Angela Kocherga
News DirectorAngela Kocherga is KTEP news director and also reports in the field on border issues including migration, the border security buildup, binational health, the trade. Her recent work earned a national and several regional Edward R. Murrow Awards. She is a 2019 recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot prize awarded by Columbia University for courageous reporting in Latin America in recognition of her body of work on the border and across Mexico.
Emmy winning multimedia journalist Angela Kocherga is news director with KTEP and Borderzine. She is also multimedia editor with ElPasoMatters.org, an independent news organization.
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Animal protection advocates on both sides of the border say the giraffe living in a public park in Ciudad Juarez does not have adequate care or shelter and want him moved to a zoo or wildlife sanctuary. -
Animal rights activists on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are advocating for a giraffe named Benito who's living in a park in Juarez, Mexico to be moved to a proper zoo or wildlife sanctuary.
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The borderland region is a step closer to getting another port of entry. The mayor of Sunland Park says there’s a major development in the city’s effort to build a new border crossing.
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The large influx of migrants seeking asylum and "chaos" did not happen in the final hours as the pandemic heath order ended on the Texas-Mexico border.
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Pandemic restrictions for asylum seekers are set to expire Thursday night. Communities along the border are seeing huge crowds as migrants line up to apply for authorized status in the U.S.
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El Paso prepares for end of pandemic health order and arrival of thousands of migrants.
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Over six months after the shooting of migrants at a watering hole in West Texas, the men suspected in the case have not been charged. Residents want answers.
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Mexican federal immigration authorities say a fire broke out at an immigration center in Juárez that later led to the deaths of dozens of migrants.
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Investigators are determining what caused a deadly fire in a migrant processing center in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, just across the border from El Paso. At least 39 people were killed.
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The U.S. got two new national monuments this week in Nevada and Texas. One is a sacred place to several tribes. The other also includes ancient tribal lands and was once a military training ground.
