EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A video circulating on social media shows two migrants crossing the Rio Grande dressed as construction workers, along with three suspected human smugglers; this reportedly occurred on January 9. Once they crossed the river, they were seen walking toward the levee and then heading to one of the border wall
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today was the second day of the capital murder trial for Atruro Ortega Garcia, the man accused of stabbing and killing a family of three in East El Paso in 1994. As ABC-7 has reported, Dante Santoni, 3, his mother, Connie Villa, 28, and Villa’s longtime partner and Dante’s father,
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CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Three years ago, on January 1, 2023, an attack and prison riot at CERESO No. 3 in Juárez left 17 people dead (10 detention officers/guards and seven inmates) and 27 inmates who escaped from the prison in Ciudad Juárez. This week, the Chihuahua State Police Department (Secretaría de Seguridad Pública
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juárez, along with the State of Chihuahua, have recorded similar numbers of homicides in recent years, but according to the Chihuahua Secretary of Public Safety (SSPE) or the Chihuahua State Police, this year they are set to close 2025 with a decrease compared to last year. According to
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – A 13-year-old girl reported that a man approached her and made inappropriate propositions in exchange for money, El Paso Police said in a news release Tuesday afternoon. The girl told police it happened outside a grocery store on Dec. 13 on Gateway South Blvd. near Kenworthy Street in Northeast El Paso.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office says a man is pending extradition to El Paso from the Doña Ana County Detention Center after alleged assault and robbery in Canutillo on December 11th. Deputies responded to reports of an assault in progress at 7000 Third St. EPCSO says 36-year-old Miguel Rojero
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Originally Published: 25 NOV 25 08:46 ET Updated: 25 NOV 25 08:59 ET By Joseph Ataman, CNN Paris (CNN) — Four more people suspected of involvement in the robbery of the French crown jewels from the Louvre have been detained, the Paris prosecutor’s office told CNN Tuesday. Two men, aged 38 and 39, and two
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The Juárez Municipal Police Department (SSPM) and the Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) have reported multiple rescues of migrants found confined in stash houses, with alleged smugglers arrested in recent weeks. SSPE Chihuahua arrested three alleged smugglers and rescued 17 migrants from a stash house on Tuesday, and SSPM Juárez arrested
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Longtime Mexican actress and fitness figure Vanessa Guzmán held a news conference today to clarify the incident that occurred at her home earlier this month. Guzmán said the shooting did damage her apartment, but it was determined to be an accident. She added that the bullet that hit her apartment
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Chihuahua State Police Chief Gilberto Loya Chávez confirmed to ABC-7 that they laid off 50 state police employees for alleged illegal activity inside state prisons in Chihuahua. The Chihuahua State Police Department (SSPE) has been overseeing the control of all the CERESOS (state prisons) in the state for the past 34
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JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Today, family members and friends of some victims who died in a fiery crash in Juárez laid flowers and candles in memory of those lost. The accident occurred at the intersection of ‘Avenida Tecnológico’ and ‘Calle Centeno’ in the ‘Aeropuerto’ neighborhood, where five bodies were recovered. The Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office
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SOCORRO, Texas (KVIA)– This weekend, Tim Burton signature spooky style came to life at a special Nightmare Market. Jane & Jensen Vintage teamed up with Three Missions Brewery to host a Halloween celebration filled with local vendors, themed treats and live performances. Creativity was on full display from Halloween-themed cookies to handmade art and decor.
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Originally Published: 20 OCT 25 04:22 ET By Lex Harvey, CNN (CNN) — Precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum Sunday include an emerald necklace set among more than 1,000 diamonds gifted by Napolean to his second wife and other treasures of “inestimable” value. The thieves targeted the Louvre’s Apollo Gallery on the upper floor,
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — A person died while barricading themselves from Doña Ana County deputies late Thursday night. DASO deputies attempted to contact a person with multiple felony warrants inside the Telshor Apartments near Mesilla Valley Mall. The barricaded subject refused to leave the apartment. During the standoff, a fire started inside the
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Texas Senate Bill 8, which aims to require local law enforcement officers to assist and collaborate with ICE and other federal agencies in enforcing immigration law, will take effect on January 1, 2026. If ICE declines a request, sheriff’s officers statewide must reapply at least once a year until an
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UPDATE (7:07 a.m.) — El Paso Police told ABC-7 a 49-year-old woman died in the hospital from gunshot wounds. The suspect is a 23-year-old man who is detained and being questioned. Police believe the man and woman have no relationship. Police are going door-to-door, asking for witness information. They received the call around 1 a.m.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It’s been just over six months since a shooting at an unauthorized car show at young park in Las Cruces resulted in 3 dead and 15 injured. The accused shooters – four young men, three of them under the age of 18 – are all set to stand trial as
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement ERO in El Paso continues to seek individuals in the country illegally, as well as those with legal status who have committed crimes in the U.S. According to ICE statistics, the El Paso Field Office conducted 487 arrests in Fiscal Year 2025, which ended last month,
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its efforts to crackdown on migrants staying in the country illegally or those with a legal status who have a criminal record. ICE, along with other federal agencies such as HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, among others, have joined forces since the
Continue ReadingUPDATE (7:11 a.m.): At least two people were killed and three other people are in a serious condition. The suspected assailant is also believed to be dead after he was shot by armed officers, but the force said that “cannot currently be confirmed due to safety issues surround suspicious items on his person.” Originally Published:
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso Police arrested and charged a 15-year-old boy with four counts of aggravated assault in connection with the mass shooting on Montana that happened Monday. The police department referred the teen, who has not been identified due to his status as a minor, to the Juvenile Probation Department. The
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico (KVIA) — Police can be seen combing through the parking lot of Young Park looking for evidence while the bodies of victims are still on the scene in the immediate aftermath of the March 21 shooting in body camera footage obtained by ABC-7. It’s the first clear view of the full
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Originally Published: 24 SEP 25 08:41 ET Updated: 24 SEP 25 16:54 ET By Chris Boyette, CNN (CNN) — Wednesday’s fatal shooting at a Dallas ICE field office was at least the fourth instance of violence or a threat at an ICE or Customs and Border Protection facility in Texas this year. One of those
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HORIZON CITY, Texas (KVIA) –A Horizon resident says she fears for her safety after her home was targeted by violence, first by rocks thrown at her window last year, and more recently, by bullets. Earlier this month, someone fired shots into her bedroom while she was sitting at her desk. “I could have been dead.
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The New York Attorney General announced that executives of RCI Hospitality Holdings have been charged in a multimillion-dollar criminal tax fraud and bribery scheme. RCI Hospitality Holdings is the owner of several clubs across the U.S. The company owns Chicas Locas, a bikini bar in El Paso. It’s been operating
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EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — El Paso County deputies arrested 29-year-old Johnny Justin Flores on Thursday after attempting refusing to give a customer’s truck back. On Thursday, deputies from the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to the 12800 block of Bales Drive regarding a civil dispute involving repair services on a semi-truck. Deputies
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