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Ciudad Juarez back on border region tourist maps

By Patricia Giovine May 23rd 2012 - 04:42PM

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

By The Huffington Post News Editors Apr 18th 2012 - 06:51PM

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.

ciudad juarez News From the Web

  • 05/07/12 New “dumping ground” for murdered women Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC DALLAS –In 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.
  • 04/18/12 12 bodies found near Juarez are those of females Source: The Eagle Citizen Authorities in violence-plagued Ciudad Juarez say the skeletal remains of 12 people found in the area in recent months are those of girls and women, stirring fresh worry that someone is preying on young females in the border city.

Background on ciudad juarez

Ciudad Juárez (), formerly known as Paso del Norte, is a city and seat of the municipality of Juárez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua.

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