Award-winning reporter Mauricio Casillas exits NBC Washington for anchor post in Texas

NBC Washington reporter Mauricio Casillas is leaving to become a news anchor at a station in his hometown of El Paso, Texas.

NBC4 anchor Jim Handly announced Casillas’ departure on Instagram, describing him as “tremendously talented, hardworking and always humble.” Handly wrote, “A class act is leaving @nbcwashington to become a main anchor in Texas where he’ll raise his family. Everyone here and @telemundo44 will miss you!”

Casillas, states The MoCo Show.,  joined NBC4 as a reporter in 2022. A native of El Paso, he previously worked at KVIA, the city’s ABC affiliate, where he began as an overnight reporter before becoming an anchor and executive producer of the station’s morning newscasts.

During his time in the D.C. market, he won two Emmy Awards and an Edward R. Murrow Award.