EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — New Mexico State Police (NMSP) will be conducting sobriety checkpoints and more throughout the month of August. NMSP will be doing sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols and registration,…
Border Report – Underage sex workers rescued from bogus health spa
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Police in the Mexican coastal resort of Puerto Vallarta have arrested two women and taken custody of 14 suspected victims of human trafficking. The arrests went…
Texas Monthly – Meet the Next Generation of Female Cowboy Boot Designers
Country singer Crystal Gayle is twirling around on her cowboy boot–clad feet when the two young sisters spot her. She’s a flurry of sparkles and kicked-up dust at the Houston Rodeo, and…
Border Report – ‘Say their names’: Walmart massacre victims remembered
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Community leaders on Wednesday honored the victims of the racially motivated mass shooting that claimed 23 lives at an El Paso Walmart on Aug. 3, 2019….
KTSM News – Police search for driver involved in hit-and-run crash in East El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — El Paso Police and Crime Stoppers of El Paso are searching for the driver involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian seriously injured on Tuesday,…
Border Report – Biden prods Congress to act to curb fentanyl from Mexico as Trump paints Harris as weak on border
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is prodding Congress to help him do more to combat the scourge of fentanyl before he leaves office. The Democratic administration is making the new policy push as…
KTSM News – Las Cruces man found guilty of trafficking heroin leaves courthouse during lunch break
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — A Las Cruces man who was recently convicted of trafficking heroin left the courthouse during lunch break and failed to return, according to the Third Judicial District…
Border Report – US-Mexico border arrests are expected to drop 30% in July to a new low for Biden’s presidency
SAN DIEGO (AP) — United States-Mexico border arrests have plummeted about 30% in July to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency, U.S. authorities said, raising prospects that a temporary ban on asylum may…
Texas Monthly – Former Texas prisoners describe suffocating heat during trial over state’s un-air conditioned lockups
A lawsuit seeks to force Texas to fully air condition its prison system. Inmate advocacy groups say temperatures can push above 120 degrees in some units. Read: Read More
Border Report – Texas’ floating Rio Grande barrier can stay for now, court rules as larger legal battle persists
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court ruled Tuesday….