Politics & Policy
January 30, 2015
Breaking the Silence
Five Rio Grande Valley–based reporters talk about covering the drug war in Mexico over the past decade.
Drug war
Border & Immigration
April 9, 2013
Darkest Before the Dawn
Alfredo Corchado’s tragic, hopeful vision of Mexico’s emergence from an era of blood and fear.
January 21, 2013
Juárez’s Last Cemetery Filling Up Quickly
Juárez needs another municipal cemetery to handle the glut of murders connected to drug violence.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Is Cartel Violence Getting Too Close to the Border?
A gunbattle in Piedras Negras, which killed a Mexican police officer, prompted American officials to close two bridges in the city. This comes less than a month after an El Paso woman was hit by a stray bullet shot from Juárez.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Life in the “Deadliest Place in Mexico”
The Texas Observer's Melissa del Bosque traveled to the Juárez Valley, where the murder rate is 1,600 people killed per 100,000 inhabitants, to report on the violent drug war gripping the region.
Border & Immigration
January 21, 2013
Depressing New Documentary about Juárez Plays in Texas
The film 8 Murders a Day focuses on El Paso's sister city, which has seen 10,000 drug war-related murders since 2007.
April 6, 2012
Cartel Member Responsible for 1,500 Murders is Sentenced
Jose Antonio Acosta Hernandez, who admitted to ordering hits on more than 1,500 people—including a U.S. consulate employee—received a life sentence in federal court in El Paso.
Business
December 2, 2011
Drop in Juárez Murder Rate Is Bad for Funeral Business
The El Paso Times reported that as Juárez’s murder rate drops, funeral homes suffer, a story that elicited horrified reactions from the community.