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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UPDATE (11:18 AM)- The Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office says that the department will provide an update on the shooting that happened Tuesday evening in the Tortugas area. They say that the update will be on Thursday, Feb. 19 at 10 a.m. and the community can watch live on Youtube with the link below. www.youtube.com/@DoñaAnaCountyGovernment
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UPDATE – El Paso Police have confirmed that Ann Fritz is the mother of John Fritz. EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Investigators with the El Paso Police Department have determined that two bodies found in Central El Paso last week was the result of a murder-suicide. As ABC-7 reported, officers initially responded to the 2400
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A Mexican federal judge ordered the immediate release over the weekend of José Luis A.C., the former owner of the infamous “Crematorio Plenitud,” where approximately 386 bodies were found in Juárez last year. Judge Luis Eduardo Rivas of the Seventh District Court granted an injunction to the crematorium owner, a decision
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Tomas Rivas testified and was cross examined in the final day of witness testimonies for his trial Friday. Rivas is being charged with first degree murder in the Young Park shooting that took place in March of last year. Rivas, along with his younger brother Nathan, Gustavo Dominguez, and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Ernesto Serna Fine Arts Academy received a report that a student allegedly brought a weapon and made a verbal threat against the school, according to the Socorro Independent School District on Friday. The district said it didn’t find a weapon or evidence of a viable threat. The student who allegedly
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The FBI released new details about the suspect sought in the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie, who was seen outside her front door early on Feb. 1, armed while wearing a backpack, mask and gloves. “The suspect is described as a male, approximately 5’9″ – 5’10” tall, with an average build,” the FBI posted on X Thursday.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — On Wednesday, U.S. Marshals found and apprehended a man suspected of a robbery and shooting in Fabens, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. EPCSO said the robbery happened Jan. 28 just after 4:45 a.m. at a home on Fargrove Street. Deputies found a male victim with a gunshot
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Police Department posted bodycam video on social media Thursday showing the moments they responded to a shooting report on Silver Avenue. The shooting happened Feb. 6. Officers arrested 18-year-old Abraham Emilio Carmona for deadly conduct discharge with a firearm and evading arrest detention with a vehicle. When
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The City of El Paso has just confirmed to ABC-7 that it has received notice of the presence of tuberculosis at Camp East Montana. As ABC-7 has reported, Camp East Montana is an ICE detention center located on Fort Bliss. The City did not specify how many tuberculosis cases are
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a man was arrested after exposing himself to several women in Horizon City. 56-year-old Ivan Padilla is charged with Indecent Exposure. He was booked into the El Paso County Jail on a $15,000 bond. Ivan Padilla, Courtesy EPCSO EPCSO says on February 4th,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Las Cruces Police and Las Cruces-Dona Ana County Crime Stoppers are continuing the search for the people who killed three children and two adults at a bowling alley on February 10, 1990; this has remained a cold case for nearly 36 years now. LCPD say two men entered Las
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Attorney’s Office says it obtained an injunction ordering the permanent closure of the Boss Lady Pub in Socorro after an investigation revealed human trafficking and prostitution was happening there. The bar is located at 11400 East Gateway Boulevard. The final court order declares the bar a
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police are asking for the community’s help in finding the man they say crashed into a parked car at a neighborhood in the Upper Valley. EPPD says the hit-and-run happened on the 5500 block of Valley Maple on November 30th at 9 a.m. EPPD posted home security camera
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says on Tuesday, February 3rd, deputies tried to stop a Dodge Charger on I-10 West around 4 p.m. Deputies observed four people inside the car. EPCSO says the car initially stopped before it began moving again. Officials say the car then crashed into another
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Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on Saturday night, authorities said. By Meredith Deliso February 5, 2026, 10:36 AM The urgent search for Nancy Guthrie, the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie, has entered its fifth day, as her children continue to plead for her safe return. Nancy Guthrie is believed to have been abducted
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Deputies with the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a 19 year-old El Paso man in connection to a 17 year-old who died after being shot in Fabens on Thursday. According to a release, deputies arrested 19 year-old Kelvin Lee-Armenta on the charge of murder for the shooting death
Continue Reading EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A hearing to discuss the case of the second migrant who died while in federal custody at Camp East Montana inside Fort Bliss happened today at the U.S. Federal Courthouse in Downtown El Paso. 56-year-old, Geraldo Lunas Campos from Cuba was pronounced dead on Jan. 3 of this year and
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — ABC-7 reported less than two weeks ago about the third reported migrant death at Camp East Montana inside Fort Bliss, where 36-year-old Victor Manuel Diaz died by presumed suicide, according to ICE. The attorney representing Diaz’s family from Nicaragua, Randall Kallinen, says they want to start an investigation into what
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