Bob Chessey, Author at El Chuqueño

The 1915 Collision of the Iron Cure and the Harrison Narcotic Act in El Paso

Kicking an opiate habit is a bitch. Before the advent of modern medical and pharmaceutical interventions, counseling, and peer support

by Bob Chessey (Unless otherwise noted, information is based on March 2, 2010 interview by author with retired El Paso

by Bob Chessey One hundred years ago, before El Paso simply advertised and referred to itself as the “Sun City,”

So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a

by Bob Chessey Narcotic traffickers aim to profit by delivering contraband across geopolitical lines; however, there are physicians who trespass

By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part

By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera

This is Part 1 of a three part series. “Harry Mitchell, owner of the Mint café, Juarez, and Rogelio Sanchez,

In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered

You can read Part 1 here. by Bob Chessey Part Two: DODGING PROHIBITION In mid-January of 1900 23-year-old Harry Shipley

by Bob Chessey During the 1920’s Juarez was a bustling adult recreational destination flaunting legal alcohol, saloons, cabarets, legal prostitution,

by Bob Chessey El Paso’s First Career Customs Inspectress When crossing an international bridge from Juarez to enter El Paso,

by Bob Chessey A Tale of Pacing and Endurance Summer’s end in 1930 was proving to be a tough time

By Bob Chessey Gabriel Jara and “El Contrabando de El Paso” On the night of August 7, 1924, a somber

Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two