Yesterday, a reader posted a video on our Facebook El Paso Digest group page sharing a video from The Real News Network (TRNN). The reader said that the family “needs help” and the journalist in the video asks that the video be shared to help the teenage daughter and father in the video. According to […]
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An El Paso Police Officer Violated My Rights
Around 1989, I was turning left from North Mesa unto Executive Center, pretty much what I did every other day. But, unlike every other day, I soon learned that corrupt police officers were just as prevalent in El Paso as they were in Cd. Juárez. That is when I realized the big lie that El […]
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Former El Paso Non-Profit Leader Involved In Portland Police Oversight Controversy
After a contentious city council meeting, the city’s auditor warned that neither she nor her staff will appear before city council again. The auditor decried “personal attacks” from a council member during the recent budget work session where policy oversight was discussed. In January 2015, Mary Hull Caballero was sworn in as Portland’s city auditor. […]
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The Ongoing Saga Of The Limon Police Report
As El Paso Politics reported on Saturday, an alleged police report was filed by Dora Oaxaca and Isela Castañon-Williams against Lily Limón (corrected at on June 29, 2021 at 10:47E) for an alleged assault against Oaxaca. We have been diligently trying to obtain a copy of the police report. However, according to Lily Limón, there […]
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Vince Perez Has Been Cited By The El Paso Police 18 Times For Driving Violations
Vince Perez Has Been Cited By The El Paso Police 18 Times For Driving Violations by Max Grossman County Commissioner Vince Perez of Precinct 3, who is fighting against Iliana Holguin to hold on to his seat, has apparently been fighting another ongoing battle: to keep his driver license. Incredibly, Mr. Perez has been cited […]
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The El Paso Safe City Lie
El Paso government officials for years have argued that El Paso is one of the safest cities in America, notwithstanding years of drug violence in its sister city, Cd. Juárez. El Paso officials routinely use the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program to tout the safest city designation, although the FBI states that the crime […]
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Sixteen-Year-Old Has Arm Broken At Children’s Hospital During Altercation
Author’s note: this article involves a minor at the time of the incident. We normally do not name minors by name unless a parent or guardian authorizes us to. In this case, the incident occurred while the plaintiff was a minor. However, during our interview, the plaintiff, now an adult, authorized the use of her […]
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The Television Star And El Paso Corruption
On February 25, 1988, television actor Tracy Scoggins reported being attacked in an El Paso Marriott hotel. Scoggins was in El Paso co-hosting the Miss USA Pageant. According to the AP, Scoggins “suffered bruises in the attack.” The AP reported that Antonio Garcia was arrested and released on $100 bail set by associate magistrate judge […]
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The Racist History Of The Thin Blue Line
By Martin Paredes, Special to the El Paso News. The Thin Blue Line was a 1952 television show about the Los Angeles Police Department. It was conceived and produced by William H. Parker, the then Los Angeles police chief. The show, which lasted for a short time, was a question and answer show about policing. […]
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El Paso Is Lawless
Impunity is when the judicial system breaks down. The legal system can break down in several ways. It can simply cease to exist. Its foundation becomes corrupted, Or, like in El Paso it becomes corrupt by simply allowing two legal systems to exist. One system incarcerates the poor while the other system coddles the well-connected. […]
