County judge using curfew to fight virus

EL PASO — The top elected official for El Paso County plans to put in place a new curfew to help combat the spread of the coronavirus, which is overrunning the area’s hospitals and funeral homes.

County Judge Ricardo Samaniego has told reporters Gov. Greg Abbott’s office has approved the curfew. In a letter sent last week to Abbott, Samaniego wrote the curfew would be limited in nature and would run from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.