So, “Who was ‘La Nacha’?” For 50 years “La Nacha” remained a name synonymous with Juarez and opiate trafficking, a
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La Fiesta, Downtown Juarez
You’d have to be older than I am to remember La Fiesta in downtown Juarez, and I’m pretty old. La
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE, SIR, or Fear and Loathing in El Paso
by Paul Dickerson This morning, I was crossing the Puente Paso del Norte back to El Paso after running a
Dead People
I am of an age where I know lots of dead people. Some, of course, have been dead for a
“Prohibition Era Bars in Juarez”
Local historian and frequent contributor to El Chuqueño Bob Chessey gives a talk about the proliferation of bars and bar
Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 3
By Bob Chessey This is Part 3 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here, and Part
Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 2
By Bob Chessey This is Part 2 of a three part series. You can read Part 1 here. The Valera
Harry Mitchell, the Mint Café, and The Narcotic Trafficking Question, Part 1
This is Part 1 of a three part series. “Harry Mitchell, owner of the Mint café, Juarez, and Rogelio Sanchez,
Border Theater
Yesterday the Mexican Army posted up on Avenida Juarez. What were they looking for? Fentanyl? Venezuelans? The approval of the
The Last Corrida
By James Sawtelle That Sunday afternoon I had time to cut loose and go with Richard Grenier (my high school
In Unprecedented Event, Juárez’s City Government Honors Dirty War Relatives and Survivors
By Kent Paterson Standing at the entrance to Ciudad Juárez’s old city hall, Judith Galarza recalled the days of yore
The Expected Environmental Catastrophe
Here’s a story (in Spanish) from La Jornada about the impending railroad accident that imperils Cd. Juarez and El Paso:
Big Bullfight in Juarez this Sunday
This weekend, Juarez will host one of its rarest events in recent history: a Sunday bullfight. Sundays used to be
The Bullfights Are Back!
I’ve been remiss. For a long little while, the Alberto Balderas Bullring in downtown Juarez had a banner hanging on
The Storms and Spirits of Mexican September
By Kent Paterson In Mexico, September boasts many historic dates with reverberations that continue shaping the nation today. Besides the
PART 3 BIG KID’S PALACE- “The Joy Spot of C. Juarez, Mexico.”
In early March 1924 an announcement by the US government rattled and jarred the profit margins of the tourist centered
The Big Kid in Juarez, Part 2
You can read Part 1 here. by Bob Chessey Part Two: DODGING PROHIBITION In mid-January of 1900 23-year-old Harry Shipley
Mexico’s President Elect and the Time of Women
By Kent Paterson Appropriately dubbed the “Time of Women,” the 2024 Mexican elections ushered in the first woman elected as
HARRY NELSON SHIPLEY: THE “BIG KID” OF THE JUAREZ PLAYGROUND, Part 1
by Bob Chessey During the 1920’s Juarez was a bustling adult recreational destination flaunting legal alcohol, saloons, cabarets, legal prostitution,