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Los nombres de víctimas olvidadas se convierten en números en Juárez
Members of the Diaz family listen UTEP officials honor the memory of Eder Diaz. (Danya Hernandez/Borderzine.com) EL PASO — Miles han muerto y mas siguen muriendo en Cd. Juárez – 4703 personas en 2010...
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Chasing Death
CIUDAD JUÁREZ – Everyday journalists from all over the world make a pilgrimage to one of the most dangerous cities in the world, Ciudad Juárez, to try to document the city’s daily terror on its people....
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The safest city in the U.S. holds hands with the most dangerous city in the...
“El Paso’s high proportion of immigrants is the main reason why the city is so safe,” said Melinda Lauck. (Jose Luis Trejo/Borderzine.com) EL PASO – After being named one of the five safest cities in...
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Women of Juarez tell their stories of death and despair
EL PASO – Cinthia was only 10 years old when they killed her. The little girl, full of life and energy, went out one evening to play in the park just one block away from her home, just like she did so...
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El Pasoans want their sister city to remain in the family
EL PASO – With an ongoing drug war on the other side of a 10-foot high fence, El Paso’s reputation has taken some hits recently, but locals see the Sun City’s image in a brighter light. “It’s...
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El Paso is still the safe, prosperous Sun City it has always been
EL PASO – As editor-in-chief of The Prospector and Minero Magazine, reporter for Borderzine and the occasional freelance journalism work I have been able to take around El Paso, I find hard to believe...
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Mexican kidnap victim establishes a new life in El Paso
Alejandro Hernández Pachecho, a cameraman exiled from Torreón, México. (Victoria A. Perez/Borderzine.com) EL PASO – Sitting on the cold hard cement the man was able to remove part of his blindfold and...
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Exiliado de Juárez: El periodista radial (Audio slideshow)
Ricardo Chavez Aldana. (Ivan Pierre Aguirre/Borderzine.com) _____ Nota del editor: Esta es una entrega más de nuestra serie sobre ciudadanos mexicanos huyendo de la violencia en México.
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Mexicans pay in blood for America’s war on drugs
By Molly Molloy and Charles Bowden The streets of Veracruz, Mexico. (©Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco) EL PASO – Children play in the pool, hamburgers and hot dogs sizzle on the grill. The exiles will be...
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When bullets turned to ballads
Juárez, the war-ravaged border town, welcomes back Juan Gabriel, and hope CIUDAD JUAREZ – This city, along with its prodigal son, the mega-star known as Juan Gabriel, has seen better days—we all have....
View ArticleOur goal was to see every international border crossing along the Texas-Mexico
It was a trip that only lasted nine days but one that I’ll never forget for the rest of my life. I was born in raised in Texas and have lived for many years along the border. But I’ve never seen the...
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U.S. journalists seek to learn from immigration advocates and get an earful:...
Father Bob Mosher, from the Columban Mission Center, Melissa López, from the El Paso Catholic Diocese Center for Immigrant and Refuge Services, Fernando García, director of the Border Network for Human...
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Space commerce, oil discoveries, Central American transmigrantes and a spiffy...
BROWNSVILLE-MATAMOROS – Our nine-day journey started in the southernmost tip of Texas just east of where the Rio Grande River empties into the Gulf of Mexico. Cameron County is home to more than...
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Starr County
Mine and Lupita’s trip continued west into Starr County. With only 62,000 inhabitants, Starr County is nicknamed the “Hill Country of the Rio Grande Valley.” It’s easy to understand why. The four...
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Aztec Calendar counts the days to Juarez’s full recovery
JUAREZ, MEXICO. – Every morning Lupita Hernandez swings open the doors of her arts and crafts store here to a bright and prosperous new day, just like she and her mother have done for more than 40...
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