LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — 27-year-old Adam Alexander Torres will spend the next 24 and a half years in prison for the murder of Rogelio Baeza outside a Las Cruces bar in 2019. Court officials say on June 28, 2019, Torres drove up to the Halo Lounge on the 2400 block of South Locust
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UPDATE: A 52-year-old El Paso man was critically injured following a shooting on U.S. 54 near Loop 375 Friday. According to EPPD officials, the man is an Uber driver. He was driving a 48-year-old woman from Kentucky. At some point, the woman shot the driver for an unknown reason. There were preliminary reports of a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police Chief Miguel Dominguez is retiring at the end of the month. Dominguez became chief in November of 2020 after former Chief Patrick Gallagher retired. Before that, Dominguez served as Chief of Field Operations for two years and Deputy Chief of Investigations and Administrative Support Services for
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DONA ANA COUNTY, New Mexico (KVIA) — A jury found 25-year-old Angel Rosales guilty of conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit armed robbery Friday. The verdict is connected to the 2020 murder of Justin Clark. Dona Ana County Sheriff’s deputies were called out to the 5400 block of Shenandoah Trail on December 15.
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FABENS, Texas (KVIA) — The Fabens High School 2023 valedictorian, Ariana Báñez will be starting a path towards an Ivy League education this fall. Báñez will attend Barnard College, a pathway to Columbia University. Báñez is involved with the school’s Gatos Salvajes mariachi group, which competed in the UIL state competition. Báñez’s mother, Liliana, teaches
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Cormac McCarthy, one of the great novelists of American literature with ties to El Paso, died Tuesday of natural causes at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. McCarthy authored 12 novels, two plays, five screenplays, and three short stories, spanning the Western and postapocalyptic genres. He is widely regarded as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An ABC-7 viewer says they received a flyer advertising help fixing hard water. The viewer says they believe the flyer is advertising a scam. The viewer says the flyers were left at people’s homes in the Crestmont Hills neighborhood in west El Paso. ABC-7 is reaching out to El Paso
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The U.S. dollar’s value keeps going down south of the border. Right now, if borderland residents want to buy their dollars, the estimated cost is around $17 Mexican pesos. We’ve seen this decrease since the start of 2023. In January its value was around $19 Mexican pesos. ABC-7 spoke with regular
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — All City of El Paso administrative offices will be closed on Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth. Administrative offices will resume business on Tuesday, June 20. The regular City Council meeting will begin at 9 a.m. Tuesday, June 20. City Council meetings are broadcast live on CITY-TV (Spectrum Ch. 1300,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 13-year-old El Paso boy will be doing something only most kids his age dream of – competing in the Jr. NBA Skills Challenge National Competition in New York on June 20th. Jacob Rodriguez is currently a student athlete at Jane A. Hamric Middle School in east El Paso. He
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso law enforcement officers say 42-year-old Edgar Efren Avila threatened a postal worker. Officials say the alleged threat was made on June 12 just after 3 p.m. on the 2800 block of Castle Hill Circle in East El Paso. Officers were called out to a house after receiving reports
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A car crashed into a building Thursday morning. Las Cruces Fire Department officials sent ABC-7 a photo of the crash. A spokesperson says firefighters were called out to the intersection of Three Crosses Avenue and Alameda Boulevard just after 9 a.m. The car had crashed into a wooden fence
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SPACEPORT AMERICA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virgin Galactic just announced its first two space flights. The first, Galactic 01, is happening this month. The company describes the flight as a scientific research mission. The second space flight is scheduled for August. That one will take private astronauts off-planet. The company announced the flights in a
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The change of command ceremony is a centuries-old tradition where the outgoing military commander symbolically relinquishes command and passes the division’s colors, also known as the division’s flag, to the new presiding officer. Outgoing William Beaumont Army Medical Center (WBAMC) Commander Col. Brett Venable spoke about leaving his position. “This
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A Las Cruces court sentenced Juan Baños-Lopez to 15 years in prison for the murder of his wife, Amberly Busby Lopez. Baños-Lopez was convicted of the second degree murder charge in March. Las Cruces Police arrived at the couple’s home on the 3100 block of Posada Court in Las
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Jorge Pérez is a borderland artist that has been doing urban art for over 20 years now. His most recent sculpture is a big foot made of material that migrants and “coyotes” use to climb the border wall along the U.S. / Mexico border. After learning about this type of material
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Last weekend, Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar along with the Mayor of Sunland Park, Javier Perea announced the new ‘Camino Real de Tierra Adentro’ that will be a new international bridge on the border. It is estimated it will cost more than $120 million dollars on the U.S. side. On June
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A new law signed by Governor Greg Abbott gets rid of temporary paper plates for vehicles. When a person buys a car in Texas, they are given a temporary paper plate that’s good for 30 days. During that time, they are supposed to register their vehicle with the Texas DMV
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Viva! El Paso opens its 45th Season on Friday, June 23rd at 8:00 pm in the beautiful McKelligon Canyon Amphitheatre. This year, under the direction of Jaime Carrasco, the show will highlight new dances, new sets, new lighting, and fan favorites such as the Deer Dance. Viva! El Paso also features a book by award-winning
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police is asking the community for help in identifying the driver in a hit-and-run crash that left a 19-year-old man severely injured. It happened on the northbound lanes near 755 S. Telshor Blvd. on Saturday, June 10th, shortly after 10 p.m. The man was taken to University
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A local plastic surgeon from Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso recently made the trip to Ukraine to operate on children who have been injured in the ongoing war. Dr. Shawn Diamond performed reconstructive surgery on children aged 2 to 19. They were mainly dealing with burn scars,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An man was arrested and charged Monday for abusive sexual contact that allegedly happened on May 26, 2022. The warrant for his arrest was issued on Thursday. Marcos Alvarez Murillo made his first appearance in federal court Tuesday at the Western District of Texas: District Court in downtown El Paso.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The 1st Armored Division Combat Aviation Brigade returned from an overseas deployment earlier this month. Fort Bliss welcomed the return of these soldiers with an Uncasing Ceremony that was scheduled earlier this morning. Approximately 1900 soldiers returned upon serving in the European Command Theater for nine months. An uncasing of
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UPDATE: The commissioners today approved UMC going forward with the revenue bond to secure the new UMC surgical Hospital in East El Paso. The $55 Million will be used to secure the purchase of the building, as well as equipment, personnel, CT scanners, everything that goes into outfitting a hospital. UMC said no taxpayer money
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police are trying to find the person who allegedly hit and injured a man with a car. Crime Stoppers of Las Cruces-Dona Ana County is offering a $1,000 reward for information. The crash happened June 10 just after 10 p.m. on the northbound lanes of South Telshor
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Four separate rescue teams worked together to rescue four hikers off the side of the Organ Mountains Monday. The hikers were trekking across rough terrain on the west face of the mountain when they became stranded. Just after 11:30 a.m., the Las Cruces Fire Department Technical Rescue Team, Mesilla
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces police are seeking additional potential victims of a daycare employee accused of abusing a 3-year-old boy with autism. 59-year-old Angie Flores was arrested last week on two felony child abuse charges. She used to work at Discovery Child Development Center, located on the 900 block of Walnut
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Las Cruces Public Schools Board of Education announced seven semifinalists for the job of superintendent. The district says the seven were chosen on Friday from a group of 30 applicants. The former superintendent left his post earlier this year. The district reminds everyone that this semifinalist list can
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit wants help identifying four people they describe as people of interest in an April 16, 2023 homicide. Investigators found the victim in a desert area near Batavia Street in Horizon City. Now they want to find four people shown in these
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are investigating after they found a body on the westside. They have set up a crime scene on the 5200 block of Carousel Drive, a few blocks south of North Mesa Street, just after 2 p.m. Details are limited at this time. This is a developing story.
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