Texas governor to defy DOJ request to remove floating barriers in Rio Grande
Originally Published: 24 JUL 23 11:35 ET Updated: 24 JUL 23 11:37 ET By CNN (CNN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott will not be ordering floating barriers…
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CBP agents practice heat safety as temperatures expected to soar
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — For weeks triple-digits temperatures have impacted Borderland residents, and with scorching weather expected to ramp up this…
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Authorities arrest suspect in deadly bar fire in Mexico border city that killed 11
By Karol Suarez, Marlon Sorto, Philip Wang and Ashley R. Williams, CNN (CNN) — Authorities in Mexico say they have arrested a man suspected of…
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CBP officers seize cheese wheels filled with nearly 18 pounds of cocaine
PRESIDIO, Texas (KVIA) — Customs and Border Protection officers sized cheese wheels that contained nearly 18 pounds of cocaine in them on Thursday.…
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El Paso’s Water Rescue Team pulls body from canal
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Fire Department’s Water Rescue Team pulled a body out of a canal near the border Friday morning. This happened…
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Mexican officials unveil new strategy to battle organized crime in Juarez
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Tuesday, Mexican authorities from all three levels of government, federal, state, and local, presented this new…
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Fourth bus carrying migrants from Texas arrives in Los Angeles
(CNN) — A bus carrying 41 migrants from Brownsville, Texas, arrived in Los Angeles Tuesday evening – the fourth such bus to arrive in the city in…
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Juarez, El Paso authorities discuss the current migrant situation on the border
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The border has seen a decrease in the flow of migrants since Title 42 expired back in May, according to experts. With…
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Border Network for Human Rights to release a binational abuse documentation report
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Border Network for Human Rights will release the findings from the 2022-2023 Binational Abuse Documentation…
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Recent fires in Juarez causing concern among Borderland residents
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — With a recent spree of fires happening in Juarez, residents across the Borderland have raised concerns about the smoke…
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Juarez daycare worker arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting five minors
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Saturday, a daycare worker in Juarez was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a minor back in June. Naomy Yamile…
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Local migrant advocates react to recent death of unaccompanied migrant in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Tuesday, the Border Network for Human Rights reported an unaccompanied migrant girl from Guatemala died in U.S. custody…
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Fire at Juarez ‘Parque Chamizal’ was intentional, Juarez authorities confirm
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A big fire caught up last weekend in Juarez’s area of the Chamizal Park that was even visible from El Paso. Juarez Civil…
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El Paso Fire water crews recover body in Socorro canal Tuesday
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The body of a man was recovered from the Franklin Drain in Socorro early Tuesday morning, according to El Paso Fire…
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Fire at Chamizal transfer center in Juarez visible for miles
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – People in downtown and south central El Paso reported seeing a large plume of black smoke coming from the Chamizal area in…
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Juarez residents react to life sentencing of Patrick Crusius
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Residents south of the border were also impacted on August 3, 2019, when Patrick Crusius walked into the Cielo Vista…
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Texas wildlife sanctuary offers to take in Benito the Juarez giraffe
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — After hundreds, if not thousands of borderland residents have shown their concerns about the current conditions Benito is…
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Radioactive item lost in New Mexico found two days ago, sources say
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The radioactive item that went missing in New Mexico last week was found Monday, July 3. ABC-7 got word from the U.S.…
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Deported Army veteran back on U.S. soil after 16 years
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ricardo Munoz clutches an American flag, his U.S. Army hat resting on his head while he stands under the El Paso sun. It’s a…
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Juarez landfill catches fire, sending smoke over the Borderland
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A landfill in Juarez is on fire again, according to our news partners, Channel 44. This is the sixth time this year that…
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Eye in the Sky: How El Paso border officials are patrolling from the air
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Fewer migrants are crossing into the Borderland since the expiration of Title 42. That was the pandemic era health policy…
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Animals in Juarez are being abandoned in the streets at an alarming rate, experts say
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — More pets have been abandoned or dropped at Juarez’s animal rescue centers and on city streets recently. According to the…
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Tens of thousands of migrants continue to press through dangerous jungle with hopes of reaching US-Mexico border
by Robert Moore, El Paso MattersJune 27, 2023 LAJAS BLANCAS, Panama – A family from Venezuela climbs from a canoe that has carried them for three…
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Juárez landfill catches fire for the fifth time this year, sending smoke into El Paso
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — On Tuesday, the Juarez’s Relleno Sanitario, often referred to simply as the Juarez Landfill, caught fire again, just…
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Federal agents in El Paso arrest Mexican felon accused of homicide, burglary
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The Homeland Security Investigation El Paso office says agents arrested a convicted felon accused of homicide, burglary,…
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At Texas-Mexico border, Ron DeSantis unveils immigration platform with Trump in mind
By Patrick Svitek and Renzo Downey, The Texas Tribune June 26, 2023 “At Texas-Mexico border, Ron DeSantis unveils immigration platform with Trump in…
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Border Patrol shoot, kill man after evading checkpoint near Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — For the first time, we are getting a look at body camera footage of Border Patrol agents shooting and killing a man…
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Body found after two weeks decomposing in Sunland Park desert
SUNLAND PARK, New Mexico (KVIA) — The Sunland Park Fire Chief says crews recovered a woman’s body from a rugged desert area early Thursday morning.…
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New serpent sculpture slithers into Juarez’s Samalayuca desert
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — In an event held Saturday, Juarez Mayor Cruz Pérez Cuéllar, along with other city leaders, unveiled the new serpent…
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Juarez police officers in jail for kidnapping migrants
JUAREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Two Juarez police officers have been charged with aggravated kidnapping of two migrants. Officials say this happened on…
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