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Author: J. Eugenio Cotera E.

Part One | The Secret History of Francisco “Pancho” Montes and the Kentucky Bar in Juarez

2026-09-03 J. Eugenio Cotera E. Cafe Cotera la Magazin Fronteriza, Juarez, Slider Leave a comment

by J. Eugenio Cotera E. Why the Kentucky Bar in Juarez Doesn’t Need to Have Opened in 1920 I first

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The Restorative Power of Restaurants

2026-08-21 J. Eugenio Cotera E. Cafe Cotera la Magazin Fronteriza, Ciudad Juárez, Slider 3 comments

by Javier E. Cotera The date was a Sunday in July 1985. My friend Roger and I could see parishioners

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Gone Fishing

2026-01-28 J. Eugenio Cotera E. Cafe Cotera la Magazin Fronteriza, Essays, Slider One comment

by J. Eugenio Cotera E. As a young kid growing up in the vast and sparse Chihuahuan Desert, I believed

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