Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gunmen killed six young men at a family party in the gang-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, prosecutors said Sunday.
Denver Post (Free subscription) | yesterday
Gunmen have killed six young men at a family party in the gang-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez.
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ignacio Alvarado, 40, is a freelance investigative reporter and Reuters contributor in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez where he was born and now lives with his wife and two children. He has been a journalist for 20 years -- seven in Mexico City, the rest in Ciudad Juarez. In the following story, he describes life in an increasingly lawless city where it's becoming almost commonplace...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
Ignacio Alvarado, 40, is a freelance investigative reporter and Reuters contributor in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez where he was born and now lives with his wife and two children. He has been a journalist for 20 years -- seven in Mexico City, the rest in Ciudad Juarez. In the following story, he describes life in an ...
De Tod@s Para Tod@s (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
Radio Zapatista Interview with Father Bill Morton from El Paso, Texas, who lived in Lomas del Poleo, Ciudad Juárez, and has been following the situation for many years. Father Morton speaks about the history of Lomas del Poleo, the concentration camp-like situation created by millionaire family Zaragoza in complicity with local and state governments, the binational multi-million dollar economic interests...
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 10/12/2008
CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO — Officials are offering a reward of 500,000 pesos (US$37,300) for the capture of gunmen who killed 11 people in a northern city bar.
One Old Vet (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Gunmen kill 11 in Mexico bar rampage Deadly shooting occurs in area at center of crackdown on drug cartels CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico - Gunmen opened fire in a bar in northern Mexico, killing 11 people, and the body of a newspaper editor was found shot dead on the side of a highway in two separate attacks, police [...]
Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Hooded gunmen believed engaged in a drugs feud burst into a bar in northern Mexico and shot dead 11 people in the third drugs-related massacre in the state since July, officials said.
Deborah Bonello in Mexico (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
“She said some words to my mother that I’ll never forget: ‘Don’t be scared, but they just said on TV that they’ve found a girl that fits Alejandra’s description. We still don’t know if it’s her. Don’t be frightened but call and ask,’” said Maria Luisa Garcia, who stayed outside to speak to their neighbor while her mother Norma went into their modest house in Ciudad Juarez, northern Mexico. “Suddenly...
World Hum (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Drug-related crime and violence have taken a toll on tourism in Mexican border cities like Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, which have offered Americans a quick, cheap taste of international travel. Now, the Mexican government’s effort to break up powerful Mexican drug cartels brings some more bad news for would-be tourists and those who benefit from their dollars, at least for the short term. Reports the...
Stop the ACLU (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Get your hankies out Angela Guerrero knew she might be overwhelmed for a few weeks, possibly a month, juggling work, child care and the daily grind of family life when her husband set out for the U.S. consulate offices in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. She never expected to be in the predicament she is in — her husband [...]
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Ciudad Juarez has notched more than 1,000 killings so far this year amid a gang war for control of its smuggling routes and street-corner sales. But just 13 killings have been logged across the river in El Paso.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Ciudad Juarez has notched more than 1,000 killings so far this year amid a gang war for control of its smuggling routes and street-corner sales. But just 13 killings have been logged across the river in El Paso.
News & Observer (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
Angela Guerrero knew she might be overwhelmed for a few weeks, possibly a month, juggling work, child care and the daily grind of family life when her husband set out for the U.S. consulate offices in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
ImmigrationProf Blog (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Ciudad Juarez Announces Online Inquiry System The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez now offers an inquiry system for legal representatives. The U.S. Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez processes all immigrant visa cases from Mexico as well as non-immigrant and...
