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Mexican Widows Fed Up by Constant Violence

CIUDAD JUAREZ (March 31) -- Norma Ramos learned from the evening news in August that her ex-husband had been slain in front of his home in this rough, drug-ridden city across the Rio Grande from El Paso, Texas. She immediately began to worry about her 18-year-old son. "I told him I didn't want him to claim the body," she...

US Consulate Victims in Mexico 'Targeted,' FBI Says

WASHINGTON (March 15) -- Three people with ties to the U.S. Consulate slain in the violent Mexican town of Ciudad Juarez on Saturday were not victims of a drive-by shooting as first reported, the FBI said today. "They were certainly targeted," special agent Andrea Simmons, an FBI spokeswoman for the El Paso office, which...

Gunmen Kill 13 Students at Party in Mexican Border City

MEXICO CITY (Jan. 31) -- Armed men stormed a party in a violent Mexican border city, killing 13 high school and college students in what witnesses thought was an attack prompted by false information. The deaths in Ciudad Juarez were part of a total of 24 people killed across Mexico since Saturday in violence caused by...

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Ciudad Juarez back on border region tourist maps

Ciudad Juarez is returning to maps featuring attractions for visitors to the U.S.-Mexico border region around El Paso after two years of being excluded due to a wave of drug-related violence.

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Mexico Ammo Bust: 268,000 Rounds Seized From US Truck Smuggling Across Ciudad Juarez Border

Mexican customs inspectors seized 268,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition found in a U.S. truck at a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez, authorities reported Wednesday.

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05/11/12 Revitalizing Mexico's Ciudad Juarez Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA The crowd toasted with beers as first-time models strutted the makeshift catwalk in princess wedding dresses and Tarahumara Indian-inspired flower-print jumpers, all produced by local fashion designers bent on showing the world that their troubled border city is as much about hemlines as homicides.
05/07/12 New âdumping groundâ for murdered women Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC DALLAS âIn the Mexican border city of Nuevo Laredo, bodies of 23 people were found hanging from a bridge or decapitated and dumped near city hall.
05/03/12 For a Mexican journalist, a day to mourn lost... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada For me, a journalist living in exile as a consequence of my job exposing official corruption and the impunity enjoyed by Mexico's drug cartels, World Press Freedom Day represents nothing but sadness and adds another mark to a calendar filled with unanswered calls for justice.
04/22/12 13 shot dead inside bar in Mexico Source: Sify Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), April 22 (IANS/EFE) At least 13 people were gunned down and four wounded in an attack by suspected cartel gunmen at a bar in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, authorities said.
04/18/12 Mexico Ammo Bust: 268,000 Rounds Seized From US Truck... Source: The Huffington Post Mexican customs inspectors seized 268,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition found in a U.S. truck at a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez, authorities reported Wednesday.