CRIME & SAFETY
1 person dead, 1 in custody in domestic dispute
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person is dead and another is in custody after a domestic dispute turned into a deadly shooting on Friday night, May 10 in El Paso’s East Side, El Paso Police said. Police were called out at about 9:45 p.m. on Friday to an apartment complex along the 6800 block […]
1 person hurt in crash in Northeast El Paso
UPDATE: All lanes of traffic at Gateway South and Transmountain are now open, TxDOT said at 5:30 p.m. All lanes of traffic at Woodrow Bean West and Gateway North are also open, TxDOT said at 5:35 p.m. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — One person was injured in a crash at Transmountain/Woodrow Bean and the Gateway […]
Body recovered from the canal in El Paso’s Lower Valley
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) - A body was recovered out of a canal in the Lower Valley Saturday night, according to the El Paso Fire Department on the social media site 'X'. First responders were called to the 10000 block of Southside Road. No information has been released about the...
‘Most Wanted’ fugitives for week of May 10, 2024
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Crime Stoppers of El Paso, Inc. distributes pictures of fugitives wanted by the El Paso Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office weekly through the Most Wanted feature. The following fugitives are individuals, which attempts to locate have been unsuccessful. El Paso Police Department Armando Orta: Age 59; […]
El Paso wanted man arrested in Ciudad Juárez
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A group of detectives from the Subsecretaría de Estado Mayor de la Secretaría de Seguridad Pública del Estado, SSPE, arrested a wanted man, Alex S., from El Paso in Ciudad Juárez. He is wanted in the United States for human trafficking. Authorities successfully transported Alex S. to an international bridge, The post El Paso wanted man arrested in Ciudad Juárez appeared first on KVIA.
1 dead after motorcycle crash in Anthony
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – One person is dead following a motorcycle crash Saturday, May 11 in Anthony, Texas, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. The Sheriff’s Office said that the Anthony Police Department responded to a motor vehicle crash at the 8500 block of Doniphan in Anthony. Upon arrival, officers located a […]
House fire in West El Paso knocked down
UPDATE: The fire was downgraded to a condition one fire and has been knocked down, according to the Fire Department. The Fire Department says the fire affected the exterior of the property and crews are checking for hotspots. No injuries were reported. EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Fire Department is currently responding […]
Ex-border agent sentenced for bribery
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — A former Border Patrol agent who solicited a $5,000 bribe to help a woman with her “papers” has been sentenced to prison. Fernando Castillo, 42, of El Paso, pleaded guilty to one count of bribery of a public official in February. On Thursday, he was sentenced to 18 months in prison and a year of supervision upon […]
Exclusive: The Inside Story Behind The Arrests Of The Socorro School Board Members
Editor’s note: Gabriela Castellano provided El Paso News with about 400 pages of documents, video and audio recordings in March. After we notified her in March that we would not be pursuing her story at that time, she responded via text message that we “can use my information to help your case against EP Matters.” Because of Thursday’s arrests and because of the public interest we are adding context to the headlines using those documents.
DPS has charged hundreds of migrants who rushed a border gate with rioting. A judge has thrown out the charges.
EL PASO — Twice in recent months, hundreds of migrants have rushed a border gate in El Paso in an effort to push past state troopers and National Guard and get into the U.S. The Texas Department of Public Safety responded by arresting hundreds of the migrants en masse on misdemeanor rioting charges. Now that strategy is being tested in local courts.
Indictments: 2 Socorro ISD board members targeted district employees
Socorro Independent School District trustees Pablo Barrera and Ricardo “Richard’ Castellano, and his wife Gabriela Castellano, allegedly targeted district employees at schools where they had personal connections, according to indictments released Friday. Ricardo Castellano, 61, and Gabriela Castellano, 57, were indicted on two counts each of obstruction or...
Alleged human trafficker returned to US following arrest in Juarez
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — An American man wanted on human trafficking charges is back in the U.S. following his arrest in Mexico. Chihuahua state officials handed Alex S. over to U.S. authorities atop one of the international bridges in Downtown El Paso. Alex S., a U.S. citizen from El Paso, Texas, was arrested […]
Sunland Park Fire rescues 1 person from Rio Grande
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Sunland Park Fire rescued one person from the Rio Grande on Friday, May 10. According to Sunland Park Fire through their X account, fire personnel rescued the person from a sandbar in the river off of Racetrack Drive. No injuries were reported and the individual rescued was turned over to […]
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