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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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Joseph Montero

EL PASO, TEXAS (KVIA) — El Paso Sheriff deputies have arrested Leopoldo Ortega, 25, and charged him with the murder of Juan Oscar Becerra, 36.

Becerra was found dead inside a home on the 12800 block of Barstow Avenue on October 2, 2025.

The Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit identified Ortega as a suspect. Deputies took Ortega into custody on October 16, 2025, with the help of the U.S. Marshals Lone Star Fugitive Task Forces. They booked him into the El Paso County Detention Facility on a $250,000 bond.

The investigation is still ongoing, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office.

ORIGINAL STORY (October 3, 2025): The El Paso County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a dead person in East El Paso.

It happened at a house on the 12800 block of Barstow near Pelicano Drive.

The sheriff’s office told ABC-7 that deputies found one dead male. They said evidence suggested foul play.

At this time, authorities say there is no known threat to the public. Anyone with information is asked to contact EPCSO’s Major Crimes Unit.

This is a developing story. ABC-7 will continue to bring updates on air and online.

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Lauren Romero

El Paso, TX( KVIA-TV)- The Run, Walk & Roll hosted by GEPD, El Paso’s physical therapy professional association returns to the Sun City this year. The race will be on Sunday, October 19th from 7 AM to 11 AM at Ascarate Park at The Pavilion. You can register online at: raceadventuresunlimited.com

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Lauren Romero

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-How much money does the average person spend in retirement? More importantly, how much will you spend? Fiduciary financial advisor Jeff Thompson explains.

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Lauren Romero

El Paso, Texas – On Sunday, October 5, El Paso will make history as J&K hosts its debut under the Spaghetti Bowl at Lincoln Park. Join us for this exciting launch and be a part of the city’s musical future!

Event Details:

●      Date: Sunday, October 5, 2025      Time:  4PM

●      Location: Lincoln Park (Under the Spaghetti Bowl) 4001 Durazno St. El Paso, TX 79905

●      Tickets Available at: jandkdetour.com

●      Getting There: Extremely Limited Parking. Please ride-share with Uber.

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Lauren Romero

El Paso, TX (KVIA-TV)-The United Way of El Paso County is announcing the 2025 City Employee Combined Charitable Campaign, to be held from October 1 to 31, 2025.

For more information on the City Employee Combined Charitable Campaign, please visit the United Way of El Paso County’s official page: unitedwayelpaso.org/combined-campaigns

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Nicole Ardila

Emily Ortega is a local nurse and mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer — now she wants others to know to never wait or hesitate.

“It’s terrifying, it’s terrifying to be going through that type of journey,” said Ortega.

She found a lump in her breast at 38 years old, and didn’t think it could be cancer at first.

“I didn’t believe it, I didn’t know,” said Ortega. “It’s just my mind, ‘Did I hit myself? Is this real?'”

Her diagnosis, Stage 1 Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, is the most common breast cancer in women.

They also found it in her lymph nodes.

Ortega describes that moment with her doctor like an “atomic bomb going off.”

“You can feel it, it’s like this impending sense of doom that’s coming at you,” she said.

She had a double mastectomy done in July. 

“I’ve literally gone through the stages of grief,” she continued. “I just try and focus on the positive.”

This year she says was supposed to be a vacation for her and her kids, but instead, it turned into uncertainty.

“They missed out on good memories, good summer memories, and I have this obligation to make it up to them.”

But that’s not her only goal once she gets through this. As many bad days she has, she tries hard to remain positive.

She hopes to go into oncology as a nurse or research, become a advocate for those with cancer.

Her mother put on a car show to bring the community together to raise funds for her treatment.

It left Ortega shocked on how much strangers can care about each other.

“It was more of a sense of community and a sense of support that I felt,” she said. “And me going into my sessions this week, it it gives me a little bit of like, ‘okay, you got this, you got this.'”

She’s also BRCA 2 positive, which means she’s susceptible to ovarian and pancreatic cancer — something she says she will have to deal with eventually, but her priority is beating breast cancer.

If you’d also like to support Ortega, go to her GoFundMe page, here.

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Joseph Montero

Update (2:24 PM): El Paso Police arrested Emilio Carrazco, 21, and charged him with two counts of criminal mischief.

Investigators say that when officers arrived, they found damage to cars in the parking lot located at 815 Burgundy. They later determined that Carrazco had allegedly caused the damage.

Courtesy: EPPD

Before officers arrived, Carrazco had entered his house and then refused to come back out. The officers called out the SWAT Team, who then apprehended Carrazco.

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — SWAT responded to a barricaded subject in the Western Burgundy apartment complex.

Police told ABC-7 a 21-old-male is in custody.

Police responded to a aggravated assault with a weapon call at around 9:40 p.m. on Monday

This is a developing story. ABC-7 will continue bringing you updates on air and online.

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