Students at the Lydia Patterson Institute in El Paso, Texas, are getting up extra early to make it to class on time — because about 70 percent of the student body lives in Mexico and crosses the US-Mexico border every day.
The border city is a case study in how Mexican municipal and state-level officials are charged with handling the effects of increasingly restrictive US immigration policies largely on their own.
Factory workers in Ciudad Juárez now make only 40 percent of what Chinese factory workers do, on average. For the first time, efforts to unionize are meeting with some limited success.
Officials in the Mexican border city Ciudad Juárez are hoping that removing the 'No More Weapons!" sign, which is made of confiscated guns, will help attract tourists and serve as a sign of good faith toward the United States.
For the last six years, a little-known infusion of American tax dollars has played a part in the fight against organized crime in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juárez. Part of the money for the Merida Initiative is used to keep young people out of drug cartels and help boost the economy.
American musician Edgar Quintero gets paid to write folk ballads about Mexico's drug wars. He doesn't ask his clients too many questions and often gets paid in cash.
In Juarez, Mexico, the once-bustling nightlife had been dead for years as violence erupted in the city. But, in recent months, as police have setup checkpoints and drug violence has stabilized and perhaps even subsided, the nightlife is returning.
In Mexico, the criminal court system is transforming to make court proceedings open to the public. But Mexico's current rash of drug-related violence makes implementing the new system a daunting task. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports from Ciudad Juarez.
More tragic news from the drug-war torn nation south of our border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. On Saturday, three people with ties to the American consulate were shot and two killed in a drive-by shooting.
Ciudad Juarez has been ravaged by violence among members of Mexico's competing drug cartels. Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in the city this morning, where three people affiliated with the U.S. consulate were killed over the weekend.
Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, tells us about the drug-related violence at the U.S./Mexico border and the black market for prescription drug abuse.
We talk with journalist Charles Bowden, who has been reporting on Juarez for fifteen years. He is the author of a new book 'Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields.'
The assassination of a pregnant U.S. consulate worker and her husband brought significant attention to the violence plagued town of Ciudad Juarez. Two weeks later, a less conspiratorial picture of what happened on that tragic day seems to be emerging.
Shannon Young reports that many ordinary Mexicans are so fed up with the level of violence in their country that they are increasingly speaking out. The protests are aimed not just at Mexico's drug cartels, but also at the government.
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Conflict & Justice
Mexico revamps court system
The World
September 09, 2009
In Mexico, the criminal court system is transforming to make court proceedings open to the public. But Mexico's current rash of drug-related violence makes implementing the new system a daunting task. Monica Ortiz Uribe reports from Ciudad Juarez.
Development & Education
Takeouts: Toyota sends parts, drug violence in Mexico continues, Henry Paulson's memoir
The Takeaway
February 01, 2010
Officials related to US consulate killed in Mexico City drug war
The Takeaway
March 15, 2010
More tragic news from the drug-war torn nation south of our border in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. On Saturday, three people with ties to the American consulate were shot and two killed in a drive-by shooting.
Their city in turmoil, Juarez residents dig in and adapt
The Takeaway
March 16, 2010
Ciudad Juarez has been ravaged by violence among members of Mexico's competing drug cartels. Mexican President Felipe Calderon is in the city this morning, where three people affiliated with the U.S. consulate were killed over the weekend.
Global Politics
Drug czar on Ciudad Juarez, black market for prescription drugs
The Takeaway
March 18, 2010
Gil Kerlikowske, director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, tells us about the drug-related violence at the U.S./Mexico border and the black market for prescription drug abuse.
Arts, Culture & Media
Charles Bowden chronicles the 'murder city': Juarez, Mexico
The Takeaway
March 23, 2010
We talk with journalist Charles Bowden, who has been reporting on Juarez for fifteen years. He is the author of a new book 'Murder City: Ciudad Juarez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields.'
Murder of American consulate in Juarez likely accidental
The Takeaway
April 01, 2010
The assassination of a pregnant U.S. consulate worker and her husband brought significant attention to the violence plagued town of Ciudad Juarez. Two weeks later, a less conspiratorial picture of what happened on that tragic day seems to be emerging.
Juarez Professor on a Bloody Year for Mexico
The Takeaway
December 31, 2010
Conflict & Justice
Mexicans fed up of violence
The World
April 13, 2011
Shannon Young reports that many ordinary Mexicans are so fed up with the level of violence in their country that they are increasingly speaking out. The protests are aimed not just at Mexico's drug cartels, but also at the government.
Police Begin to Pull Out of Ciudad Juárez
The Takeaway
September 01, 2011