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Heriberto Perez Lara

JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — A new round of sweeping tariffs was announced by President Trump last week, aimed at enforcing “National Security purposes,” something borderland business and industry leaders say will not only raise prices, but also economic uncertainty as well.

ABC-7 spoke with the national vice president of the Mexican Cargo Transportation Chamber (CANACAR), Manuel Sotelo, who said these new tariffs are only adding more impacts to the tariffs already imposed on other regular goods imported into the U.S.

Tariffs on steel, aluminum and copper, among others, have been shifting the supply chain demand by raising the price on these imports and exports.

The new 25% tariffs on heavy trucks imported into the U.S. are aimed at strengthening U.S. manufacturing companies over foreign-made products, merchandise and goods.

More updates in later newscasts.

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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – “Dead as a Dodo,” a puppet music theater spectacle, is coming to El Paso. The show will take place at The Plaza Theatre on October 11th, giving El Paso an opportunity to experience a performance that has been praised worldwide.

https://www.ticketmaster.com/dead-as-a-dodo-el-paso-texas-10-11-2025/event/0C00630CA9901F31

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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – The El Paso Symphony Orchestra returns with concerts featuring music by two Grammy-award-winning composers, John Williams and Eric Whitacre, plus composer Richard Strauss. Conducted by Bohuslav Rattay, the program will open with music from Adventures on Earth (E.T.) by John Williams.  EPSO will present “Space Odyssey” on Friday, October 17, and Saturday, October 18, at 7:30 PM in the Plaza Theatre.  With an 84-member orchestra and 32-piece choir.

Tickets: Tickets are on sale now at epso.org, ticketmaster.com, or by calling the EPSO office at (915) 532-3776.

Your seats today are priced at $49, $44, $37, $23, and $17 plus fees.

Student tickets are available for $9 and $12 plus fees.

https://www.epso.org/epso-journeys-into-space-october-17-18-2025/

EPSO JOURNEYS INTO SPACE OCTOBER 17 & 18, 2025

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Heriberto Perez Lara

JUÁREZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) — The City of Juárez has been encouraging all local residents with Chihuahua license plates to obtain the ecological or eco-friendly sticker since the summer to avoid fines or traffic tickets, which serves as a registration sticker.

Through its Ecology Department, the city has been placing these ecological stickers for decades, but now it has started to enforce them again since October 1.

Residents crossing from El Paso to Juárez with Texas or New Mexico license plates do not need to obtain this “registration” sticker, as they already have the respective state-issued one.

If Juárez Road Safety Coordination agents pull you over and you don’t have the sticker, you will receive a fine starting from around 2,000 Mexican pesos, or about $110.

Long lines of up to hours have been seen south of the border for those people trying to pass the vehicular inspection to get the ‘engomado ecológico.’

Around 32 different locations are available across the city to issue the ecological sticker, with one of the closest being near Juárez University and the Juárez Red “X” next to the Bridge of the Americas.

The cost of eco-friendly stickers for private cars in Ciudad Juárez in 2025 is 339.43 Mexican pesos for gasoline vehicles and 470 Mexican pesos for diesel vehicles, which is about $18.53 and $25.61, respectively.

ABC-7 spoke with the director of the Juárez Ecology Department; more updates in later newscasts.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — President Trump announced last week a new round of sweeping tariffs, including 25% on all heavy-duty trucks and 30% on furniture imported into the U.S.

All trucks not manufactured in the U.S. will be subject to a 25% tariff once imported into the country.

“In order to protect our Great Heavy Truck Manufacturers from unfair outside competition, I will be imposing, as of October 1st, 2025, a 25% Tariff on all “Heavy (Big!) Trucks” made in other parts of the World,” said President Trump on Truth Social.

“Therefore, our Great Large Truck Company Manufacturers, such as Peterbilt, Kenworth, Freightliner, Mack Trucks, and others, will be protected from the onslaught of outside interruptions. We need our Truckers to be financially healthy and strong, for many reasons, but above all else, for National Security purposes!”

For borderland business and industry leaders, it is not clear if this 25% tariff would apply to all heavy-duty trucks or just those that do not follow the USMCA agreement.

“But any portion of the vehicle that’s coming in from Mexico or Canada that does not meet North American content is subject to that 25% tariff,” said the president of the Border Industrial Association, Jerry Pacheco.

There are already tariffs on imported vehicles of 25% coming into the U.S., but these don’t apply to production in Mexico or Canada due to the USMCA agreement.

“That’s definitely going to increase the price of trucks coming into the United States; we import a lot of those classes of trucks from Mexico, by the way,” Pacheco added.

These tariffs were imposed on October 1.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement ERO in El Paso continues to seek individuals in the country illegally, as well as those with legal status who have committed crimes in the U.S.

According to ICE statistics, the El Paso Field Office conducted 487 arrests in Fiscal Year 2025, which ended last month, along with 5,471 detentions and 17,771 removals from the country.

These operations took place during what ICE and other federal agencies call ‘Targeted Enforcement Operations.’

ABC-7 accompanied ICE El Paso deportation officers to learn how they carry out these enforcement efforts, focusing on 51-year-old Martin Ruiz Duarte, a lawful permanent resident from Mexico who became a permanent resident in 2021.

He was charged and sentenced for indecency with a child, sexual contact.

“We have a list of targets wanted by ICE, which can include anyone from those we’ve released in good faith on an order of recognizance who don’t show up for court, to individuals violating orders such as ankle monitors or watches that track their location, and who either delay reporting or fail to report to immigration officers,” said an undercover ICE officer. “So if a judge issues a final order of removal in absentia, usually when the individual doesn’t appear in court, the judge will issue a removal order in absentia, and it’s our job to find them.”

ICE personnel say that since the start of the Trump administration, they have acquired more and better resources to carry out targeted enforcement operations.

Other federal agencies, such as the FBI, DEA, HSI, ATF, and Border Patrol, have been collaborating with ICE to apprehend those wanted by DHS.

“And sometimes it’s just like looking for a needle in a haystack,” said an ICE deportation officer.

When ICE apprehends and detains someone, they are placed in removal proceedings and remain at the El Paso Service Processing Center until their immigration hearing before an immigration judge.

“Everyone that we go after is a target of ICE ERO, contrary to what the public may think, I’m not going to go in front of a Home Depot and just start gathering people; that’s now what we do,” said an ICE undercover deportation officer. “Everything’s targeted, everything has a reason, whether you’re in the country illegally, whether you’re not following the conditions of your order of release, whether you didn’t show up to court and you were given a final order in absentia; everyone that we have right now that we are targeting is for a reason.”

“This type of enforcement action is something that our ICE officers, along with HSI special agents and agents from other federal agencies do practically every day; they’re targeted enforcement operations, they’re not raids,” said Leticia Zamarripa, spokeswoman for ICE ERO El Paso Field Office.

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Olivia Vara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Today the El Paso County Commissioners Court is deciding whether to forward to approve items such as the El Paso County Ascarate Park Renovations Bond project.

The proposed budget is broken down over items such as walking trail renovations, entrance expansion and lake and bridge renovations, with the proposed project budget totaling to over $44 million.

Exigo’s fee for providing Construction Administration Services includes a 2.5 year construction period and includes a staff member dedicating 20 hours per week and over 130 weeks of construction for these renovation. The proposed fee for the scope of the project’s design contract is estimated to be around $4.2 million.

This to provide comprehensive design services to Ascarate Park, serving as El Paso County’s regional and primary recreational and event destination.

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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – Delta Sigma Theta sorority will hold its annual breast cancer program to recognize and celebrate breast cancer survivors.

What: El Paso Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Presents Delta and Denim: Faith, Fortitude, and Finding the Cure”

When: 18 OCT 2025, 11:00- 2:pm

Cost: $55.00

Location: Centennial Banquet and Conference Center, 11199 Sergeant E. Churchill St., Fort Bliss, TX 79916

https://dst-epac.org

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Nichole Gomez

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV) – In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, the community is invited to celebrate El Paso’s Afro-Latina Heritage Week. Dr. Jacqueline Biddle Richard explains.

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Heriberto Perez Lara

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues its efforts to crackdown on migrants staying in the country illegally or those with a legal status who have a criminal record.

ICE, along with other federal agencies such as HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, and Border Patrol, among others, have joined forces since the Trump administration began conducting these enforcement operations.

ABC-7 tagged along with ICE agents and officers to get a firsthand look at the operations they conduct daily and how they cooperate with these agencies to apprehend those allegedly staying in the country illegally who have committed crimes in the U.S. or in other countries.

“With the new administration, now we have a little bit more, I would say, leeway to do your actual job and actually go out there; but it’s been a long time, and it changes,” said an undercover ICE deportation officer. “Priorities can change depending on where the President is and right now, enforcement operations are a big part of our department right now (ICE ERO).”

The Fugitive Operations Team handles these operations, including its Deportation Officers.

Watch ‘Targeted Enforcement: A closer look,’ Monday at 10 on ABC-7.

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