By Kent Paterson With his wife and small child seated nearby, Noel mused about the family’s round-about journey to the
Category: Juarez
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
La Feria on Avenida Juarez
There’s a big push to make Avenida Juarez an international tourist destination again. Never mind the big border security apparatus
Descanse en Paz, El Recreo
El Recreo closed. El Recreo opened in 1921. This year we should be celebrating its centennial. But El Recreo is
La Feria on Avenida Juarez
Downtown Juarez was my third place. The third place is the place that’s neither home nor work. The place you
Their Present is Our Future
Across the river from UTEP, Colonia Felipe Angeles is poor. And it’s not even the poorest neighborhood in Juarez. Colonia
Coke Dealing in Juarez
With El Paso in a supporting role. This documentary originally aired in September, 2019.
Juarez Walking Tour Reviews
Most El Pasoans think Juarez begins and ends at the strip. If they go to Juarez, they get as far
“‘Life is a Fight’: Scenes from a Migrant Tent Camp in Juárez”
Here’s a great piece by local freelance photo-journalist Henry Carver about the recently destroyed migrant tent camps in Ciudad Juarez.