Woman charged in failed smuggling attempt
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials say officers caught a 20-year-old woman trying to smuggle 45.2 pounds of cocaine across the Bridge of the…
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Key cartel member with $1 million US bounty on his head is killed, says Mexican government
Story by CNN en Español (CNN) — Jorge Humberto Figueroa Benítez, identified by the United States government as a key member of the “Los…
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Maquiladoras continue to lose jobs south of the border
JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Industries and maquiladoras south of the border continue to lose jobs month after month. According to the Mexican…
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U.S. Border Patrol commemorates fallen agents
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector, along with other law enforcement agencies, commemorated its 101st anniversary at the…
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60 more migrants plead guilty to illegally entering National Defense Area
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal prosecutors announced that from May 20 to May 22, 60 migrants pleaded guilty to charges that they had entered the…
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Mexican teachers protesting at ports of entry
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Mexican teachers are protesting at two ports of entry on the Juárez side. Our crews in Juárez saw teachers at the Paso del…
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1,115 service members deploying to southern border to support U.S. Northern Command
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — U.S Northern Command officials say that 1,115 service members have been approved to deploy to the southern border to support…
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Father paid to have Honduran teen smuggled into U.S. so she could watch his kids: prosecutors
SANTA TERESA, New Mexico (KVIA) — Virginia resident Luis Alonso Argueta-Diaz, 35, is charged with conspiracy to transport a migrant. Federal…
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60 defendants plead guilty to charges related to illegal National Defense Area entry
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — As of Monday, 60 defendants have pleaded guilty to charges that they illegally entered the U.S. or the National Defense Area…
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Binational officials discuss improvements for Tornillo Port of Entry
JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juárez announced that binational officials from Juárez, El Paso County, and the Guadalupe Municipality…
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First ‘self-deportation’ flight from US lands in Honduras – with US citizen children aboard
By Michael Rios and Elvin Sandoval, CNN (CNN) — The first flight carrying migrants who chose to self-deport from the United States as part of a…
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Supreme Court allows Trump administration to end protections for Venezuelan migrants
Approximately 350,000 Venezuelans were protected from deportation to work in US. By Armando Garcia May 19, 2025, 11:The Supreme Court on Monday…
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Former Mexican judge arrested over 2014 case of 43 missing students
By Ivonne Valdes Garay, Daniela Patino, Maija Ehlinger and Fidel Gutierrez, CNN (CNN) — Over a decade after 43 students from a rural teaching…
Continue Reading Multiple immigration-related arrests made in El Paso, Las Cruces
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Federal prosecutors in western Texas and southern New Mexico announced the arrest of multiple people accused of breaking…
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High-ranking female member of Cártel de Jalisco Nueva Generación indicted
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas says their office is the first in the country to…
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FBI celebrates 45th anniversary of Joint Terrorism Task Force
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — FBI El Paso Field Office celebrated the 45th anniversary of the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) with a roundtable…
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Amnesty International finds “Human Rights Violations” at El Paso Processing center
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA)– A recent visit revealed widespread human rights violations against detained immigrants according to a report released by…
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El Paso judge dismisses charges against border crossers accused of violating military rules
Originally published on El Paso Matters. by Robert Moore May 15, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox —…
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Migrant drug seizures by Border Patrol incredibly rare, data shows
This article was published to elpasomatters.org. Find the original article here. by Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso MattersMay 15, 2025 Sign up…
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El Paso ICE processing center detainees face ‘widespread human rights violations,’ Amnesty International report finds
by Cindy Ramirez May 14, 2025 Sign up for essential news about El Paso. Delivered to your inbox — completely free. Detained migrants and…
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TikTok beauty influencer shot dead during live stream in Mexico
By Hira Humayun, Avery Schmitz and Veronica Calderon, CNN (CNN) — Valeria Marquez was addressing her TikTok followers in a livestream from her…
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Relatives of El Chapo enter US as part of ‘negotiation,’ Mexico’s security secretary says
By Verónica Calderón and Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — Several family members of Mexican drug trafficker Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán have…
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Man tried smuggling fentanyl internally: CBP
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers at the Bridge of the Americas seized 40 grams of powdered fentanyl and 57 grams of fentanyl pills from inside a…
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Mexican officials, U.S. business leaders speak on screwworm infestation
JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Mexico’s Secretary of Agriculture and Rural Development, Julio Berdegué, spoke after the U.S. Department of Agriculture…
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USDA suspends Mexican livestock over screwworm threat
JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced last night the suspension of all live cattle and livestock…
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American found with 28.5 pounds of cocaine in Tornillo: CBP
TORNILLO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officials at the Marcelino Serna Port of Entry in Tornillo seized 28.5 pounds of cocaine from a 25-year-old American…
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Madres De La Frontera
EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA)- A decade long tradition along the border was slightly modified to allow families to see their loved ones. In the past the…
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Xtra: National Defense Area in place
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — With the National Defense Areas now in place across the borderland region. Troops assigned to the Joint Task Force -…
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Smuggled bologna seized at PDN bridge
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP Agriculture Specialists at the Paso Del Norte international crossing confiscated 25 large rolls of pork bologna, two…
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American woman arrested for smuggling fentanyl inside her body
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — CBP officers caught a 40-year-old American woman smuggling 113 grams of fentanyl inside of her private area, according to…
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