News on El Paso

Seven arrested in El Paso drug cartel murder-kidnapping

2010-03-19T12:16:16Z

<div><p>Seven people have been arrested in the El Paso, Texas kidnapping of a drug cartel member who was taken across the border and murdered in Mexico, officials said Friday.</p><p>The arrests came as federal and state agents swept across the El Paso area Thursday to round up and question members of the Barrio Azteca gang, which is believed ...

FBI, police raid gang in Texas after Mexico murders

2010-03-18T13:16:58Z

<div><p>FBI agents and police swooped Thursday on suspected members of a gang thought to be involved in the slaying of three people linked to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, an official said.</p><p>Some 200 fede...

Operation aims to find leads into Juarez killings

2010-03-18T12:16:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Officers round up suspected El Paso gang members in effort to find leads into Juarez killings</div><div><p>More than 200 federal, state and local law enforcement officers swept through El Paso on Thursday, picking up suspected members of the Barrio Azteca gang in an effort to find new leads into the killings of three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate in U.S. Senate panel Thursday.</p><p>James Tomsheck,...

Border agents find pot in framed Jesus pictures

2010-02-22T10:03:14Z

<div id="subtitle">Border Patrol agents find stash of marijuana in 3 framed pictures of Jesus Christ in woman's SUV</div><div><p>The U.S. Border Patrol says agents found a stash of marijuana coming across the border in El Paso in an unusual s...

Feds recommend approval of 2 Rockies gas lines

2010-02-22T22:11:23Z

<div id="subtitle">Feds recommend approval of 2 major gas pipelines from Rockies; environmental concerns linger</div><div><p>Federal regulators are recommending approval of two natural gas pipelines that could sharply increase fuel shipments from the Rockies to population centers in the Midwest and on the West Coast.</p><p>The Rockies hold an estimated 375 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, or almost as much as ...

Sun Bowl Oklahoma Stanford Football

2009-12-31T15:30:29Z

Stanford's Toby Gerhart (7) celebrates his touchdown with teammates Ryan Hewitt (85) and Tavita Pritchard (14) during the first half of the Sun Bowl El Paso, 1 of the safest places in the US, is next to a Mexican war zone</div><div><p>El Paso and its neighbor across the Rio Grande, Ciudad Juarez, are like reverse photographic images of each...

Cheap Hotel El Paso Deals

2010-02-23T15:27:18Z

Find the best cheap hotel El Paso deals in Texas. Check out varieties of services and features of many El Paso hotels at a very affordable price.<br><br>El Paso is a large county with interesting city attractions. It is part of the American Southwest and is the 21st largest city in the United States of America. Aside from...

Asarco pays $52 million for cleanup at EP smelter

2010-02-23T18:00:33Z

<div id="subtitle">Copper miner Asarco to provide $52 million for environmental cleanup at El Paso smelter</div><div><p>Copper miner Asarco LLC has provided $52 million to help pay for environmental cleanup at its closed El Paso smelter.</p><p>The state El Paso Corp., subsidiary $2.3 million in Wyoming pipeline explosion</div><div><p>The Transportation Department said Tuesday it has fined the El Paso Corp. and a Colorado subsidiary $2.3 million for safety violations in connection with a pipeli...

Mexican president: gangs were 'taking over' Mexico

2010-02-24T00:33:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Mexican president says gangs had been 'taking over' country; cites uneven progress in drug war</div><div><p>Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in an interview that crime gangs and drug cartels were "taking over Mexico" before he launched his offensive against them, and said the crackdown had achieved uneven result...

El Paso posts big 3Q profit plunge, cuts dividend

2010-02-24T10:21:24Z

<div id="subtitle">El Paso 3rd-quarter profit plunges 87 percent on lower natural gas prices; dividend slashed</div><div><p>Natural gas distributor El Paso Corp. on Tuesday posted an 87 percent plunge in third-quarter profit, hurt by lower natural gas.</p><p>The company also announced cost-cutting measures and slashed its dividend, sending shar...

AP IMPACT: Immigration agents mishandle informants

2010-02-24T14:32:54Z

<div id="subtitle">AP IMPACT: ICE mishandles informants while expanding US-Mexico border mission into drug war</div><div><p>One immigration agent was accused of running an Internet pornography business and enjoying an improper relationship with an informant. Another let an informant smuggle in a group of illegal immigrants. And in a third case, an agent was investigated for soliciting sex from a w...

Drug War Dead Informant

2009-10-25T21:30:30Z

FILE - This Aug. 10, 2009 file photo released by the El Paso police department shows Ruben Rodriguez Dorado. Dorado and two other men have been charged with capital murder in the contract killing of a midlevel Mexican drug cartel official who was also a U.S. informant. At least eight agents have been investigated for improper dealin...

Houston UTEP Football

2009-10-03T22:00:37Z

Houston quarterback Case Keesum falls as he attempts a pass under pressure from UTEP's Robert Soleyjacks during the second half of their NCAA college football game Saturday, Oct. 3, 2009 in El Paso, TX, poses for a photo with rising Disney Channel star Debby Ryan.- 9/10/09 - PHOTO BY JOSHUA SUDOCK, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER - D23 Expo - day 1....

El Paso Approves Gay Partner Benefits

2010-02-25T15:38:07Z

<div id="subtitle">El Paso votes in favor of extending health insurance benefits to gay partners</div><div><p> <p>The City of El Paso, Texas has voted in favor of extending health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of city employees, including gay and lesbian couples, local ABC affiliate KVIA reported.</p> <p&...

7 shuttle astronauts are parents of many children

2010-02-25T16:22:34Z

<div id="subtitle">All 7 astronauts on space shuttle mission are parents, have 20 children among them</div><div><p>All seven astronauts on space shuttle Discovery's mission are parents, and they have 20 children among themselves.</p><p>The lone mom is the one who will be moving into the El Paso, Texas</div><div><p> <p>Opponents of a plan that would extended benefits to the domestic partners of gay and lesbian employees of the city of El Paso, Texas showed up at City Hall Tuesday to fight the plan, the '