I am an accidental witness to recent turmoil in Juarez. Last Wednesday I walked into a riot. I was looking
Category: Juarez
A Cruel Joke
Mexico has come out with some new banknotes. The 500 peso note is blue. It has a picture of Benito
Tobacco in Mexico
Here’s one you didn’t see coming. From the New York Daily News: Mexico now bans smoking in hotels, beaches, parks
The Three Mummies: A New Year’s Ode to Ghost Voices
By Kent Paterson They stand on an El Paso street like the shadowy, eerie artifacts of a forgotten ancient civilization.
The 1930 Running of the Cerveza
by Bob Chessey A Tale of Pacing and Endurance Summer’s end in 1930 was proving to be a tough time
Venezuela on the Rio Grande
By Kent Paterson Standing tall and stoic, Albert Silva gazed at the barbed wire topping the fence on the U.S.
Juarez Loses a Defender of the People
by Vanessa Johnson Beto Dominguez Rodriguez passed away on September 16, 2022, at 4 p.m., surrounded by his loved ones,
Ciudad Juárez: Haitians in Limbo
By Kent Paterson With his wife and small child seated nearby, Noel mused about the family’s round-about journey to the
Ballad of a Corrido, Part One
Gabriel Jara and Tom Threepersons’ Border Shootout. by Bob Chessey On the summer evening of Saturday, June 14, 1924, two
The Border Wager: Santa Teresa’s Pot of Gold
By Kent Paterson In the annals of border history, U.S.-Mexico relations and global commerce, Ciudad Juárez has often played a
Rent a Bullring
Are you looking for a place to host your next bullfight? The banner on the Alberto Balderas Plaza de Toros
Juarez Walking Tour on The Royal Tour
From the TheRoyalTourBlog.com: “Call me as soon as you’re back across the border,” said my mother. “Text me every hour,”
Expo-Subasta for Edificio de los Sueños
Downtown Juarez is experiencing a renaissance and it’s not all financed by tax credits and municipal largess for Juarez’ richest
Adios, Club Quince
Reliable sources claim that the venerable Club Quince, the boutique bar under the Juan Gabriel mural in downtown Juarez, will
Capitalism In Action
Walking across the Santa Fe Street bridge in the old days, like pre-pandemic, sometimes you’d have to stop to let
El Ojo del Chuco
This isn’t my first blog. If you’d asked me yesterday, I would have said it is, but today I stumbled
You Can’t Tell the Players Without a Program
Here’s an article from Insight Crime profiling “the most important newer criminal actors in Mexico.” La Línea began life as