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Here Comes Trouble

2017-02-22 elrichiboy Juarez One comment

La Polaka reports that Juarez is likely to be home to thousands of deportees. Acorde con los lineamientos revelados este

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The Second Oldest Bar in Juarez

2017-02-21 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

El Recreo is so exclusive it doesn’t even have a sign. I was in there three times before I figured

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Meth in Juarez

2017-02-16 elrichiboy Juarez One comment

Here’s a story from the Albuquerque Journal that sheds some light on the recent spate of killings in Ciudad Juarez:

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La Fiesta

2017-02-14 elrichiboy Art, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez 4 comments

This week I got to go into La Fiesta. La Fiesta is located at the corner of Mariscal and Segundo

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La Esquina de Chihuas

2017-02-07 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, what to do Leave a comment

There’s a new bar on the Strip, and it’s closer to the bridge than every other bar except La Cucaracha.

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El Zocalo on Avenida Juarez

2017-01-31 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, what to do 2 comments

El Zocalo is improbably located on Avenida Juarez, near Dieciseis, where the tunnel erupts into the street. I say improbably

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Lunch at the Buen Tiempo

2017-01-19 elrichiboy cost of living, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

A bottle of Indio — 25 pesos A shot of tequila artesanal — 20 pesos A bowl of albondigas soup

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3 Cheap Bars

2017-01-13 elrichiboy Go Local, How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider, what to do One comment

Over the last two years, the peso has lost about a third of its value. Yesterday it was trading at

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Corruption at DHS

2017-01-04 elrichiboy Juarez, Law Enforcement, Slider Leave a comment

I’ve often wondered why the Juarez plaza is so hotly contested by Mexico’s drug trafficking organizations. I surmise that there’s

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El Rocinante

2016-12-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

I’m going to let you in on a little secret. Juarez is cheap. A dollar buys twenty pesos now. And

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Mexican Booze for the Holidays

2016-12-21 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Have you done your holiday shopping yet? Or maybe you need some libations for the end of year celebration. Either

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El Arbolito Lives!

2016-12-19 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

The Arbolito, that little dive bar that used to be located on Mariscal, next to the Día y Noche, is

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Día de Nuestra Señora

2016-12-13 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

Yesterday I went to Juarez for the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Our Lady of Guadalupe is the

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The K Club is Open Again

2016-12-12 elrichiboy Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

According to reliable taxista Benjamin, the Kentucky Club is open again. “They’ve been open about eight days,” he told me

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Retrovision: Sanctuary

2016-12-10 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

This post originally appeared on June 6, 2012. Just like drinking at home I went to my favorite bar last

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Juarez Sunday Afternoon

2016-12-09 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso, Juarez Leave a comment

I’m sitting in a cowhide chair at a cowhide table in the Mariachi Bar, just off Avenida Juarez, a block

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The Latest Dope on Drinking in Juarez

2016-12-08 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

El Diario reports that, starting today, the bars and restaurants and grocery stores that sell alcohol in Juarez will be

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La Puerta Siga Cerrado

2016-12-07 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

The Kentucky Club is still closed after denying admittance to the governor of the Raramuri community in Juarez in November.

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Buenas Noticias?

2016-12-06 elrichiboy Juarez Leave a comment

According to multiple news sources, the Congress of the State of Chihuahua has approved a change in the law that

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El Guero de Acero on El Late Night

2016-12-04 elrichiboy Juarez, navel gazing 2 comments

For your viewing pleasure. Or not. People were a lot more open before everyone was packing a video recorder, and

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