EL PASO, Texas – The powerful Arctic storm has placed many under weekend weather alerts with warnings of life-threatening wind chills, blizzards, and ice storms. The Artic storm has reached the US-Mexico border. Some migrants in the El Paso community are forced to brave the winter cold by sleeping on the streets. Temperatures dropped to
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EL PASO, Texas — Migrants still line the streets of downtown El Paso tonight despite the Convention Center opening its doors to migrants Wednesday evening. ABC-7 crews saw families with young children on the streets all doing their best to stay warm. Wearing beanies and sweatpants. Many of the migrants said their preparing for the
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EL PASO, Texas – Big Rob’s Charity is giving back this holiday season to those who need it most. At the Reynolds Home Crisis Center, there are currently eleven women and twenty-two children in need of a safe space. Due to their circumstances, it’s not easy to provide Christmas gifts to the children, and that’s
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The National Weather Service says we could see brutal, “once-in-a-generation” winter weather this week. They’re predicting a bomb cyclone will hit the U.S. today into tomorrow. That’s a brutal storm that rapidly intensifies in 24 hours. Winter weather alerts are in store for more than 90 million people with possible life-threatening weather in parts of the country today. Holiday
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EL PASO, Texas — A U.S. Border Patrol agent confirmed to ABC-7 Wednesday that they are “aware” of a hole in the wire fence near the Fonseca Dr. exit on the Loop 375 Border Highway. ABC-7 is working to find out when the hole will be repaired. According to a 2021 report from Border Patrol,
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EL PASO, Texas — The Texas National Guard arrived early Tuesday morning in the Borderland. They set up barbed wire as part of what they describe as an exercise. Part of that training included quickly setting up barbed wire to prepare for a situation- if it escalates. Meanwhile, a DPS Spokesperson says that barbed wire
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EL PASO, Texas — Overdose deaths appear to be on the rise among Americans who are pregnant or who just gave birth. A new study from the journal ‘JAMA’ reveals an 81% jump between 2017 and 2020. Dr. Wayne Thornburg with El Paso’s Emergence Health Network says most women do not start taking drugs during
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EL PASO, Texas — Some migrants are choosing to stay in the cold and on the streets of Downtown El Paso rather than load city charter buses taking them to hotels out of fear of being deported or kidnapped. This comes as Mayor Oscar Leeser announced a disaster declaration Saturday and the city prepares for
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EL PASO, Texas — The American Red Cross is preparing to set up an emergency shelter operation in El Paso. The operation would be in coordination with local government efforts. Officials told ABC-7, the operation would support ongoing efforts by the City and the County of El Paso. An unprecedented number of migrants are expected
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EL PASO, Texas — Days away from the expected end of Title 42, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott weighed in on the ongoing migrant crisis in the Southern border. Gov. Abbott was a guest on ABC’s “This Week” with Martha Raddatz Sunday morning. “If the courts do not intervene and put a halt to the removal
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EL PASO, Texas — Runoff Election Day is Saturday where candidates are vying for City Council seats in Districts 1, 6 and 8. A total of 6,337 voters turned out to early voting for the runoffs. A list of voting locations can be found here. District 1 candidates Non-Partisan candidates Brian Kennedy and Analisa Cordova
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — The gun Brandon Travis used to shoot Mike Peake in the deadly UNM campus shooting was stolen, according to New Mexico State Police. State Police said the gun was stolen out of Clovis, New Mexico. An official from the Clovis Police Department said a report of a stolen Glock 43 was
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EL PASO, Texas — The December Runoff Election is rounding the corner with Early Voting locations officially closing their doors tonight. Three District races are still undecided in this runoff election. They are districts 1, 6, and 8. There are two remaining candidates for each seat. WATCH District 1: Analisa Cordova Silverstein and Brian Kennedy
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Editor’s Note: This story was changed to reflect the 19-year-old is in custody. It is not clear who stabbed the victim. UPDATE: A 20-year-old man is in critical condition after being stabbed. His 19-year-old partner is in custody, according to El Paso Police. Investigators say the stabbing call came out a little after 5:30 a.m.
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — Sunland Park is seeing a significant increase in the number of migrant crossings, according to the Sunland Park Police Department. Officials did not specify how many crossings the county has been seeing, however, the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office said they have responded to 22 migrant deaths in 2022. Additionally,
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The Ford F-150 Lightning was named MotorTrend’s 2023 Truck of the Year. It’s the second electric pickup in a row to win the award. The F-150 Lightning was a unanimous winner among the MotorTrend’s seven judges who lauded the truck as, “the best-riding, best-handling, and best-driving F-150 yet.” The Ford F-150 was judged by excelling
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A trio of U.S. lawmakers has introduced new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the United States. Senator Marco Rubio introduced a bill in the Senate this week that would ban TikTok from operating in the U.S. Two Congressmen have also introduced companion legislation before the House. The legislation comes as a
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Railroad workers are hoping President Biden will sign an executive order to provide them paid sick days. The demand was at the heart of negotiations the past few months between the workers’ unions and freight rail companies. Congress stepped in to avert the strike but the legislation failed to include sick leave because it didn’t
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JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Around 1,200 migrants arrived to the state of Chihuahua last week, according to Juarez city officials. The migrant were initially sent to local shelters, before leaving them to line up on the Rio Grande. Now, hundreds of them are waiting to be processed by U.S. Border Patrol. Enduring cold temperatures and subpar
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico- The 16-year-old Organ Mountain High School student who was killed in a crash Friday was struck by a fellow 18-year-old Organ Mountain High School student, according to school officials. Law enforcement confirmed that the 16-year-old was walking along the sidewalk on Bataan Memorial East when 18-year-old Isaiah Angel Anthony Guiterrez struck
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EL PASO, Texas — Masses took place across the Borderland Sunday to celebrate the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, which recognizes the day that the Virgin Mary appeared before a young man in 1531 Mexico, according to tradition. While the national Mexican holiday is officially December 12th, hundreds of people celebrated Sunday from El
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EL PASO, Texas — UTEP is celebrating nearly 2,500 graduates from their bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate programs at the Don Haskins Center this weekend. This is the university’s largest graduating class for both their master’s and doctorate programs, with 590 master’s and 81 doctorate graduates. This year’s graduating class lived much of their education through
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EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has obtained the affidavit for the arrest of Mario Fernando Diaz, who was spotted openly carrying a rifle and dressed in tactical gear while walking down the Joe Battle Area in Far East El Paso. According to the affidavit, the El Paso County Sheriff’s Department received 27 calls reporting Diaz,
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UPDATE: According to emergency radio traffic, one person is being transported to UMC by helicopter from one of the crashes. LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Highway 70 eastbound is experiencing heavy traffic due to several crashes. There was an initial crash at Bataan Memorial East near Mesa Grande before 4 p.m. Friday, according to a
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New footage from an officer-worn lapel camera shows New Mexico State Police attempting to serve search warrants to NMSU basketball players ahead of the November 30 game against UTEP. According to the footage, police were looking for players Issa Muhammad, Marcellus Avery, and Anthony Roy to serve search warrants. Police
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EL PASO, Texas– Santa Claus made his way to the Borderland visiting the patients at Providence Children’s Hospital. Holiday magic was seen as he made his way from room to room spreading christmas cheer. Patients shared their many Christmas wishes in hope of receiving a Christmas miracle. Santa even spread a little cheer to nurses and staff collecting their
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — ABC-7 has obtained video showing police interviewing the 17-year-old girl that’s being accused of luring NMSU basketball player Mike Peake to a UNM dorm room the night he was shot, and UNM student Brandon travis was killed. ABC-7 has chosen not to identify the 17-year-old girl or show her face due
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — New Mexico State Police warned an NMSU athletic director that players and coaches could be charged with a crime if they didn’t turn over evidence concerning a deadly shooting involving NMSU basketball player Mike Peake, according to a report from KOAT in Albuquerque. According to KOAT, State Police warned the
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EL PASO, Texas– Today the city of El Paso and the El Paso International Airport are hosting a Winterfest Holiday Social. It’s a free family-fun event It will be at the runway plaza, located at 6701 Convair Road in front of the airport’s main entrance. The event will go from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Enjoy delicious
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Newly released lapel camera video, coming from New Mexico State Police, shows investigators talking with NMSU basketball player Mike Peake in a hospital room where he was recovering from injures he sustained in the November 19th shooting that left UNM student Brandon Travis dead. In the video obtained by our
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