{"id":130704,"date":"2026-01-20T18:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/130704\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:49:09","slug":"el-paso-artists-raise-alarm-over-possible-removal-of-historic-chamizal-mural","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/130704\/","title":{"rendered":"El Paso artists raise alarm over possible removal of historic Chamizal Mural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) \u2014 Concern is growing among El Paso artists and community members over the future of a decades-old mural displayed at the Chamizal National Memorial, after claims surfaced online that the artwork could be removed under new federal policies.<\/p>\n<p>The mural, titled \u201cOur Heritage,\u201d was created in 1993 by Carlos Flores, a 92-year-old artist who has spent decades contributing to the cultural landscape of the Borderland. Flores, who was born in Ciudad Ju\u00e1rez in 1933 and later became a resident of El Paso, is recognized as one of the last living artists associated with the original Mexican School of Muralism.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/station\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) \u2014 Concern is growing among El Paso artists and community members over the future&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":{"0":"post-130704","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\/130704","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=130704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}