{"id":108977,"date":"2026-01-03T00:21:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/108977\/"},"modified":"2026-01-03T00:21:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-03T00:21:08","slug":"el-paso-county-dwi-task-force-arrests-35-people-in-new-years-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/108977\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso County DWI task force arrests 35 people in New Year&#8217;s crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Multi-Agency DWI Task Force arrested 35 people during an enhanced enforcement operation during the New Year&#8217;s holiday.<\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, of those 35 individuals arrested, 26 were charged with Driving While Intoxicated (DWI), while the rest faced traffic-related offenses, drug possession, and outstanding warrants. <\/p>\n<p>Sheriff Oscar Ugarte emphasized the importance of these operations, stating, &#8220;Choosing to drive impaired puts innocent lives at risk. Our message is clear: if you drink and drive, you will be arrested.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The El Paso Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety, and El Paso County Constables also supported the holiday operation. <\/p>\n<p>According to the sheriff&#8217;s office, it remains dedicated to preventing impaired driving and ensuring roadway safety through proactive enforcement and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/crash-closes-lanes-on-gateway-north-at-sean-haggerty?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fatal crash in northeast El Paso leaves one dead<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up <\/a>to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 The El Paso County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Multi-Agency DWI Task Force arrested 35 people&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":108978,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-108977","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-el-paso","8":"tag-el-paso","9":"tag-el-paso-headlines","10":"tag-el-paso-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}