‘Siamese cities’: El Paso & Juarez experience Covid-19 crisis together
EL PASO, Texas — A record surge in coronavirus cases is pushing hospitals to the brink in both the cities of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, confronting…
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‘Selena: The Series’ trailer charts late singer’s rise
A longer look at “Selena: The Series” has arrived. On Monday, Netflix released the full trailer for the series coming in December. In the…
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Curfew takes effect in Juárez as part of major restrictions due to virus
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — A curfew was set to take effect Friday night in Juárez as part of new restrictions imposed for the next two weeks in…
Continue Reading Inside the search for the parents of 545 children separated at the border
Dora Melara heads into remote parts of Honduras, looking for clues in cases she never imagined would take this long to solve. Sometimes, the people…
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Juárez mayor Armando Cabada now hospitalized after being infected with virus for 2nd time
UPDATE, Oct. 21: Juárez Mayor Armando Cabada was hospitalized Wednesday for treatment of Covid-19 following his diagnosis earlier this week of…
Continue Reading Experts project increase in migrants at U.S.-Mexico border as pandemic devastates Latin America
WASHINGTON, DC — Immigration experts are expecting an increase in the number of migrants journeying to the US-Mexico border in the coming…
Continue Reading Parents of 545 children separated at U.S. border still can’t be found
SAN DIEGO, California — Lawyers have not been able to reach the parents of 545 children who had been separated from their families by U.S.…
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El Paso’s Day of Dead celebration going virtual because of pandemic
EL PASO, Texas – The city of El Paso’s Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, celebration is going virtual this year because of the pandemic.…
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U.S. Supreme Court to hear cases on Trump’s border wall funding, ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear two cases involving Trump administration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border: one…
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U.S. & Mexico border-crossing limits now extended through Nov. 21
WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions on the United States’ shared borders with Mexico and Canada have been extended through Nov. 21 due to…
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Former Sunland Park militia leader gets nearly 2 years in prison for impersonating Border Patrol agent
ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico — A former Sunland Park militia leader convicted of impersonating a U.S. Border Patrol agent has been sentenced to almost…
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U.S. Supreme Court to review Trump census plan to exclude undocumented immigrants
WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to take up President Donald Trump’s policy, blocked by a lower court, to exclude people…
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After 2019 spike, border encounters drop in 2020
TUCSON, Arizona — U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered more than 458,000 people in fiscal year 2020, marking a sharp decline from 2019 but…
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Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico’s president has published an open letter to Pope Francis calling on the Roman Catholic Church to apologize for…
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Juárez sees rollback of re-openings in wake of virus spike
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Chihuahua state officials said Monday the government is rolling back the reopening of the economy in the northern portion of…
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LIVE updates: Hurricane Delta slams Gulf Coast, inflicting major damage
LAFAYETTE, Louisiana — Ripping tarps off damaged roofs and scattering massive piles of storm debris in the wind and water, Hurricane Delta…
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Border Patrol agents in Alamogordo find 3 pounds of cocaine hidden in truck’s battery
ALAMOGORDO, New Mexico – Border Patrol agents in Alamogordo discovered nearly three pounds of cocaine hidden in a pick-up truck’s battery during…
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Border Patrol finds 7 stash houses around El Paso area containing over 100 migrants
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents in the El Paso sector discovered at least seven stash houses and arrested eight suspected human…
Continue Reading CDC said sealing off Mexican border wouldn’t slow virus, but officials say VP Pence ordered it anyway
WASHINGTON, DC — Vice President Mike Pence in March directed the nation’s top disease control agency to use its emergency powers to effectively…
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Border Patrol arrests Phoenix man in connection with agent-involved shooting outside of Lordsburg
UPDATE: LORDSBURG, New Mexico – Border Patrol agents arrested a 28-year-old Phoenix man in connection with a human smuggling incident and…
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Woman’s body found in south-central El Paso canal near border
EL PASO, Texas – A woman’s body was pulled from a canal along the Cesar Chavez Border Highway near Yarbrough on Saturday morning, the El Paso Fire…
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Deported veteran returns home to El Paso after 20 years in Juárez
EL PASO , Texas — A veteran of the U.S. Navy and Army National Guard who served a tour of duty during the Persian Gulf war finally came home to his…
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Virus without borders: How Juárez is grappling 6 months into the Covid-19 pandemic
CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — Gabriel Cardona takes pictures for a living. He captures moments in time. Now he wishes he could go back to when…
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Mexico ups virus death ‘estimate’ – but says definitive toll will take 2 years to compile
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico upped its “estimated” Covid-19 deaths to 89,612 on Monday, and boosted estimates of its total number of cases to…
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El Paso-Juarez non-profit provides funding to Borderland businesses for PPE, medical device manufacturing
EL PASO, Texas — BIO El Paso-Juarez, a non-profit created by the Medical Center of the Americas, is helping 17 El Paso businesses ramp up their…
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Montana Vista residents living next to newly constructed migrant children shelter claim they were misled
(Editor’s note: An earlier version of the story indicated the facility is in Clint. While the property is within the Clint ISD boundaries, the…
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‘That’s the majority of the sales for downtown’: El Paso stores struggle with border restrictions
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — It has been more than six months since border restrictions were implemented across North America to slow the spread of…
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ICE detainee alleges officers beat him after he refused to comply with illegal deportation
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainee claims that three agents attempted to deport him despite an order preventing his removal and…
Continue Reading U.S. & Mexico border-crossing restrictions to officially stay in place through Oct. 21
UPDATE: WASHINGTON, DC — Travel restrictions on the United States’ shared borders with Mexico and Canada have been extended through Oct. 21 due to…
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57 undocumented immigrants found by Border Patrol crowded inside Chaparral ‘stash’ house
CHAPARRAL, New Mexico – U.S. Border Patrol agents said Wednesday they had uncovered a a human smuggling operation that utilized a “stash” house in…
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