Andrés Fuentes
Multimedia Journalist
New Orleans, La.
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Andrés Fuentes is a New Orleans native and a 2020 graduate of Loyola University. He joined the FOX 8 News Team in January 2022 as a Multimedia Journalist.
Andrés is a proud member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and comes to FOX 8 having already won awards for his work as a college journalist.
You can follow him on Twitter @news_fuentes or send him an email at andres.fuentes@gray.tv.
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Updated: May. 19, 2023 at 5:36 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes and Jordan Gartner
A Puerto Rican man says he was wrongly denied a rental car at an airport even though he had proper identification.
Updated: May. 18, 2023 at 9:17 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Puerto Rican man denied rental car at New Orleans airport for not having a passport.
Updated: Mar. 29, 2023 at 4:50 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes and Andrew McMunn
The family's fundraiser has raised over $11,000 as of Monday, surpassing its original goal of $7,500.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2023 at 2:09 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes and Jordan Gartner
Police say a man was shot and killed while working for Lyft and picking up a passenger.
Updated: Mar. 23, 2023 at 9:54 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The NOPD says Enrique Bardales Valle was shot and killed just after 2 a.m. on March 8 near an apartment complex on Morrison Road.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2023 at 10:25 AM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
A 911 interpreter violated protocols during an emergency phone call in New Orleans
Updated: Jan. 27, 2023 at 11:07 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
It’s been nearly two weeks since Jan. 15, when LSU student and Covington native Madison Brooks was hit and killed by a car along Burbank Drive.
Updated: Dec. 1, 2022 at 10:43 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
On Friday, New Orleans will welcome French President Emmanuel Macron to New Orleans, a first for the city in decades.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 11:13 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Blayne Terrebonne, 18, was arrested on allegations of drug distribution, officials said
Updated: Oct. 13, 2022 at 10:47 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
For the second year in a row, New Orleans Mardi Gras krewes will roll on shortened parade routes due to a lack of NOPD manpower.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Chalmette’s Breaux Mart welcomed New Orleans Saints fans Monday morning who were still in shock after Sunday’s last-minute win over the Atlanta Falcons.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2022 at 10:13 AM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
A 15-year-old and a 22-year-old died after taking counterfeit pills, officials say.
Updated: Jun. 29, 2022 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Business leaders say it’s not just the support for Black-owned businesses that they are looking forward to but also the camaraderie that comes with Essence Fest.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 6:35 AM CDT
|By Chris Finch and Andrés Fuentes
Officers found themselves back at the Bridge City Center for Youth less than one day after five inmates escaped. A SWAT team was called to the the 3200 blk. of River Road after an apparent fight broke out at the embattled detention center.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2022 at 4:36 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Louisianans around the southeast have either been dropped from their plans altogether or are seeing monthly bills double.
Updated: May. 27, 2022 at 7:27 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
AAA says about 3.7 million Louisianans will pack up the car and hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, a 4% increase compared to last year.
Updated: May. 16, 2022 at 6:02 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The nation's most recent race-fueled mass shooting has people in marginalized communities on high alert.
Updated: Apr. 15, 2022 at 6:34 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
In the empty halls of the old MSY terminal, skateboarders are grinding, flipping, and shredding.
Updated: Apr. 4, 2022 at 4:32 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Jayhawk blue and Tar Heel blue are mixing in the French Quarter as NCAA men’s college basketball’s big dance comes to an end in the Big Easy.
Updated: Apr. 1, 2022 at 2:15 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Maria Celeste Burke passed away in the hospital a week after an EF-3 tornado destroyed her home in Arabi.
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 3:41 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
The married couple says they were both in their living room on the couch, as they heard the rain and wind beat down on their raised home.
Updated: Feb. 25, 2022 at 8:29 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes
All along Canal St. other revelers have roped off, painted off, or marked off their spot for the Saturday night parade. Some are even holding down the fort until roll time
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 1:09 PM CST
|By Andrés Fuentes and Mykal Vincent
Ciaya Whetstone reportedly got into an Uber and was pronounced dead several hours later.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2021 at 4:52 PM CDT
|By Andrés Fuentes
Over the weekend, President Joe Biden granted a Major Disaster Declaration for Mississippi after Hurricane Ida ripped through the state about two months ago.
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