El Pasoans struggle to get their tamal fix ahead of Christmas
EL PASO, Texas — Tamales play an important part in our El Paso holiday traditions. This year, there seems to be a shortage of this Mexican delicacy.…
Continue ReadingOn the Border
$80k brick of cocaine, fentanyl wrapped as Christmas gift seized by Sierra Blanca border agents
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas – A vacuum-sealed white powdery brick of cocaine and fentanyl, wrapped in gift-wrapping paper as a Christmas gift, was seized…
Continue Reading THC-laced edibles, fentanyl found at Sierra Blanca Border Patrol checkpoint
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a significant seizure of cocaine and fentanyl at the Sierra Blanca Border Patrol…
Continue Reading
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones says America’s Team wants to be ‘Mexico’s Team, Too!’
DALLAS, Texas — Traditionally known as “America’s Team” for nearly 50 years, the Dallas Cowboys are now seeking to become “Mexico’s Team, Too.”…
Continue Reading
DHS to close some gaps in border wall in ongoing effort to clean up Trump-era projects
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Department of Homeland Security plans to close small gaps in the border wall, make adjustments to prevent flooding and…
Continue Reading
Mexico sees seizures of meth, fentanyl soar since 2019
By FABIOLA SÁNCHEZ Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican drug cartels are turning to bigger, more productive labs to churn out increasing…
Continue Reading
Gov. Abbott debuts construction of Texas border wall; Beto O’Rourke dismisses it as a ‘photo op’
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott visited Starr County on Saturday to inaugurate the first stretch of a border wall being…
Continue Reading
AP sources: Plan to help millions of immigrants must fall from $2T bill, a blow to Democrats
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate parliamentarian has said a Democratic effort to let millions of immigrants remain temporarily in the U.S. should be…
Continue Reading
Justice Department breaks off settlement talks with families separated at US-Mexico border
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Justice Department has informed attorneys representing separated migrant families that it will cease settlement…
Continue Reading
A dramatic increase in number of migrants seeking asylum in Arizona overwhelms Border Patrol
CNN By Priscilla Alvarez and Anna-Maja Rappard, CNN Under the shadow of the border wall, dozens of migrants raced to get in line as they spotted the…
Continue Reading
Man hospitalized with serious injuries after falling off border wall in Sunland Park
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico — A man was hospitalized Tuesday with life-threatening injuries after falling off the border wall in Sunland Park. U.S.…
Continue Reading
Court won’t allow reversal of Trump remain-in-Mexico policy
By KEVIN McGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt another blow to the Biden administration’s attempt to undo…
Continue Reading
Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernández dies at 81
GUADALAJARA, México — Legendary Mexican singer Vicente Fernández, who had been hospitalized for several months due to a recent fall, died Sunday…
Continue Reading
Carmen Salinas, star of Mexican TV and film, dies at age 82
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Iconic Mexican actress Carmen Salinas has died at the age of 82, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Friday. Her family confirmed her…
Continue Reading
49 migrants dead, 58 hurt in Mexico truck crash
TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico — A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian…
Continue Reading
A month into border reopening and downtown El Paso businesses are back bustling
EL PASO, Texas — It’s been a month since the Mexico border reopened to non-essential travel and downtown El Paso businesses are starting to see an…
Continue Reading
1st migrants returned to Juarez from El Paso under ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
EL PASO, Texas — U.S. authorities sent the first two migrants back to Mexico on Wednesday under the reinstated “Remain in Mexico”…
Continue Reading
Army Times details what caused National Guard’s border mission to fall apart
MCALLEN, Texas — A report Wednesday from Army Times details problems that plagued the National Guard in patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border in 2021.…
Continue Reading
Border land returned to Texas family after it was seized for wall
By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN The Biden administration will return the land of a Texas family after seizing the property earlier this year for border…
Continue Reading
Beloved El Paso teacher on verge of losing visa status 10 years after being wrongfully accused of drug smuggling
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Chihuahua — Ana Isela Martinez Amaya, the Mexican teacher who was wrongfully accused of smuggling over 100 pounds of marijuana…
Continue Reading ‘Remain in Mexico’ restarts in El Paso ahead of other parts of southwest border
EL PASO, Texas — The migrant protection protocol, or “Remain in Mexico” policy, was reinstated Monday at El Paso’s ports of entry and will…
Continue Reading US will resume policy for asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Migrants seeking to enter the United States will again have to stay in Mexico as they await…
Continue Reading
Mexico to reverse course, give COVID-19 booster shots
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican officials have reversed their previous position against giving coronavirus booster shots and are studying a plan to…
Continue Reading
19 dead, dozens hurt as bus crashes in Mexico on religious pilgrimage
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — At least 19 people are dead and dozens more injured after a bus crash in central Mexico. The accident occurred on a highway in…
Continue Reading
El Paso firefighters pull body out of canal near border
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso firefighters on Wednesday afternoon recovered a body from a canal near the U.S.-Mexico border. Fire crews were summoned…
Continue Reading Migrants from three countries paid $2.2 billion trying to reach the US. Most of it went to smugglers
By Catherine E. Shoichet, CNN Migrants from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador spend $2.2 billion every year trying to reach the United States, and…
Continue Reading
City to sell CBP 60 acres of land to build new processing center in northeast El Paso
EL PASO, Texas — ABC-7 has learned U.S. Customs and Border Protection intends to buy almost 60 acres of land from the city of El Paso to build a…
Continue Reading
Gun makers ask court to dismiss Mexican government lawsuit
By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gun manufacturers have asked a federal court in Massachusetts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by…
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak from Chihuahua onions sickens nearly 900, hospitalizes over 180
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are advising consumers to avoid…
Continue Reading
Rescuers seek to save excess food to feed hungry in El Paso & Juarez
EL PASO, Texas — According to a study from 2012, the Natural Resources Defense Council calculated that the average individual in the United States…
Continue Reading