UPDATE: One person dead after rollover crash in Far East El Paso County
El Paso Sheriff’s say one person has died following a crash in far East El Paso County. The crash occurred on Horizon and Gateway East just…
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Federal employees face grim prospect of lengthy shutdown
Three days, maybe four. That’s how long Ethan James, 21, says he can realistically miss work before he’s struggling. So as the partial…
Continue Reading Father of dead Guatemalan boy heard rumors they could migrate to U.S.
The father of an 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. custody took his son to the border after hearing rumors that parents and their children…
Continue Reading Mexico’s new president: Pemex fuel theft an inside job, costs $10 million a day
The theft of $3 billion in fuel every year from Mexico’s state-run fuel depots and pipelines is an inside job, the country’s new…
Continue Reading Mexico’s new president: Pemex fuel theft an inside job, costs $10 million a day
The theft of $3 billion in fuel every year from Mexico’s state-run fuel depots and pipelines is an inside job, the country’s new…
Continue Reading Deaths of police officers on duty on the rise in the US
– More police officers have died in the line of duty this year in the United States than in 2017, according to data released Thursday. Most…
Continue Reading South Texas police chief jailed on domestic violence charge
The police chief in a South Texas city has been arrested on a domestic violence charge. Records show Hidalgo police Chief Rodolfo “Rudy”…
Continue Reading Defying pundits, GOP share of Latino vote steady under Trump
Pedro Gonzalez has faith in Donald Trump and his party. The 55-year-old Colombian immigrant is a pastor at an evangelical church in suburban Denver.…
Continue Reading Fort Bliss soldier accused in deadly Northeast stabbing
Detectives with the El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Persons Unit charged a 22-year-old Fort Bliss soldier with murder after a deadly…
Continue Reading Pitt and Stanford arrive for the Sun Bowl.
Well the teams have arrived. The Pittsburgh Panthers and the Stanford cardinal are in El Paso and experiencing a little bit of what the Borderland…
Continue Reading White House, congressional Democrats see no deal on shutdown
Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon. Lawmakers are away from Washington for the holidays and have been told…
Continue Reading More than 500 migrants released by ICE in El Paso day after Christmas
More than 500 additional migrants are to be released by ICE in El Paso on Wednesday, said Ruben Garcia with the Annunciation House. Garcia told ABC-7…
Continue Reading Federal shutdown doesn’t keep some from visiting White Sands
The federal government’s partial shutdown hasn’t stopped some people from visiting White Sands National Monument though the site in…
Continue Reading New Mexico teen in basic training busted for alleged possession of child porn
A teenager from Truth or Consequences, New Mexico is facing child porn charges after allegedly uploading a photo on the social media network Tumblr.…
Continue Reading EPPD identifies suspect shot by police officers in South Central
El Paso Police Wednesday identified the man shot by two police officers as 25-year-old Luis Angel Hernandez. The suspect was taken to University…
Continue Reading AP Exclusive: Tornillotent city for migrant teens staying open into 2019
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will keep open through early 2019 a tent city in Texas that now holds more than 2,000 migrant teenagers,…
Continue Reading Father: Migrant boy who died in Border Patrol custody not previously ill
The father of the 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. government custody says his son had shown no signs of illness before falling sick…
Continue Reading Homeland Security Secretary’s statement on death of Guatemalan boy
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen today released the following statement on the eight year-old Guatemalan national who passed away…
Continue Reading Document: Suspects in deadly fire were in a relationship, consumed meth and heroin together
The two suspects in a deadly mobile home fire in Sunland Park were in a “boyfriend-girlfriend relationship” and consumed drugs together,…
Continue Reading TRAFFIC ALERT: Commercial truck damages I-10 overpass
UPDATE: The truck has been removed from the site of the wreck. Traffic appears to be flowing smoothly on I-10 West near Missouri. ABC-7 is working to…
Continue Reading Escobar on deaths of migrant children: ‘This is a real failure we all need to reckon’
The deaths of two migrant children in just over two weeks raised strong new doubts Wednesday about the ability of U.S. border authorities to care for…
Continue Reading Georgia ‘deportation bus’ GOP candidate reports to jail
A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Georgia who campaigned in a “deportation bus” has turned himself in to county jail after being…
Continue Reading Trump insurprise overseas visit: no plans to pull out of Iraq soon
President Donald Trump made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Wednesday, leaving behind a partially shuttered U.S. government to greet American troops…
Continue Reading Will Sunland Park arson suspect be released on bond?
A judge has ordered the Sunland Park woman charged in connection to a deadly fire be held without bond, a court document obtained by ABC-7 states. An…
Continue Reading AP FACT CHECK: Trump confuses, misleads on border wall
President Donald Trump’s claims over Christmas that he had awarded 115 miles of new border wall construction in Texas appear to confuse work…
Continue Reading Mexico’s AMLO refutes blame for chopper crash
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says “neofascists” and conservatives are blaming the government for a helicopter crash that…
Continue Reading CBP announces changes to welfare checks on children after second child dies in Border Patrol custody
U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced changes to its medical screening for migrant children. The move comes after two children died this month…
Continue Reading UTEP plays Wyoming in the consolation game
UTEP took on Wyoming at the Don Haskins Center in the consolation game of the Sun Bowl Invitational. First half of the game the senior Paul Thomas…
Continue Reading Immigration officials: Migrant child dies on Christmas Day in Alamogordo
Just weeks after the death of a 7-year-old migrant girl, officials confirm an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died on Christmas Day at an Alamogordo…
Continue Reading Protesters: ‘See that flower. That represents a child that’s being detained.’
Signs, flowers and tents line the entrance to the Tornillo detention facility housing migrant children and teens. Immigration activists are camping…
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