El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)- The FBI El Paso Field Office is now accepting applications for its annual Summer Teen Academy. High school students in grades 9 through 12 are invited to explore federal law enforcement careers at 660 S. Mesa Hills. This free program offers insights into investigations, cyber threats, and SWAT operations. Applications, including
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County Attorney Christina Sanchez obtained a temporary restraining order to shut down the Dirty Laundry bar in East El Paso, Sanchez said Monday. Authorities describe the bar as a “common nuisance” with more than 280 emergency calls to the bar over the last two years. The El Paso
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office released its 2025 Annual Report, which highlights a 14% reduction in crime, EPCSO announced Monday. The report comes after Sheriff Oscar Ugarte’s administration’s first year. In 2025, EPCSO said it responded to more than 153,000 calls and more than 45,000 traffic stops. EPCSO said
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UPDATE (April 13, 2026) — The FBI El Paso Field Office is gather additional information about the scheme, a DOJ spokesperson said Tuesday. The DOJ said victims of Johnson’s crimes can submit their information here. The DOJ said those who have information relevant to the investigation can also enter submissions. UPDATE (3:35 p.m.) — Mayor Renard
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Originally Published: 30 MAR 26 15:24 ET Updated: 30 MAR 26 15:27 ET By Cindy Von Quednow, Holmes Lybrand, CNN (CNN) — The attack earlier this month on a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, was “a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan,” the FBI said
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The ‘Centro de Reinserción Social No. 3,’ or CERESO 3 prison in Juárez is a Chihuahua state-run penitentiary located south of the city. ABC-7 toured the facilities where the Chihuahua State Public Security Secretariat (SSPE) renovated some cell blocks related to the most populated areas and those with the highest
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UPDATE: The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Andrew Martinez, 30, with aggravated assault. The sheriff said Martinez was located by deputies and members of the Anthony Police Department in the area with the suspected weapon. After Anthony Police were called out to the 500 block of Franklin Street just after 11 p.m.
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HORIZON, Texas (KVIA)- According to the Horizon City Police Department Almanza-Gutierrez arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated after police responded to a vehicle stopped in the roadway. According to HCPD, on March 23, 2026 at around 3 am, HCPD Officers conducted a welfare check in the 1500 block of S. Kenazo in Horizon City
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Sunland Park Police shared a post on social media stating that two individuals were arrested after getting into a physical struggle with officers Tuesday. The post says officers conducted a traffic stop at Cristo Rey Blvd in Sunland Park. Officials say that the situation escalated and that after
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HORIZON, Texas (KVIA)- According to the Horizon City Police Department (HCPD), Refugio Salvador Camargo was arrested in connection to a hit-and-run crash that happened Monday afternoon, March 24. Officials say that around 2:30 pm, HCPD officers responded to a reported hit-and-run crash in the 300 block of S. Darrington Road in Horizon City. HCPD says
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SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — Court documents obtained by ABC 7 reveal moments leading up to the arrest of 19-year-old Shai Alva who faces charges after a domestic incident. According to court documents, an officer from the Sunland Park Department responded to a residence in Sunland Park in response to a domestic disturbance. When
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Today after a four-hour hearing in Juarez two parents are now charged with the killing and disposing of their 18-month-old child Eithan Daniel. The toddler was found dead in South Juarez two weeks ago. The mother, 23-year-old Vianey Esmeralda, is now charged with aggravated and first-degree homicide/murder, as well as
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ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The United States Attorney’s Office District New Mexico say that a Las Cruces man pleaded guilty to federal drug and firearm offenses after agents recovered methamphetamine, fentanyl, and firearms during a search of his residence. Court documents say on April 3, 2024, FBI and Metro Narcotics Task Force agents executed
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Over two months after 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz from Nicaragua was pronounced dead while under ICE custody at Camp East Montana, his family was able to pay their last respects to him. ABC-7 reported back in January that Randall Kallinen, the attorney representing Diaz’s family, had just started an investigation
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)- 52-year-old Jose Vargas was arrested by the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office and is facing charges after officials say that Vargas falsely reported a stabbing. According to officials, multiple deputies and emergency medical personnel responded to the 19000 block of Tierra Drive in Tornillo to a report of a stabbing in
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA)– According to the Socorro Police Department, 45-year-old Daniel Guerrero is facing charges after allegedly stealing a bike and arming himself with a machete making threating gestures to an officer. Police say that on March 20, 2026, around 4:48 p.m., a Socorro Police Officer was conducting a follow-up investigation regarding a bicycle theft
Continue Reading CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office (FGE) announced yesterday that both parents of 18-month-old toddler Eithan Daniel S.H., who was found dead in Juárez on March 10, were charged with aggravated homicide/murder. According to a news release sent by the District Attorney’s Office for the Northern Zone in Chihuahua, both defendants
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ALBUQURQUE, New Mexico (KVIA) — The United States Attorney’s Office District of New Mexico says that El Paso man, Crescencio Pacheco Olvera, 37, has been charged in connection with an alleged alien smuggling operation. Officials say this comes after federal agents discovered a stash house containing sixteen undocumented individuals following a smuggling attempt. According to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Estrella del Paso, a local migrant advocacy center that offers legal services to them and their families, just issued a warning to the community due to a recent scam targeting detainees currently under ICE custody and their family members currently detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Facility in Anson, Texas. According
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UPDATE– ICE responded to ABC-7’s request from Tuesday, a spokesperson said the department does comply with the National Environmental Policy: “Let’s be honest about this. This isn’t about the environment. It’s about trying to stop President Trump from making America safe again. The left didn’t care about the mountains of litter that illegals aliens dropped
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FORT BLISS, Texas (KVIA) — The Department of Homeland Security, through Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), just confirmed as of March 6, there are no active measles infections at Camp East Montana. “As of March 6, 2026, there are no active measles infections at Camp East Montana in Texas. Upon the confirmation of measles at
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Chris Clem is a former U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and a former Deputy Chief Patrol Agent in the El Paso Sector; he also served as the acting Chief in the Big Bend Sector. In El Paso, he spent over 17 years as Chief and Deputy Chief, both before
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El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – The 6th Annual Deputy Peter J. Herrera Memorial 5K Run/Walk will be held at Ascarate Park on March 8. Deputy Peter J. Herrera was shot during a traffic stop in San Elizario and died from his injuries days later. The event honors a sheriff’s deputy killed in the line of
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Chihuahua Department of Public Safety, or Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE), reported last week that Ciudad Juárez has dropped off the list of the 15 most violent cities in the world, after 54 months of the current state administration. State Public Security Secretary Gilberto Loya announced that, after four
Continue ReadingOriginally Published: 23 FEB 26 20:01 ET Updated: 24 FEB 26 09:08 ET By Randi Kaye, Taylor Romine, CNN (CNN) — [Breaking news update, published at 9:04 a.m.] The Guthrie family is offering $1 million to anyone with information leading to the recovery of their mother, Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing for over three
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Several residents of Juárez and El Paso have reported and posted on social media that they were in the Mexican state of Jalisco last weekend when violence erupted throughout the state and surrounding areas. ABC-7 spoke with a Juárez resident who traveled to Guadalajara for work, but that work was
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso magistrate court judge Thursday lowered the bond for an El Paso woman charged with running over a pedestrian while driving drunk. As ABC-7 reported, 62 year-old Aurora Morales was charged with intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle for running over 57 year-old Ana Maria Paniagua after Paniagua offered
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Doña Ana County Sheriff Kim Stewart said a man inside a house on fire refused to leave and “moved at the deputies” with a knife in his hand. In a news conference Thursday morning, she said that led deputies to open fire, killing him. As ABC-7 reported, the Doña Ana
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — An El Paso woman working as an accountant was sentenced in federal court for stealing more than $600,000 through fraudulent transactions from Texas and New Mexico real estate businesses. According to a release from the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, 61 year-old Carol Talamantes initiated more than
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A violent digital group known by the name of “764” has been grooming, manipulating, and exploiting youth across Texas. What you need to know about the violent group and how to keep your children safe.
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