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  • “How Ciudad Juárez Spiralled Into Cartel Madness”

    2026-04-18 elrichiboy

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  • “Now We Know Their Names”

    2026-04-17 elrichiboy
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  • Water Wrangling, Data Center Dealmaking and Deep Distrust in Sunland Park and Beyond

    2026-04-16 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson After a lapse of nearly one year-and-a-half, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) conducted a community meeting the evening of April 7

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  • Paul and Julie Ten Years After

    2026-04-13 Rich Wright

    On or about 05 October 2016, I took Paul and Julie to Juarez. Paul and Julie were ballroom dancers. Like The Sound of Music. Okay

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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

    2026-04-11 elrichiboy
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  • (Some of) The Straight Skinny on Torre Centinela

    2026-04-09 elrichiboy

    If you are interested in the Torre Centinela that is almost fully operational in downtown Ciudad Juárez, then you should read this story from RestOfWorld.org.

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  • Humphrey Bogart in “Knock on Any Door”

    2026-04-05 elrichiboy
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  • NYT: “Hegseth Fires Army Chief Amid Battle With Its Leaders”

    2026-04-03 Rich Wright

    (Scene: Somewhere deep in the bowels of the Pentagon.) Secretary Pete Hegseth: . . . and that, gentlemen, is how we will end this war.

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  • People Rising: Snapshots from El Paso’s Data Center Battles

    2026-03-31 Kent Paterson

    By Kent Paterson Data centers are a burning issue in the Paso del Norte borderland of 2026. Plans to open a giant data center complex

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  • Renaming the Cesar Chavez Border Highway

    2026-03-22 Oscar J. Martinez

    by Oscar J. Martinez Given the recent disturbing revelations about Cesar Chávez, it seems certain that the local Border Highway’s name will be changed.  Many

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  • “Hangover Square”

    2026-03-22 elrichiboy
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  • “The Rise and Ruin of the Coca-Cola Family”

    2026-03-21 elrichiboy
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The City’s Hidden Tax Increase

2020-11-24 elrichiboy City Council, City Management, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Library, Slider, Taxes, Tommy Gonzalez 6 comments

The City made a big deal out of not raising the tax rate this year, despite losing revenue due to

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JAWNY: Sabotage

2020-11-23 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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Thanksgiving, or Not

2020-11-23 elrichiboy How to Live in El Paso 2 comments

Back when God was just outgrowing the training wheels on his celestial bicycle, I used to have a regular writing

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Where Has the Money Gone?

2020-11-23 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Slider 2 comments

As of this morning, El Paso has recorded 81,511 positive tests for the Coronavirus, and 862 Covid-19 deaths. On May

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Sunday Matinee: City of Fear

2020-11-22 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Recount

2020-11-21 elrichiboy Corruption, Elections, Politics, Slider 4 comments

I try to stay away from national politics on El Chuqueño, because I don’t want to alienate potential readers. Lots

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Saturday Documentary: Documenting Hate: New American Nazis

2020-11-21 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary Leave a comment
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Friday Short: the Big Break

2020-11-20 elrichiboy Friday Short Leave a comment
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Vandalizing the Star

2020-11-20 elrichiboy Law Enforcement, Media, Slider 7 comments

The El Paso Times reports that people have been vandalizing the star on the mountain. For 80 years, the Star

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The Joe T. Hodo Show

2020-11-19 elrichiboy It's a joke., Slider, Video Leave a comment

Here’s something maybe you haven’t seen. Or maybe you have. It first “aired” in 2016. Later episodes feature Mr. Hodo’s

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Die Antwoord: I Fink U Freeky

2020-11-18 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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FOLI (there is no movement without rhythm) original version by Thomas Roebers and Floris Leeuwenberg

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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A Public Apology to the El Paso Times

2020-11-17 elrichiboy Media 4 comments

I’ve ragged a lot on the El Paso Times (no pun intended). My animosity was chiefly rooted in their uncritical

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We Should Fire Them All

2020-11-17 elrichiboy City Management, Coronavirus, Corruption, Jessica Herrera, Sam Rodriguez, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 14 comments

I’m angry. From KFOX14.com: Five buildings throughout El Paso are being refurbished to assist the county combat COVID-19. . .

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Cuba Feliz: Lagrimas Negras

2020-11-16 elrichiboy Music Leave a comment
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“Will You Support a Taxpayer Funded Soccer Stadium?”

2020-11-16 elrichiboy ballpark, City Council, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Joyce Wilson, MountainStar Sports Group, Slider, Taxes, The Arena, Tommy Gonzalez, Welfare for the Rich 8 comments

That’s the question we should be asking candidates this election cycle. In the next four years, City Council will probably

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Retrovision: The Effects of Corruption

2020-11-16 elrichiboy City Management, Corruption, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Retrovision, Slider, Tommy Gonzalez 2 comments

This post originally appeared on 28 March 2019. Back in 2009, Woody Hunt talked about the effects of corruption in

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Sunday Matinee: Shockproof

2020-11-15 elrichiboy Sunday Matinee Leave a comment
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Retrovision: Dee Margo’s Task Force

2020-11-14 elrichiboy Coronavirus, Dee "Hold the Line on Taxes" Margo, Economic Development, Slider One comment

This post originally appeared on 23 April 2020. Good news, everybody. Sure, people are dying, and the economy’s in the

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Saturday Documentary: Secrets of the Tribe

2020-11-14 elrichiboy Saturday Documentary One comment
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  • “The Gary Webb Story: CIA, Cocaine, and a Media Assassination”

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