Piedras Negras

Mar 13, 2015 — By Jason Cohen

An interview with Bill and Turner Ross, whose Sundance award-winning documentary about border life, Western, screens at SXSW Film. 

Jan 21, 2013 — By Sonia Smith

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. 

Jul 31, 2011 — By pjtobia

Drug gangs in Mexico are increasingly turning to American teenagers to smuggle their loads across the border. What can be done?

Dec 1, 1996 — By Suzy Banks

We’ve found thirty shops just across the Rio Grande where you can buy everything from hand-carved furniture to whimsical walking sticks. The quality is high, the prices are right, and you don't have to pay in pesos.

Aug 31, 1976 — By Jan Reid

Two self-styled Texas soldiers of fortune engineered one of the more bizarre jailbreaks in history. Here’s how it happened.