ABC-7 welcomes home Mauricio Casillas as new evening anchor
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — KVIA ABC-7 is proud to announce the return of one of the Borderland’s most familiar faces.
Mauricio Casillas, an El Paso native and former ABC-7 anchor, is returning to KVIA-TV to join Marcel Clarke as co-anchor of ABC-7’s weekday 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscasts.
Casillas returns to El Paso after four years reporting and anchoring at NBC4 in Washington, D.C., where he covered major breaking news, politics, public safety and stories affecting communities throughout the nation’s capital. He also reported in Spanish for Telemundo Washington.
But for Casillas, the opportunity represents more than a new job. It’s a return home.
“El Paso is home. There is no place like it anywhere else. The opportunity to come back to my community and tell stories was one I couldn’t pass up,” Casillas said.
Casillas began his career at ABC-7 in 2016 as the station’s first-ever morning traffic reporter. He soon moved into reporting and anchoring, including Good Morning El Paso, ABC-7 at 4 and ABC-7 at 10, before becoming anchor and executive producer of Good Morning El Paso. During his six years at KVIA, he earned an Emmy for Best Morning Newscast in the small-market category.
“KVIA is a legacy station — one that the Borderland has trusted for nearly seven decades now — and I want to help carry that legacy forward,” he said.
He left El Paso in 2022 to join NBC4 Washington, where his work earned two additional Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award.
“His Emmy Award-winning journalistic work will continue to build on the in-depth reporting that viewers have come to expect from ABC-7 on all platforms,” said ABC-7 News Director Sean Flanagan.
“This is a great full-circle moment for Mauricio,” said KVIA-TV General Manager Brenda De Anda-Swann. “KVIA is where he started his career. He then left to work at one of the top stations in the country, and now he comes back home to put all that knowledge to work right in his community. I couldn’t be more excited to have him back in the newsroom. Mauricio and Marcel will make an incredible team.”
Mauricio Casillas, his wife, Diana, and their son, Luca.(Courtesy: Mauricio Casillas)
Casillas and his wife, Diana, are both El Paso natives. The couple welcomed their son, Luca, in March 2025.
“I had an incredible four years in Washington, D.C. I had the chance to work with some of the best journalists in the country,” Casillas said. “The growth I’ve experienced in D.C. will only allow me to better serve El Pasoans when I make my return.”
For Casillas, returning to ABC-7 also means returning to the community that helped shape his career.
“El Paso is where my wife and I met. It’s where our families live. And it’s where we want to raise our son,” Casillas said. “The privilege to report on a community I love, surrounded by people I love, is one that I will be eternally grateful for. I can’t wait to help tell the story of El Paso, Las Cruces and Juárez. ¡Nos vemos pronto!”
Casillas will join Clarke on the ABC-7 anchor desk as the station continues its commitment to providing the Borderland with trusted, local journalism across El Paso, Las Cruces and Ciudad Juárez.
Casillas will begin anchoring ABC-7’s evening newscasts at the end of September 2026.
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