New World Screwworm Case Detected in El Paso County<\/p>\n
The U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed Tuesday that New World screwworm infested a dog in Socorro. It is the first reported screwworm case in El Paso County during the current outbreak. El Paso joins the active infestation zone, where screwworm was detected in cattle in neighboring Hudspeth County, as well as Do\u00f1a Ana and Otero counties in New Mexico.<\/p>\n
Since reopening the Santa Teresa, New Mexico, port of entry to livestock trade, screwworm cases have spiked in the United States with 19 cases reported in October, mostly in New Mexico and Texas along the U.S.-Mexico border. It is the highest number of monthly cases since the first U.S. case was reported in June. The Santa Teresa port of entry is the busiest cattle crossing in the country.<\/p>\n
Cattle, especially newborn calves, are particularly vulnerable to New World screwworm. The parasitic fly burrows and lays eggs in wounds such as the umbilical stump. The first case detected in a wild animal was Oct. 21 in an elk.<\/p>\n
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The new ICE detention facility at Fort Bliss is slated to be the largest in the country. (Corrie Boudreaux\/El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n
City Calls for Closure of ICE\u2019s Camp East Montana\u00a0<\/p>\n
The City Attorney\u2019s Office will draft a resolution that will call on the federal government to close Camp East Montana, the mega tent immigrant detention facility located on Fort Bliss land in far East El Paso.<\/p>\n
The City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to draft the resolution and bring it back for a vote in 30 days. City Rep. Cynthia Boyar Trejo was absent.<\/p>\n
LEARN MORE: El Paso leaders want to limit ICE detention centers. Here are 6 things to know<\/a><\/p>\n The resolution will show formal opposition to the detention facility. The city does not have the authority to shut it down. Camp East Montana has been under scrutiny<\/a> since it opened in August 2025 as the largest immigration detention facility in the country for alleged human rights violations, in-custody deaths, operational failures and alleged mistreatment of detainees.<\/p>\n The resolution will cite reports by news media, members of congress and civil rights organizations that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is denying basic human and civil rights to detainees at Camp East Montana. It will also cite reports on how the facility poses a public health risk to the city and how operations have lacked transparency while using taxpayer funds to operate.<\/p>\n The City Council adopted a similar resolution in February in opposition to the mega warehouse detention center that was planned in the city of Socorro before the government canceled its plans.\u00a0<\/p>\n U.S. Senate Nominee Paxton Cancels Planned Sunday El Paso Stop<\/p>\n The campaign of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ken Paxton announced Thursday that it canceled a planned Sunday stop in El Paso as part of its \u201cCome and Take It\u201d tour. The campaign did not give a reason for the cancellation.<\/p>\n This would have been Paxton\u2019s second campaign stop in El Paso before Tuesday\u2019s midterm election. The first was Sept. 30 when he met with more than 200 supporters at the Summit Ballroom on the Westside. The candidate, 63, has been Texas\u2019 attorney general for more than 11 years.<\/p>\n Paxton, 63, is locked in a tough race against the Democratic candidate, James Talarico, who is in his fourth term as a state representative from the Austin area. Talarico, 37, has made four campaign stops in El Paso, the last being Oct. 26.<\/p>\n This race has national implications as it could determine which party controls the U.S. Senate. A Talarico victory also would be notable because a Democrat has not won a statewide race since 1994.<\/p>\n The Texas Tribune has reported that high-risk industrialist, technology entrepreneur and Texas resident Elon Musk has contributed at least $190 million<\/a> to political action committees that support Paxton since September.<\/p>\n \u201cElon Musk is trying to buy this Senate seat in Texas,\u201d Talarico said during his recent stop in El Paso. The candidate, a Presbyterian seminarian and former teacher, has focused his campaign on affordability and fighting government corruption.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n During Paxton\u2019s Sept. 30 \u201cProtecting the Texas Promise\u201d visit to El Paso, he talked about his accomplishments as attorney general against Meta and opioid manufacturers, and his plans to help Texas families through tax breaks for health care and doubling the child tax credit.<\/p>\n Paxton is scheduled to meet supporters at an afternoon rally in Mission, Texas, which is east of McAllen in the Rio Grande Valley. That is his last listed campaign stop before Election Day.<\/p>\n The race is one of 35 Senate seats to be decided next week. U.S. senators serve six-year terms and are paid $174,000 a year. \u00a0<\/p>\n City To Work With TxDOT To Evaluate Transmountain Commercial Traffic<\/p>\n The city and the Texas Department of Transportation will review options to address commercial traffic on Transmountain following recent serious multi-vehicle crashes at Transmountain\/Loop 375 and North Desert Boulevard, near Interstate 10 on the Westside.<\/p>\n The city and TxDOT will evaluate potential restrictions on heavy commercial truck traffic, including whether alternative truck routes are feasible, and will review state and federal regulations to determine whether they can be implemented. City staff will return to the City Council in 30 days with potential recommendations and action plan.<\/p>\n The city and the El Paso Police Department last week addressed public safety concerns during a news conference after a deadly crash Oct. 19 along Transmountain Road after a semitrailer driver reported brake failure that resulted in an accident involving eight vehicles.<\/p>\n The Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office have been inspecting commercial trucks on Transmountain Road since Oct. 21, but El Paso police Chief Peter Pascillas on Tuesday told the City Council that approach is not sustainable.<\/p>\n In May 2025, a deadly crash occurred at the same intersection when a heavy-duty tow truck hauling a disabled semitruck failed to stop at the intersection and struck vehicles waiting at a red light. About 12 vehicles were involved in that traffic crash and left seven people injured and one dead.<\/p>\n TxDOT in July opened a mechanical runaway truck ramp, touting it as the first of its kind installed in El Paso and in Texas. 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Ken Paxton, Republican candidate for Senate, promises voters larger child tax credits and medical deductions during a campaign event in El Paso on Sept. 30, 2026. (Corrie Boudreaux\/El Paso Matters)<\/p>\n