Four men were found guilty in Black Thursday attacks in Ciudad Juarez
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Four men were found guilty of attempted murder, and damages against police officers in the Black Thursday attacks that took…
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Migrant encounters decreasing along border; rescues continue to rise
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector has seen a decline in migrant encounters along the Southwest Land Border this Fiscal Year…
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Biden Administration Sees Major Success as Border Arrests Decline Sharply
Originally Published: 16 JUL 24 10:28 ET By Francis Page, Jr. Click here for updates on this story July 16, 2024 (Houston…
Continue Reading Texas AG appeals dismissal of his lawsuit against El Paso’s Annunciation House
AUSTIN, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is appealing the dismissal of his lawsuit against Annunciation House, an El Paso-based NGO…
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Juarez authorities secured dozens of cars during “Operation Fast and Furious”
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Juárez Road Safety Coordination agents carried out “Operation Fast and Furious” on 4 Siglos and Costa Rica…
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Family members of teen killed in crash in Juarez say last goodbye
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The family members of Némesis Giselle Aguirre Castrejón will gather today and tomorrow at a Juárez funeral home to say…
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Gas prices going up in Juarez, cheaper to fill up in El Paso
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Gas prices in Juárez saw an increase this week as residents were paying 18.99 Mexican pesos for regular gas per liter.…
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A Passage Below: U.S. Border Patrol’s Confined Space Entry Team rescues migrants smuggled into the U.S.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector’s Confined Space Entry Team (CSET) was created over two decades ago to combat subterranean…
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Woman suffering from heat exposure in Sunland Park desert
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Search and rescue crews with the Sunland Park Fire Department were looking for a woman lost in the desert off…
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U.S. Border Patrol gives update on 54 migrants rescued from Rio Grande on Tuesday
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — 54 migrants were rescued from a portion of the Rio Grande inside Sunland Park, New Mexico on Tuesday by several…
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Water rescue crews pull 54 people out of Rio Grande
UPDATE: El Paso Fire Department finished rescue operations at the water near Doniphan at around 8:05 p.m.. 54 people were rescued from the water. No…
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Razor wire re-installed on U.S.-Mexico Border near Chihuahuita
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Razor wire has been re-installed on the border by the Chihuahuita area on July 9. U.S. authorities took down the razor wire…
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Chihuahua man charged with human smuggling after fatal crash in East El Paso
Update (July 9, 2024): A Texas DPS spokesperson says the pursuit started near Bassett Mall after troopers determined the car was involved in human…
Continue Reading Girl seriously injured on her way to pick up her Quinceañera dress released from hospital
Update (July 9, 2024): Our news partners in Juarez, Channel 44, reports the quinceañera, Helen, and her mother, Guadalupe, were just released from…
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Saving a life with the push of a button: Border Patrol rescue beacons across the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol El Paso sector has seen a significant increase in migrant rescues this fiscal year (2024), making rescue…
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“A Passage Below”: A look into U.S. Border Patrol’s special unit working in the storm drains
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Transnational criminal organizations are well known for using the sewer system as a mean of smuggling migrants into the U.S.…
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Maquiladora employment in Juárez going down, reports show
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The maquiladora industry on the border is one of the main suppliers of medical, and manufacturing, among others, and with…
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Border Patrol agents see increase in heat related rescues
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA)– As temperatures continue to rise, Border Patrol agents are now responding to more heat related calls throughout the…
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Portion of razor wire placed by the State of Texas removed from the border
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday, several Juárez media outlets reported that a portion of the razor wire placed by the Texas National Guard was…
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43 migrants allegedly involved in March border incident removed from U.S.
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials confirm to ABC-7 that 43 of the more than 200 undocumented migrants involved…
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Streets flooded in Juarez after last night’s rain
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Recent rain hitting the Borderland heavily impacted communities south of the border. Ciudad Juárez, well-known for…
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Annunciation House officials react to Judge’s ruling to deny Texas’ request to shut them down
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — 205th District Judge Francisco X. Dominguez issued a pair of rulings on Tuesday stopping Texas’ request to shut down the…
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U.S. officials fly 116 Chinese migrants back home
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVIA) — U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and ICE removed 116 Chinese migrants from the country this weekend. This was…
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US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’
(CNN) — The US and Panama have signed an agreement on immigration issues that aims to “close the passage of illegal migrants” through the…
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Chinese migrants arrive in South America, hoping to make it to the U.S.
BY ALFREDO CORCHADO, MÓNICA ALMEIDA AND PAÚL MENA MENA PUENTE NEWS COLLABORATIVE QUITO, Ecuador — The tiny and increasingly violence plagued…
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Judge denies Texas’ attempt to shut down El Paso migrant shelter
By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune July 2, 2024 “Judge denies Texas’ attempt to shut down El Paso migrant shelter” was first published by The…
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Sunland Park Fire rescues man who fell off border wall and man found unconscious on Mt. Cristo Rey
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Sunland Park Fire Department rescue crew assisted a man who suffered serious back injuries falling off the…
Continue Reading Family members of girls killed in Juarez react to car accident
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Today, two of the three girls killed in a car crash in Juárez were laid to rest. 45-year-old Henry Raygoza from El Paso…
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El Paso Border Patrol sees significant increase in rescues, deaths from last year
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Border Patrol shared numbers with ABC-7 reporting a significant increase in the numbers of deaths and rescues seen…
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