EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement ERO in El Paso continues to seek individuals in the country illegally, as well as those with legal status who have committed crimes in the U.S. According to ICE statistics, the El Paso Field Office conducted 487 arrests in Fiscal Year 2025, which ended last month,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Leadership for the Border Patrol El Paso Sector says they are still seeing properties being used by Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCOs) as stash houses. Agents have found more than 158 so far in the 2025 fiscal year, which ends in October. For comparison, Border Patrol agents in the sector found
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Angelica Lujan, the mother of Xavier Guadalupe Hernandez, the 30-year-old man who died after a confrontation with police officers on I-10, is planning to sue the City of El Paso and those involved in her son’s death. ABC-7 reported last month that the autopsy report on Hernandez’s death was ruled
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CHAPARRAL, New Mexico (KVIA) — Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted on her X account over the weekend the arrest of 33 migrants and two human smugglers after federal agencies dismantled a human smuggling attempt. According to her social media post, a driver rolled over while trying to evade Border Patrol agents and led
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two Juárez Municipal Police officers (SSPM) and an alleged leader of the “La Línea” criminal group in Juárez are dead after a shooting south of the border. According to Chihuahua state authorities, the cartel leader was identified as Ulises Nache, 41, aka “Delta 1.” Juárez media outlets have reported he was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Videos on social media showed a group of migrants inside a sewer in El Paso’s storm drain system. The El Paso Police Department, along with Border Patrol El Paso Sector, found this group of migrants last Friday at the intersection of Oregon Street and San Antonio Avenue in Downtown El
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — ABC-7 reported on Tuesday that Chihuahua State authorities found a 17-year-old girl from Hobbs, New Mexico, dead and buried at a home east of Ciudad Juárez. The spokeswoman of the State Attorney General’s Office in Northern Chihuahua, Gabriela Cota, said the girl with the initials D.C.LL.G. left her address on July
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Update (January 27, 2025): Crews in Mexico have started sealing the tunnel. JUAREZ, Chihuahua and EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — This morning, various federal agencies and construction crews were seen from the Juárez side of the border working and checking on the tunnel on the U.S. side of the border. U.S. Border Patrol El Paso
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (Fiscalía General del Estado) continues investigating a crematory business in Juárez that failed to comply with services already established with local funeral homes. According to Chihuahua Attorney General César Jáuregui Moreno, 383 bodies and six additional human remains were found. Mexican media outlets reported last
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UPDATE (June 24, 2025): The Chihuahua State Police Department just reported they have concluded with inspections and operations at CERESO 3 in Ciudad Juárez. The operation led to the seizure of dozens prohibited objects inside of the prison, with no injuries reported. “The intervention included a search of all areas of the prison to detect
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Experts and professionals in children’s development say that while people often try to discipline their kids, they frequently cross the line into abuse. According to the Advocacy Center for the Children of El Paso, discipline is acceptable; parents can put their children in timeouts and help them understand that there
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Texas House approved Senate Bill 8 over the weekend, which is set to mandate some local sheriff’s offices in the state to form collaborations with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). El Paso County would be one of those Texas counties set to work with ICE if Texas Governor
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Update (May 29, 2025): The man that was extradited by Mexican authorities earlier this week, made his first appearance in federal court this morning. Jaime Renteria Fernandez, 31, is wanted for drug trafficking, money laundering, firearms possession, and murder. He went before Magistrate Judge Anne Berton and is being held with no bond until his
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores) recently issued a warning on social media through its consulates in the U.S. to Mexican nationals and legal permanent residents about the dangers of DWIs and DUIs. Saying those committing these crimes could face prison, fines, arrests, suspension of driver’s licenses and
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua state authorities have closed five daycare facilities south of the border due to allegations of child sexual abuse cases. The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (FGE) announced on Friday that five childcare centers are under investigation. During a news conference, the State Attorney General, César Jáuregui Moreno, and the Specialized Prosecutor
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The Lori Vallow Daybell murder conspiracy trial resumes on Wednesday.
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Crime and violence south of the border have been notorious for over a decade, especially in the Ciudad Juárez – El Paso borderplex. Mexican law enforcement at all three levels of government continues its efforts to decrease crime rates and increase safety for all residents in the borderland. Still, they also
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Update: El Paso Police will speak about the arrest tonight. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested an El Paso Police Department officer on assault charges. According to a release, the Sheriff’s fugitive apprehension unit arrested 37-year-old police officer Gerardo Reyes Jr. on multiple charges Tuesday, including two
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A Juárez dog named Maggie was found abandoned and mutilated in the streets of El Paso’s sister city. Maggie’s two back legs and tail were brutally mutilated most likely by human hands, according to Miriam Murillo. Murillo owns an animal shelter called Lomitos Callejeros that takes care of over 200 stray
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Family members and friends of the victims killed during a mass shooting in Las Cruces last Friday continue to gather at Young Park to pay their last respects. People were seen bringing candles, balloons and flowers, among other things to the three separate memorials. Andrew Madrid, 16; Jason Gomez,
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Update (March 14, 2025): EPPD officials say officers arrested five juveniles in connection with the robbery. Their ages and charges are listed below. Police did not release their names because they are minors. 15-year-old juvenile Charges Burglary of Building Unauthorized Use of Motor Vehicle Unlawful Use of Criminal Instrument Directive to Apprehend Evading Arrest Referred
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Retired El Paso Police Department detective John Guerrero was part of what became known the “Desert Deaths” task force organized in 1987 to at first investigate the disappearances – and then the murders – of girls and young women in northeast El Paso that year. “This girl is missing. That girl
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) – The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico recently published statistics regarding immigration and border crimes. Numerous prosecutions were registered between March 1-7, with the partnership of El Paso sector of the U.S. Border Patrol, the Homeland Security Investigations El Paso and other agencies. About 83 individuals were charged
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The U.S. Border Patrol arrested a Mexican man who has been deported twice before, and is currently facing up to 10 years in prison relating to his alleged illegal re-entry into the U.S. Clemente Galvez-Alapisco, 47, of Sinaloa was convicted for indecency with a child on June 2022. He was
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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) — The attorney for a man convicted of six murders in El Paso decades ago has filed a last-minute appeal to stop his execution scheduled for just next week. Greg Wiercioch has been representing David Leonard Wood for about 16 years, taking on his case after the 1992 conviction and death sentence.
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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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El Paso, TX(KVIA-TV)—Most public officials – elected and appointed – are honest in their work and committed to serving their fellow citizens. Unfortunately, a minor percentage abuses the public trust. Agent Jeanette Harper from the FBI El Paso field office explains that the FBI’s top criminal priority is public corruption. Agent Harper explains that it
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