Month: August 2026

Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — A 36-year-old man has been charged with sexual assault of a child after his teenage step-daughter alleged he sexually assaulted her for years, according to an arrest affidavit. Documents from the El Paso Police department alleged Adam Salvador Martinez committed the offense from February 2024 to June 2026.

The El Paso Police Department’s Crimes Against Children section learned from the victim’s mother that Martinez allegedly started sexually assaulting her when she was 13 years old, documents said.

The victim, now 17, and her mother went to the Advocacy Center for the Children of El Paso.

Investigators interviewed the victim, and she said she had a “romantic, sexual relationship” with Martinez, documents said. She also told investigators she had more than 100 sexual encounters with him.

The victim alleged some of the encounters happened while the victim’s mother or another minor were home, documents said.

Documents alleged Martinez “put her on birth control but she stopped taking it.” The victim also alleged Martinez would tell her “they are not technically related so it was fine.”

The victim told investigators she later felt uncomfortable and wanted to stop, documents said. She alleged Martinez would ignore her when she told him she didn’t want to engage in sexual encounters.

According to documents, the victim said their last encounter happened two weeks before she left the state to visit her father in June.

Detectives met with the victim’s mother, who said Martinez took the victim to get birth control, documents said.

The mother also reportedly confronted him about the victim’s outcry about the alleged sexual assault, investigators wrote. When she asked him when it started, Martinez allegedly said “since she was 13,” according to the affidavit.

Martinez allegedly blamed the victim and said she initiated it, documents said.

According to jail records, El Paso police arrested and booked Martinez into the downtown jail on a $150,000 bond.

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Mia Tricarico

SANTA TERESA, N.M. (KVIA) — Discolored, yellow water is once again pouring from household taps in Santa Teresa, leaving residents frustrated, distrustful and forced to spend hundreds on home filtration systems just to get usable water.

Residents have exhausted all options from installing Puronics water purification systems, water softener systems, heavy metal tanks, additional carbon filters, UV filtration, to even making their own water.  

The Camino Real Regional Utility Authority (CRRUA), which supplies water to Sunland Park and Santa Teresa—tells ABC-7 that an overnight system outage may have caused the temporary discoloration. However, for residents, this latest incident follows a long history of water quality concerns and administrative fines.

Homes across the community report trying everything—from installing high-end water softeners, heavy metal tanks, Puronics purification systems, and UV filtration, to making their own distilled water at home.

Recent System Fine: Earlier this year, CRRUA agreed to a $189,000 settlement with the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) following years of drinking water violations, including unnotified arsenic spikes and operational deficiencies.

System Deficiencies: An NMED Sanitary Survey identified 58 operational deficiencies within CRRUA’s facilities, including previous failures to properly maintain arsenic filtration systems and prompt customer notification protocols.

Santa Teresa resident Joanna Muna said she has had water issues for 10 years and started taking matters into her own hands.

She said she spent hundreds of dollars to install a flitering system with carbonation filters, UV light and a water purifier.

“It’s stealing from people’s livelihoods, stealing from their health. It needs to be fixed,” Muna said.

Other residents said they’re sticking to bottled water.

ABC-7 reached out to CRRUA for an interview, they declined. However, a spokesperson responded with a statememnet that read:

“CRRUA tested the water from the distribution system outside the property line. The water was clear and within acceptable levels for chlorine and ph. CRRUA recommends that customers who notice discolored water flush their outdoor faucet for several minutes until the water clears. If the discoloration remains, call the CRRUA customer service number at 575-589-1075 or the after-hours emergency number at 575-202-7173.”

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Gabrielle Lopez

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — La Nube STEAM Discovery Center is coming up on its second anniversary. To celebrate, children’s admission will be free Saturday.

Child admission is free for a morning and afternoon session, La Nube said. You can reserve up to four free child tickets with the purchase of one adult ticket for $20. Walk-in admission isn’t available, according to La Nube’s website.

The morning session takes place from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and the afternoon session runs from 1:3o-5 p.m.

La Nube recommended families reserve for free admission ahead of time because of limited space. You can reserve spaces through this website.

In addition to celebrating its birthday, La Nube said it received the 2025 Hands On! International Children in Museums Award, an international honor in the children’s museum field.

Miffy will also make a special appearance at the discovery center to take pictures with visiting families.

(Courtesy: La Nube)

La Nube members get an exclusive opportunity in the Galería, according to the discovery center. La Nube said members can expect surprises, snacks, refreshments and an exclusive celebration.

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