Drug Enforcement Administration Acting Administrator Uttam Dhillon announced Thursday that the DEA will direct enforcement resources to methamphetamine “transportation hubs” — areas where methamphetamine is often trafficked in bulk and then distributed across the country. …
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On Wednesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers working at the Ysleta port of entry and the El Paso port of entry recorded two sizable busts. Agents working the Ysleta port …
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After Cesar Fierro spent 40 years on death row, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals tossed his sentence Wednesday. The state’s highest-ranking criminal judges unanimously agreed to vacate Fierro’s death sentence, citing faulty instructions given to his …
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With helicopters still circling and scores of law enforcement agencies investigating the massive crime scene, officials released the initial death toll from the mass shooting at the Walmart at Cielo Vista Mall, putting the toll …
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The man suspected of shooting an El Paso Police Officer in South El Paso was taken into custody just after 8 p.m. Tuesday night, according to El Paso Police Spokesman Sgt. Robert Gomez. The shooting …
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Just over two days after the third trial against Daniel Villegas began, the state has rested their case. Prosecutors called their last witness early Thursday morning and later rested their case against Villegas. After the …
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Opening statements in the third trial against Daniel Villegas began in a packed 409th District Court Tuesday morning. Villegas is accused of killing Armando Lazo and Robert England during a drive-by shooting in Northeast El …
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A candidate for City Council District 5 was arrested on suspicion of family violence after a confrontation with his girlfriend while campaigning with their infant child in late August. According to El Paso County Jail …
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El Paso Independent School District Police Services officers are asking the public for any information involving the pellet gun incident that targeted three Coronado High School students who were running around the school on Monday afternoon. EPISD Police …
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Border Patrol Agents from the Clint Station made six arrests and seized nearly 375 pounds of marijuana, which highlighted weekend drug activity in west Texas and New Mexico, as smugglers continue their campaign to push illegal contraband …
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted 82.5 pounds of marijuana yesterday at the Ysleta Port of Entry (POE), which carries a value of approximately $66,040. The seizure was made at the Ysleta POE at approximately …
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El Paso County Sheriff’s’ Office announced Wednesday morning that one of the two escaped sex offenders has been captured. EPCSO officials say that deputies captured Timothy Sherwood. He was taken into custody and booked into the Downtown …
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SANTA TERESA, N.M – Border Patrol Agents intercepted another wanted sex offender trying to sneak back into the U.S on Monday, this time in Santa Teresa. Agents on patrol near Sunland Park, New Mexico alertly located …
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Tracking at night is an age-old skill passed along to each new generation of Border Patrol agents, and it’s still paying big dividends. Agents faced that challenge south of Lordsburg Tuesday night, and interrupted yet another drug …
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LAS CRUCES, New Mexico –Border Patrol Agents in New Mexico were busy intercepting law violators over the weekend, including one subject attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics through a traffic checkpoint. Late Saturday morning, a green SUV pulled …
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