ABC-7 reported last month that Border Patrol closed Fiscal Year 2025 with an 81.6% drop in the El Paso Sector alone
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EL PASO (KVIA) — The topic of this week’s ABC-7 Listens deals with reaction to the story that KVIA Anchor Paul Cicala did on the legacy of El Paso historian Leon Metz, & the hopes of the downtown library eventually being named after him. Vince, and ABC-7 viewer wrote: “Appropriately named if so,” while Kay
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Consul General of Mexico Mauricio Ibarra Ponce de León presented the Ohtli Award to UTEP President Heather Wilson Thursday night. Wilson received the award for her leadership and contributions to the Mexican and Mexican-American community in the field of education, according to a UTEP spokesperson. “The Ohtli Award is the
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CNN By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Fatima Bosch of Mexico has been named Miss Universe 2025 in a scandal-hit competition where she emerged as a fan favorite after she was berated by a Thai pageant director during a pre-pageant meeting, triggering a walk out by contestants. The 25-year-old humanitarian and volunteer was crowned by
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Municipal Police Department (SSPM) and the Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) have reported multiple rescues of migrants found confined in stash houses, with alleged smugglers arrested in recent weeks. SSPE Chihuahua arrested three alleged smugglers and rescued 17 migrants from a stash house on Tuesday, and SSPM Juárez arrested
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A New Mexico man was sentenced to more than 21 years in prison for trafficking about 17,000 fentanyl pills in El Paso. Prosecutors for the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas say Edgar Omar Martinez, 43, was arrested on March 14 when the FBI seized about 1.5 kilograms
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP says Border Patrol agents discovered a person stuck in concertina wire as she tried to illegally climb over the border wall in El Paso. Don't get stuck!@USBPChiefEPT discovered an individual stuck in concertina wire attempting to illegally cross the border. Agents were able to safely cut them out of
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua State Police Chief Gilberto Loya Chávez confirmed to ABC-7 that they laid off 50 state police employees for alleged illegal activity inside state prisons in Chihuahua. The Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) has been overseeing the control of all the CERESOS (state prisons) in the state for the past 34
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Consul General says that more than 500 Mexicans have died trying to cross the border into the U.S. so far this year. “Some have drowned in the Rio Grande, others have succumbed to the desert sun, and several have lost their lives in car crashes, simply trying to
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — City of Juárez to host its annual ‘Buen Fin,’ which typically sees thousands, if not millions of borderland shoppers and also from other parts of Mexico and the U.S. Sales and other promotions on most products are expected to be seen by shoppers all weekend, starting Thursday. The City of Juárez, along
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By Daniel Torres This story is a collaboration between Puente News Collaborative and Fundacion del Empresariado Sonorense, a nonprofit organization based in Sonora with a chapter in Nogales. NOGALES, SONORA — What was meant to be a historic first for America’s pastime —a Mexican Pacific League baseball franchise anchored north of the border— has become
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is directing her team to survey state land for covert border tunnels. This is happening across Texas, including in Hudspeth County. The Texas General Land Office is also working with the federal government to identify high-risk areas for the construction of covert tunnels by Mexican
Continue Reading JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two separate attacks on Border Patrol between Juárez and El Paso are being investigated by multiple agencies on both sides of the border. Last week, reports of gunfire along the Rio Grande prompted various local, state, and federal agencies to search for suspects and evidence in Juárez. A 911 emergency call
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Manuel Valenzuela, the man charged for his role in a scheme to smuggle children into the U.S. by giving them THC-laced candy, pleaded guilty in federal court. Court documents state that Valenzuela and his co-defendants illegally brought children ages five and 13 into the U.S. from Juarez. Court documents state
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Juarez Police say that this morning, they received a call reporting shots fired near the border. In response, the police launched an operation and found several men entering a nearby house. While they await a search warrant, the Municipal Public Security Secretariat is guarding the house.
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Congresswoman Veronica Escobar is continuing to express her concerns about Camp East Montana, the facility on Fort Bliss holding migrants during their removal proceedings, after visiting the facility twice. Escobar sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and acting ICE Director Todd Lyons. In her letter, Escobar detailed what she called “inhumane conditions”
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