CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (FGE) announced yesterday that both parents of 18-month-old toddler Eithan Daniel S.H., who was found dead in Juárez on March 10, were charged with aggravated homicide/murder. According to a news release sent by the District Attorney’s Office for the Northern Zone in Chihuahua, both defendants
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today was the second day of the capital murder trial for Atruro Ortega Garcia, the man accused of stabbing and killing a family of three in East El Paso in 1994. As ABC-7 has reported, Dante Santoni, 3, his mother, Connie Villa, 28, and Villa’s longtime partner and Dante’s father,
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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 (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector Foreign Operations Branch were informed on March 6 that Leonel Salas-Favela, also known as ”El Sobrino” was captured in Poanas, Durango, Mexico. He was the third ‘criminal target’ in the ”Se Busca Información” campaign, a binational cooperation between Mexico and the United States. Salas-Favela
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Sheriff deputies arrested Raul Hermelindo Ayala, 47, and charged him with the theft of a Can-Am ATV from a house on Sparks Drive. The alleged theft was first reported on March 1. Deputies were able to use shoe impressions and surveillance footage to track down a suspect.
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Update (March 4, 2025): Court records state that the trial date is now set for April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM. Update (November 13, 2024): Court records show that Castillo’s trial has been reset. The court has not yet publicly determined the new date. Update (August 7, 2024): Castillo remains in jail on a $1,000,000
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexican members of the safety cabinet held a news conference today to speak about the 29 cartel members’ extraditions from Mexico to the U.S. on Thursday, saying some will face justice between 11 and 40 years later. Mexico’s Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch, Mexico’s Attorney General Alejandro
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Update (February 19, 2025): De La O pleaded guilty to possessing the modified shotgun used in Ferguson’s fatal shooting. Prosecutors say that De La O will remain in custody pending his sentencing hearing. That has not yet been scheduled. He faces a maximum 10-year prison sentence. Update (November 12, 2024): A Twelfth Judicial District Court
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Update (December 20, 2024): Court records show that an El Paso jury acquitted Villegas of assault causing bodily injury to a family member. The jury deliberated and handed down its verdict on December 17, 2024. Villegas had entered a not guilty plea the day before. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Daniel Villegas was back behind
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Update (March 5, 2025): Court records show that Del Valle’s trial is scheduled for December 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM. Jail records show that he remains in jail as of today. Update (December 18, 2024): The judge kept the bond amount at $520,000. Del Valle’s defense lawyer argued that Del Valle does not have a
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SAN ELIZARIO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies arrested 40-year-old San Elizario resident Richard Ayala and charged him with Burglary of Habitation, Criminal Mischief, and Resisting Arrest. Sheriff’s Office officials tell ABC-7 that Ayala broke into an apartment on the 12100 block of Socorro Road armed with a knife. Officials say Ayala started breaking
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Update (December 10, 2024): Officers found and arrested Crawford on November 25, 2024. He was sentenced to 24 years today. Courtesy: Third Judicial District Attorney Several of Crawford’s family members spoke and pleaded with the judge for leniency. Prosecutors argued that Crawford’s criminal history and flight from his trial “indicated his absence of remorse and
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Update (December 9, 2024): Cardiel appeared before a federal judge and will remain in custody until a detention hearing scheduled for December 11, 2025, officials say. “If convicted of the current charge, Cardiel faces not less than 10 years in prison and up to life in prison,” federal prosecutors say. HSI El Paso is also seeking additional
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Update (December 9, 2024): Court documents identify the victim who died as Kari Scholin. Court documents state that officers arrested Alan Leyva-Vasquez and charged him with vehicular homicide. They booked him into the Dona Ana County Detention Center. Investigators say that Leyva-Vasquez had quickly jumped into the Suburban he was driving in an attempt to
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Update (December 9, 2024): Officers picked up Dwillis from UMC in El Paso and booked him into the Dona Ana County Detention Center. See his mugshot below. Courtesy: Dona Ana County Detention Center Dwillis’ first court appearance is scheduled for today. He is being held without bond. DEMING, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol agents in the El Paso and Laredo Sectors arrested three sexual predators. Over the holiday weekend, USBP agents in El Paso & Laredo sectors took action to protect our communities, arresting 3 sexual predators.One of these offenders was recently deported on 11/11/24 for aggravated sexual assault of a
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Update (December 5, 2024): Jail records state the FBI arrested Trujillo the morning of December 4, 2024 and booked him into the Dona Ana County Detention Center on a Firearms: Receipt, Possession by Felon charge. Jail records show the FBI brought him in on a federal arrest warrant. Ruben Jose Trujillo He is being held
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UPDATE (November 16, 2024): The Las Cruces Police Department issued a statement clarifying the arrest and release of Danny Garcia De Leon. In a social media post, Chief Jeremy Story stated Garcia was in custody for 12 hours and two minutes on two serious felony charges. “A statement was printed that the District Attorney’s Office
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Three people are charged with Burglary of Coin Operating Machine after El Paso Sheriff’s Office officials say they tried to break into equipment and steal from Clint Laundromat. On November 10, 2023, deputies got a call about a burglary in progress at the laundromat, located at 13178 Alameda Avenue. Courtesy:
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol El Paso Sector officials are seeking information on a wanted individual. Wanted! Se Busca Informacion!Our new Target for this week is EP10, if you have any information on this individual, please contact us.Help keep our communities safe! Call 915-314-8194 or useWhatsApp, available 24/7.#elpasotx #newmexico #crime pic.twitter.com/WPt3x8aE8X— Anthony “Scott”
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office is looking to prosecute 32-year-old Juarez resident Ender Alexander Vargas-Meza for battery of a US Border Patrol Agent Thursday. The alleged battery happened September 24, 2024, a spokesperson for the DA’s Office explained. The spokesperson says the New Mexico U.S. Attorney’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Apprehension Unit tracked down 36-year-old Alden Arturo Amaro on October 30, 2024. Deputies located Amaro on the 4800 block of Alameda Avenue and took him into custody. They booked him into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $160,000 bond. Amaro was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Border Patrol Chief Jason Owens says El Paso Sector agents arrested Artemio Orozco-Ramires on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Agents caught Orozco-Ramires, a convicted felon, after he left foot prints leading to the place he was hiding. Owens did not explain where in the El Paso Sector agents found Orozco-Ramires. “His
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Below is the list of Most Wanted Fugitives for the Week of November 8, 2024, submitted by the El Paso Police Department and El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and distributed by Crime Stoppers of El Paso. Border Patrol El Paso Sector Chief Anthony “Scott” Good posted the following wanted poster.
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Update (October 24, 2024): Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 reveal that Shreve, an EPISD police officer, was driving in his personal truck to another job, wearing a uniform, when he was involved in what police describe as a “road rage” incident. Court documents state that Shreve told investigators he started chasing after the other
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Update (October 24,2024): Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 describe Zubia as an “off duty officer with Customs and Border Protection whom was still wearing his uniform.” The documents reveal that the version of events Zubia told officers about the collision did not match the surveillance video from surrounding businesses. When Zubia stopped on the
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Las Cruces jury found 60-year-old Antonio Alamo Medina guilty of two counts of Criminal Sexual Contact of a Child Under 13 and one count of Attempt to Commit Criminal Sexual Contact of a Child Under 13. Sunland Park Police were notified on November 20, 2023. The Dona Ana
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Update (October 16, 2024): Court documents newly obtained by ABC-7 reveal that Martinez allegedly harassed the victim on two separate occasions in September. Documents state that on September 16, Martinez started inappropriately touching himself when he saw the victim walking near City Hall. Investigators assigned to the case state that Martinez got up close to
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Update (October 11, 2024): Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested Aranda at his home and took him into custody. Aranda was wanted for Aggravated Sexual Assault and Aggravated Kidnapping/Sexual Abuse and was booked into the El Paso County Detention Facility “as a result of violating probation conditions.” Roman Aranda’s new booking photo
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