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Record Number of Americans Killed in Mexican Border City

(Nov. 2) -- Four U.S. citizens were murdered in separate attacks in Ciudad Juarez this weekend, pushing the number of Americans killed in the Mexican border city to a record high, according to U.S. officials. U.S. State Department officials told the El Paso Times that at least 35 Americans died of unnatural causes in...

Cross-Border Gunshots Hit El Paso City Hall, Prompt Letter to President Obama

After seven bullets believed to have been fired from the Mexican town of Juarez hit El Paso's City Hall on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote a letter to President Barack Obama demanding "action." No one in El Paso was hurt in the shootings, which Abbott blamed on Mexico's warring drug cartels. His letter...

Mexicans to Vote Amid Drug-Fueled Violence

MEXICO CITY (June 30) -- As drug-trade violence mars the run-up to a brace of elections in Mexico, a troubling figure has resurfaced as the leading mayoral candidate in Mexico's murder capital. Hector "Teto" Murguia Lardizabal, 57, a former mayor of the violent border city Ciudad Juarez, left office in 2007 under a cloud...

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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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05/29/12 Alleged Gang Member On Trial In Juarez Homicide Has... Source: ABC - KVIA 7 - El Paso TX Renteria, who authorities say was a Barrio Azteca gang member, was on trial in federal court in the 2010 homicide deaths of El Paso County Detention Officer Arthur Redelfs and his wife, U.S. Consulate employee, Leslie Enriquez Redelfs, in Ciudad Juarez.
05/22/12 Victim of Violence in Juarez gets New Hope Source: NBC - KTSM NewChannel 9 - El Paso TX A Juarez shooting victim is getting a new lease on life.
05/18/12 El Paso Community College Approves Tuition Hike Source: NBC - KTSM NewChannel 9 - El Paso TX Starting in the fall, El Paso Community College students will pay 6 percent more for in-state tuition and out of state students, including international students, will pay 50 percent more.
05/18/12 A plea for the people of Juarez Source: The San Diego Union Tribune - San Diego CA It's hard to live in a border city like San Diego and not be at least a little aware of the violent drug war being waged in Mexico.
05/17/12 In brief: Alleged leader of robbers arrested Source: El Paso Times - El Paso TX Mexican authorities have arrested the alleged leader of Los Gordos, a gang suspected in a hefty number of bank robberies.