Good Morning El Paso: 10.29.10

morning el paso!” police in las cruces look into possible voter registration fraud by the dona ana county republican party.// new details in the case of a former high school teacher accused of taping child porn.// plus a look into plus a look into a group of influential mexicans who fled the violence in their country. now, they’re getting involved politically in the u-s.// a very good morning el paso, las cruces, and juarez. i’m bob harp. and i’m hillary floren. good morning, everyone. a live look at stormtrack doppler author chairman mark van dyke says it appears someone in his organization tampered with the forms and he said yesterday that he was quote, “deeply sorry.” some of the voter registration cards were filled out at a republican booth at an enchilada festival and some others were filled out at the republican party headquarters in las cruces. las cruces police spokesman dan trujillo says his department is handling the investigation at the request of the dona ana county sheriff’s office to avoid a conflict of interest.// we’re seeing record early voting numbers in el paso — and throughout texas — for the mid term elections. statewide, the texas attorney general’s office confirmed for abc-7 nearly one-point- three million people voted during the first ten days of early voting. that’s nearly double the total in 2006 and already a record. in el paso, we’ve seen an increase of nearly three thousand early votes from the previous general election. today is your last chance to vote early! the polls will be open from 7 a-m to 7 p-m. to find out where you can vote….visit our website kvia-dot com. // more information on local elections can be found at the election center at kvia dot com. we have a list of early voting locations and hours… …sample ballots for all counties and precincts in our area … …and a section with debates, including the battle for district 78 between state rep joe between state rep joe moody and republican dee margo. it’s all online, right now, on the election center at kvia dot com.// the former irvin high school dance teacher accused of making child pornography has waived his right to appear at his arraignment hearing. marco alferez was scheduled to be arraigned in federal court. now, he’s scheduled to appear in court on november 18th for a docket call. abc-7 has also learned alferez has two state charges pending – which are different from the federal charges he’s facing. we are still trying to dig up information on those state charges. as soon as we ge them, we’ll pass them along to you.// the defense team for david marmolejo is open to having the acsed killer’s re-trial held out of el paso. marmolejo is accused of strangling his mother, gloria, because she was against him dating his own stepsister. he and his lawyers met with prosecutors and judge gonzalo garcia at a status hearing yesterday morning. they’re trying to work out a date for his retrial, but have also discussed a change of venue. yesterday, the defense said they would be open to a move. they were denied a change of venue before first trial.// four people were killed in juarez after gunmen attacked a bus carrying maquila workers. this is video courtesy of our news partners at channel 44 in juarez. the attack happened the attack happened at about one yesterday morning as workers were being taken home from the ottawa eagle maquila. three women and a man were killed. 15 others were wounded.// it’s estimated that thousands of families have fled the violence in juarez and chihuahua by moving to the u-s. many are business owners who have economic and political clout in mexico. now, they want to play a role in el paso. not just in the business world but also at the ballot box. border reporter angela kocherga explains … s/el paso this is what starting over starting over looks like… for judith torres. vuelves a empezar she’s opening a new jewelry store– her first here in el paso. she has 15 stores in the state of chihuahua. s/judith torres, business owner 12:07:10 vivimos 18 robos, 7 asaltos after those stores suffered – 18 armed robberies and 7 car jackings … the mother of two moved her family to el paso. s/angela kocherga, el pa s/angela kocherga, el paso now, some of the business leaders who’ve been forced to flee the violence are banding together on the u.s. side of the border to play an economic and political role –like they did in mexico. la parte “west side” … they’ve formed la red –the network in el paso. the group with 270 members has hosted candidates at breakfast meetings. la red says 80% of it’s members are u.s. citizens — dual nationals — who are eligible to vote. s/dee margo, now it’s time to take a look at the tx-dot traffic cams… if you own a nissan vehicle, listen ip. the japanese automaker has recalled more than 2 million vehicles worlwide. we’ll tell how it affects you, coming up.// and as the debate over the legalization of marijuana continues in california. we’ll look into a european country where pot is not only legal, but taxed by the government. also: but first – stormtrack weather! meteorologist jorge torres has your complete forecast. jorge… // you’re watching “good morning el paso” on abc-7, where news “good morning el paso” on abc-7, where news comes first!// commercial break there are only two