Border & Immigration
November 6, 2020
El Paso’s COVID-19 Spike Is a Binational Problem
Leaders on both sides of the Rio Grande claim border crossings, an aspect of daily life in the region, have contributed to the recent surge in infections.
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News & Politics
June 26, 2020
In a New Podcast, Two Journalists Seek Justice for the Missing Women of Juárez
The podcast dives into the mysteries surrounding the decades-long string of murders in the border city.
Books
January 22, 2020
A Ross Thomas Adaptation Rethinks the Border Noir
'Briarpatch,' a new show on USA Network, portrays a West Texas rarely seen on TV.
Art
November 13, 2019
How a Public Art Project in El Paso and Ciudad Juárez is Spurring Cross-Border Conversations
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s interactive ‘Border Tuner’ is visible this month from both cities along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Food & Drink
October 16, 2019
Celebrating the Border’s Fusion of Cuisine and Culture in El Paso and Juárez
A pair of Mexico City’s best-known chefs team up to host benefit dinners that shine a light on all that unites this binational community.
Politics & Policy
April 25, 2019
‘I’m in Danger’: Migrant Parents Face Violence in Mexico Under New Trump Policy
At hearings in El Paso, asylum seekers forced to stay in Juarez told of violence and fear.
Features
July 15, 2013
The Passion of Benjamin Sáenz
The messy, lonely, and visionary life of the first Texas writer—and the first Latino—to win the vaunted PEN/Faulkner Award.
Border & Immigration
April 3, 2013
The Mistress and the Narcotraficante
An exclusive excerpt from a UT professor's new book on the Juárez drug wars
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.
Sports
January 21, 2013
Sun Bowl Boxing Match is Back On
University of Texas system chancellor Francisco Cigarroa relents on the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Andy Lee fight at the Sun Bowl, with a few conditions.
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.
January 21, 2013
Texas 2011: By the Numbers
From (HB) 1 to ($)15.2 billion, we revisit a few of the state's biggest stories in 2011 by examining the numbers.
Politics & Policy
January 20, 2013
Near/Far
Despite rampant fears to the contrary, the bloody drug violence in Mexico hasn’t spilled over into Texas—but that doesn’t mean it’s not transforming life all along the border.
True Crime
January 20, 2013
“There Is No Law”
Gangland-style executions are par for the course these days in Juárez, where drugs— and despair—flow freely.
Texas History
January 20, 2013
A River Runs Through It
At the port of entry in El Paso, I always tell the agents, “American,” but what I really want to say is “fronterizo”—I’m from both sides.
May 23, 2012
Juárez Back on the Map. Literally.
Juárez, which had been scrubbed from the free tourist maps distributed in El Paso, will be included on the 2013 set of maps put out by the El Paso Business Region Chamber of Commerce.
Border & Immigration
May 9, 2012
Juárez Death Toll Surpasses 10,000
Earlier this week, the drug war claimed the city's 10,000th victim.
Sports
April 24, 2012
UT Chancellor KOs Sun Bowl Boxing Match
A middleweight championship bout will not happen in El Paso because of "high security concerns," but some claim this was a racially motivated decision.
Sports
April 17, 2012
Meet Cassandro: The Openly Gay, Cross-Dressing Luchador
The El Paso Times profiles the 41-year-old "exotico," a 24-year veteran of the lucha libre circuit.
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.
Sports
March 8, 2012
Journalist Covering Juárez Soccer Questions “Femicide” Narrative
Robert Andrew Powell, the author of This Love is Not for Cowards: Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez, criticizes the "femicide business" and claims that activists, academics, and journalists profit from furthering the narrative.
December 9, 2011
Mexican Authorities Tortured an El Pasoan Prisoner
A Texas man serving time in a federal prison in Juárez was beaten and abused by soldiers.
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.
Letter From Juarez
August 31, 2011
The Missing
For the women of Juárez, the terror of kidnapping—and worse—has never ended. Will it ever?
Border & Immigration
September 30, 2010
Spill Way
When people ask me if cartel violence will find its way into Texas, I tell them it already has—and it’s going to get worse.
True Crime
June 1, 2003
Ciudad de la Muerte
Ten years. More than three hundred women murdered. What is going on in Juárez? And why aren't the Mexican authorities doing something about it?
Music
June 30, 1999
Blues Brothers
Long John Hunter and his guitar-slinging friends sharpened their axes in and around Port Arthur, so their recent return was truly a homecoming.
True Crime
December 1, 1995
Carrillo’s Crossing
In the billion-dollar business of drug trafficking, Amado Carrillo Fuentes is king. He's the elusive ringleader of a smuggling operation that police are powerless to stop.
Travel & Outdoors
March 1, 1981
Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso
What to eat, how to shop, and where to boogie in the most enchanting corner of Texas.
Border & Immigration
July 31, 1977
The Cactus Curtain
The word going across the border is: Uncle Sam doesn’t want you.