Aaron J. Montes
Newscaster / Producer-
Democratic candidates in DA race raise nearly $100,000, Republican Hicks waiting on general electionDemocratic candidates running for the El Paso District Attorney's Office raised nearly $100,000 between July and December. Republican Bill Hicks won't face an opponent in the primaries.
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Josh Acevedo will serve the remainder of Alexsandra Annello's term on City Council after winning the District 2 special election.
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Prosecutors and defense attorneys for the Walmart mass shooter are at odds over when they'll be ready to schedule a state trial date.
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El Paso County Commissioners voted unanimously to join the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas in a lawsuit challenging Senate Bill 4, which would make illegal entry a state crime.
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Daniel Diaz, a 40-year old Hispanic man, died while El Paso police tried to arrest him at the Lunch Box on April 26, 2021. An autopsy report by the El Paso County Medical Examiner's Office ruled Diaz's cause of death a homicide.
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Texas governor Greg Abbott sent additional state troopers to El Paso as part of Operation Lone Star, his nearly $10 billion border enforcement effort.This year, DPS troopers have been involved in a growing number of high speed chases while targeting smugglers. And, El Paso residents living in areas where the pursuits have ended in crashes say that’s making El Paso streets less safe.
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Four years later, El Pasoans remember the 23 victims of the 2019 Walmart mass shooting in citywide events.
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Patricia and Manuel Oliver are leading a cross-country tour pushing for gun reform in memory of their son Joaquin, who was killed in the 2018 mass shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school.
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Patrick Crusius, of North Texas, faced survivors and victims' relatives in El Paso still traumatized by the Aug. 3, 2019 mass shooting. The attack was one of the deadliest against Hispanic people in recent history.
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The 8th Court of Appeals reversed a murder conviction against Leonel Hernandez.