An exit sign of a West El Paso synagogue was vandalized with graffiti showing a symbol with a swastika combined with the Star of David on Thursday, Feb. 6, according to photos that have gone viral on social media and the president of the Congregation B’nai Zion,

Law enforcement is investigating two acts of vandalism against El Paso synagogues where a sign was spray painted with a swastika over the Star of David and antisemitic words were written on a wall. The vandalisms took place Thursday,

Two El Paso synagogues vandalized in West El Paso

The U.S. Border Patrol named Walter N. Slosar the interim chief of the El Paso Sector, which includes El Paso County and New Mexico.

According to a social media post by the 27th Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, Michael W. Banks, they dismantled the operation by arresting four smugglers and apprehending eight undocumented migrants, some from Mexico and others from Ecuador and Guatemala.

The Border Patrol’s El Paso Sector has a new interim chief patrol agent. Walter N. Slosar is now head of the sector that stretches from the eastern edge of El Paso County to the New Mexico-Arizona state line.