Saul Saenz

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ABC-7 Xtra: Removing razor wire on the border

Jan 26, 2024 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Borderland migrant advocates released images only to ABC-7 showing the injuries an Ecuadorian woman suffered when she became entangled in concertina, or razor wire, put in place by Texas National Guardsmen. Razor wire along the border was put in place as part of governor Greg Abbott's Operation Lone Star. The migrant woman's injuries were so severe, she was rushed to a local hospital for treatment.
ABC-7 Xtra: Your winter outlook

Jan 12, 2024 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- The Borderland experienced the first winter wallop of the year, and much of it was destructive, beginning on Monday. 60 mile per hour winds toppled a tree, crushing two cars and a motorcycle. Cold temperatures stuck around, but the winds calmed down on Tuesday and Wednesday. But when Thursday rolled around, hurricane force winds blew in a path of destruction. Strong gusts ripped the roof right off of an apartment complex, displacing as many as twelve families.
ABC-7 Xtra: Sunland Park cannabis sales at an all time high

Jan 5, 2024 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Cannabis sales are soaring in a small city just west of the state line. According to recent numbers, Sunland Park dispensaries sold a whopping $32 million in cannabis merchandise, from marijuana in leaf form, to gummies, oils, and creams. Once New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the Cannabis Regulation Act on April 12, 2021, and sales were given the green light, dispensaries started popping up fast. Now they are almost as prevalent as convenience stores.
ABC-7 Xtra: A look back at 2023 in the Borderland

Dec 29, 2023 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

El Paso, Texas (KVIA) -- 2023 was a year filled with cheers, jeers and tears. We cheered when UTEP named a new, vibrant head football coach. Former coach Dana Dimel was fired after a losing season. Scotty Walden was named to replace him. Many in the community jeered when we learned two city leaders together spent more than $10,000 filling up their gas tanks with taxpayer money. 2023 saw the firing of City Manager Tommy Gonzales.
Migrant caravan walking towards the borderland

Dec 26, 2023 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A source with a group of non-governmental organizations, or NGO's, shared a video with ABC-7 of migrants walking along a road outside, heading towards Ciudad Juarez. That source says these are not migrants who are getting rides from smugglers, rather people who have chosen to walk the trek all the way to the border.
Migrant caravan walking toward the Borderland

Dec 26, 2023 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A source with a group of non-governmental organizations, or NGO's, shared a video with ABC-7 of migrants walking along a road outside, heading towards Ciudad Juarez. That source says these are not migrants who are getting rides from smugglers, rather people who have chosen to walk the trek all the way to the border.
ABC-7 Xtra: A New Era in UTEP Football

Dec 8, 2023 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- A less than illustrious Miner football season led to the end of the Dana Dimel head coaching era. This week, UTEP ushered in the start of the Scotty Walden era. The university introduced Walden to the public as the new head football coach Wednesday. That new head coach wasted no time injecting enthusiasm into Miner nation when he was introduced this week. Walden is no stranger to the region.
ABC-7 Xtra: An In-Depth look at the dangers lurking at Red Sands

Dec 6, 2023 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Red Sands in El Paso County's far eastside has gone from a place of pleasure for families looking to go off-road riding, to a place of danger. Just last month, a 37-year-old man was struck and killed by a hit and run driver. Then, less than two weeks later, gun fire erupted, killing an 18-year-old, injuring two other teens.
Public records obtained by ABC-7 show the state trial for El Paso Walmart shooter costs Texas taxpayers close to $2 million so far - KVIA

Dec 4, 2023 | kvia.com | Lesley Engle |Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Texas’ capital murder trial against accused El Paso Walmart mass shooter Patrick Crusius is inching forward and it doesn’t come without a hefty price-tag for state taxpayers. Crusius, 25, of Allen, Texas, has already been convicted in federal court of killing 23 people and injuring 22 more inside the Cielo Vista Walmart on August 3, 2019. It’s been described as the deadliest attack on Latinos in modern American history.
ABC-7 Xtra: SB-4 Ramifications for the Borderland

Nov 26, 2023 | kvia.com | Saul Saenz

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- Three Texas judges have sent a letter to President Joe Biden asking him to intervene if Texas' SB-4 bill becomes law. The bill would make illegal entry into Texas a state crime. One of those judges is El Paso County Judge Ricardo Samaniego. "We urge the federal government to take any appropriate action to maintain and assert its authority over immigration enforcement and to prevent the inevitable from this legislation," wrote Samaniego in his letter to the president.