EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso and the El Paso Police Department are asking for the community’s help with any information in the murder of 44-year-old Fernando Martinez. Murder which happened twenty years ago on Christmas Eve. Martinez was found murdered inside his business, Saygo Bakery Equipment Service, located in Northeast
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Opportunity Center for the Homeless hosted a small Christmas celebration with migrant kids, giving away toys and lunch for those in need. ABC-7 spoke with the center’s Deputy Director, John Martin, who told ABC-7 the main goal of this event. “Well, it’s Christmas Day and we feel that everybody
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Within a span of just a few years, Theo Boyd lost her mother in an accident, her marriage fell apart and then her father committed suicide. Her grief from these events was heavy, and now she’s written a book outlining her journey to deal with her grief. She tells ABC-7’s
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– The Notre Dame Fighting Irish arrived in El Paso Sunday afternoon just days before the 90th annual Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl game. The team from Indiana was quickly greeted by mariachis and folklorico dancers. Football players and other members of the team were able to enjoy arrival festivities. Members of
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Some members of the Las Cruces community remembered a man who went missing earlier this month. Back on December 4th, Abel Tarin went missing. Ten days later the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office found Tarin dead. Now authorities are investigating his death as a homicide. Loved ones held a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -In observance of the December holiday season, the City of El Paso has provided a list of facilities that will be closed. City of El Paso administrative offices will be closed on Monday, December 25, 2023, and Monday, January 1, 2024. The City will host a regular City Council meeting at
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The holiday season is bringing longer wait times than usual for borderland residents crossing to Juárez or El Paso every day. Usually, people tend to cross for their jobs, school or even to visit a family member on either side of the border. With the recent holiday shopping, people have been
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Tonight, on ABC-7 Xtra, Mental Health Correspondent Avery Martinez takes us on a tour of the Southwest Brain Bank at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso — where they conduct research on donated human brains to understand the connection between physical brains and mental illness. These researchers hope that
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El Paso, TX (KVIA)- A Pacific storm system will move into the borderland, bringing rain this afternoon and evening. Temperatures will remain in the mid and upper 60s. The precipitation will start midday Friday across the Gila, then spread eastward Friday night into Saturday morning. Stay with the ABC-7 StormTrack Weather team for updates and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Dec. 21, the Opportunity Center for the Homeless, Centro San Vicente Family Clinic, and Emmanuel’s United Methodist Church organized this year’s “Light Up the Night” event, which sought to memorialize those in the homeless community who died this year. This was the event’s 10th anniversary. In 2023, 38 homeless
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A New Mexico man is charged with multiple crimes after an alleged robbery. Guillermo Flores Jr. is charged with aggravated burglary, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated burglary, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, false imprisonment, larceny, and impersonating a police officer. Courtesy: Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office Court documents
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Jail records show that 19-year-old Christina Marie Baker and 27-year-old DeJesus Hernandez are each charged with two counts of abandonment of a child and one count of abuse of a child. Courtesy: Dona Ana County Detention Center Officers with the Sunland Park Police Department arrested Baker and Hernandez on
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces resident Michael David Fox will spend just over a year in prison and pay a $4,000 fine after he threatened a Texas Congresswoman. Fox plead guilty to a charge of interstate transmission of threatening communications in September. Court documents state that on May 18, 2023, Fox called a
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UPDATE – Diane Snyder, a victim of a fake DEA agent phone scam, spoke about what she was told when the scammers contacted her earlier this year. “Immediately, I started getting, I’m from the DEA, This is my number. This is my name. We are going to arrest you for a drug trafficking,” said Snyder. She eventually
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 28-year long battle boils down to only 48 hours for one El Paso victim of sexual assault awaiting justice. On Wednesday, ABC-7 sat down with Jeremiah, a victim of this crime in 1995. Arturo Blanco is accused of sexually assaulting him. Blanco was arrested in Colorado in Sept. 2023 after being
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office issued a Silver Alert for missing 75-year-old Mel Villalobos. A spokesperson says Villalobos was last seen at noon Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at his home in Anthony, New Mexico. The office does not know where he went. He was wearing a grey
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As the holiday season unfolds, a staggering surge in travel is underway across the nation, as projected by AAA. Anticipating over 115 million Americans venturing for Christmas and New Year’s—marking a remarkable increase of 2.5 million from the prior year—travel hubs are bracing for record-setting numbers. According to AAA, airports
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Animal Services Center of the Mesilla Valley in Las Cruces recently opened a brand new building, yet the shelter remains at capacity. The building had its grand opening on December 7th, and while the event led to a boost in adoptions, the shelter still has very little room
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Business leaders in Juárez have called on the Mexican federal government to find a different way to deal with the recent migrant surges. U.S. CBP recently decided to shut down rail crossings in El Paso and Eagle Pass. This has slowed business along the border. Several local stake holders have since
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — In a heartwarming effort to brighten the holiday season for those in need, The Salvation Army distributed Christmas gifts to a record-breaking 594 applicants this year through its Angel Tree program. The beneficiaries include families and seniors who have eagerly anticipated this festive assistance. The annual Angel Tree program, initiated
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Update: A family member identified the child as 11-month-old Marlene. The family member says Marlene’s father, Marcos, tried to enter the fire several times to look for the infant. He was severely burned in the process and taken to the Lubbock Burn Center in critical condition. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The New Mexico Corrections Department identified the inmate killed at the Southern New Mexico Correctional Facility near Las Cruces on December 5, 2023. 21-year-old Richard M. Cresap had been serving a 15-year prison sentence for the second-degree murder of Alexander Jackson. Jackson died in 2021. Cresap was sentenced in April
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EL PASO, TX (KVIA) – EPWater is looking for residents who are eager to learn more about the utility and the services it provides to the community. The second annual EPWater Citizens Academy is accepting applications for the 2024 class. The Citizens Academy will provide access to behind-the-scenes tours of EPWater facilities, interactions with EPWater
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SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority, or CRRUA, sent out a notice over the weekend letting its customers know that arsenic levels were higher in their drinking water than what’s allowed in the third quarter of 2023. “Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard,” said CRRUA in
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies arrested 48-year-old Michelle Marie Gonzales on a child abuse charge Monday. Jail records show they booked her into the Dona Ana County Detention Center just after 11:00 a.m. Monday without bond. Deputies arrested Gonzales on the 1500 block of La Fonda Drive. This is
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Trains in Juarez continue to be stuck carrying tons of cargo and merchandise south of the border. ABC-7 spoke with Jerry Pacheco, the president of the Border Industrial Association, who said this holiday season we will continue to see delayed shipments of cargo not arriving on time, which will start disrupting
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A semi-trailer going southbound on the Loop 375 flyover to I-10 east tips over landing on Gateway East, Tuesday morning. Police say a man in his 50s was transported to the Del Sol with non-life threatening injuries. First responders received the call at 6:31 a.m. The right turn lane on
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Update: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Texas and the Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) also are also suing over SB4. The ACLU of Texas issued the following statement on the new law. “We’re suing to block one of the most extreme anti-immigrant bills in the country. The bill overrides bedrock constitutional principles and
Continue Reading By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico’s largest city is blanketed with 10,000 cameras, license plate readers along some of the busiest roadways and special listening devices that hone in on the sound of gunfire — all part of a technological net of sorts that Albuquerque authorities say has been
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Update (December 18, 2023): Lunsford plead not guilty at a hearing today. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford is accused of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm in the August 2022 death of Presley Eze. According to court officials, Officer Lunsford forcibly removed Eze from a car in order to
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